Preschool Learns About Community Helpers
Our preschool students have been learning all about community helpers for the past two weeks and even had a special day to dress up as a community helper. Thank you to three school parents who visited our classrooms and explained to the students the important jobs they do in our community. Egg Harbor Township police officer Cherie Burgan visited Miss Karissa’s PreK3 class. Mrs. Medley, a school principal in Pleasantville, and Mrs. Martin, who works with the needy as a store clerk in a local thrift shop, visited Miss Teresa’s PreK4 class. Mrs. Martin gave each student a blue blanket to take home to help them remember to pray for people who might not have a blanket or a bed to sleep on at night. Mrs. Medley read them a story and gave each student a scented “Frozen” pencil.
Kindergarten Mother Goose Party
Little Red Riding Hood, Little Boy Blue, the Mad Hatter, and Little Bo Beep came to life on Friday, October 21 as our kindergarten students dressed up as nursery rhyme or fairy-tale characters. The students showed off their costumes in a parade through the school’s elementary classroom hallways, ending in the Multi-Purpose Room where they celebrated with a Mother Goose Party. The party menu featured healthy versions of food pulled right from the nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty hard boiled eggs, Jack and the Beanstalk green beans and dip, Jack and Jill water, and Peter Pumpkin Eater pumpkin dip. Thank you to all the parents who helped provide the creative and nutritious treats.
2nd Graders Explore World of Earthworms, Other Invertebrates
Ever wonder what it feels like to touch an earthworm or have it crawling up your arm? Our second grade students experienced that and more last week as they got a close-up look at earthworms during their science unit on invertebrates. The students did experiments with the earthworms and were introduced to the scientific method of creating an hypothesis to answer various questions such as — do earthworms move toward light or away from it? But the favorite part for students in Miss Vogel’s class, pictured below, was getting to touch the earthworms and letting them crawl on their hands and arms. The study of invertebrates continued this week in both Miss Vogel’s and Mrs. Williams’ classes with a focus on ants, snails, and spiders.