On Friday, October 26, First Graders traveled to Melick’s Town Farm in Oldwick New Jersey.  We made and sampled delicious apple cider and then took a hay ride out to the orchards to pick our own apples.  Although the weather was nippy, we had a great time being farmers ...

On Friday October 26 was an very exciting day in third grade. Revant's dad was our mystery reader! He read us a moral story titled "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves." This story demonstrates three brothers that fall on hard times and are forced to work extra hard in order to find a water source. After laboring hard for a few days and thinking positive, they finally find water. They ...

Third graders performed an inquiry activity to determine the speed of a wind-up toy. They carried out an investigation with their partners. They laid the meter stick on their desk. One partner wound up the toy  and the other partner used a stop watch to keep track of time. On"Go!", they started the stopwatch and let go of the wind up toy. Then they recorded the distance traveled by the ...

Second grade class (2A), had a lovely visit to the Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence. The children recited original poems about the fall season, and read with the residents. As a special treat this year, our music teacher, Miss Woodard, joined us. She accompanied the children on piano, as the children performed songs. A favorite was “Peace Like a River”,  which included the use of  sign language. The ...

Sixth grade Spanish students worked in pairs to create dialogue for their cultural greeting and introducing a friend skit. Students brainstormed ideas on using greetings vocabulary when introducing someone new to a third person. They used vocabulary for various times of the day, asking and responding to how they are, introducing  friend, exchanging pleasantries and goodbyes. They recycled vocabulary to ask and respond to where someone is from. Using puppets ...