ADVENTURELAND TICKETS

         ADVENTURELAND TICKETS

There's still time to purchase your Adventureland tickets for this
weekend or next. Tickets are on sale for $17 each in the Student
Services Center. This weekend and next (Saturday and Sunday)
Adventureland is sponsoring "Substance Free Weekends" for schools.
There will be door prizes, along with all of the fun rides and
attractions that Adventureland has to offer. Don't miss out!

SURVEY SAYS..................

Ms. Richard posted results from the 2009-2010 student survey.  The posters were hung throughout the middle school and high school located above the drinking fountains.  Check out the new  results (2010-2011) next year at the "watering holes"

Edmodo

Ms. White's 8th grade Language Arts class has been having fun using an education site called Edmodo. This site has the same format as Facebook in an educational setting. As our district prepares to go one-on-one with computers, we are checking out ways to utilize every aspect available. 

Tales

     FOLK,FAIRY,AND FRACTURED FAIRY TALES

Miss Walton's class had a wonderful time reading folk tales, fairy tales, and fractured fairy tales. Students then picked their own
folk tale or fairy tale and wrote their own fractured version of the story that they chose. We sure have some very creative minds!!

Preschool Activity

                                      PRESCHOOL

Our preschool class has been talking about wind and air.
We used balloons to see if we could get the air in our lungs to inflate the balloon.  We also discussed how the air in the balloons is similar to our lungs inflating and deflating.
Last week we experimented with a reverse vacuum.  The children were able to explore different ways to connect clear tubing and pvc joints to make a small ball blow around and out the tubing. 
Let me know if you want names for the pictures. 

Upcoming Event

                        "GARAGE SALE"

                   Elementary/MS Library 

                          Friday, May 6th

          Look for information to be sent home.

Farm Meal

All the third graders worked together to turn some of our "rural resources" into beef and noodles, apple crisp, ice
cream, biscuits, butter, corn and beans. The students agreed that their homemade lunch was delicious--and also enjoyed lively dinner music played by Zach on his violin.

 

DOCUMENT CAMERA

                  THANK YOU DURANT PTO

A BIG "THANK YOU" goes to the Durant PTO for helping complete the elementary classrooms that didn't have a "Document Camera" in them for the teacher to use. All staff now has one in their classroom.

Battle Of Books Finalists

CONGRATULATIONS!!
These students were the finalists that competed for the "Battle of Books" that was held in Calamus Wheatland on April 9, 2011.

8th Grade Field Trip

The 8th graders will be travelling to Tipton High School on April 29th to see the play The Diary of Anne Frank.  The Tipton High School Drama Department is putting on this production.  What a fun way to wrap up the reading of Anne Frank's story!

FINANCE PARK

The 8th graders participated in full day of learning at "Finance Park".  Thank you to Liberty Trust & Savings Bank for sponsoring this trip and also thank you to the community members and volunteers to make this a success.

 "Family Literacy Program"   Mrs. Feuerbachs' parenting class prepared and cooked our  "FROG" theme for our family literacy program supper. A fun night of activities was enjoyed by all families.

Technology and Career Classes

8th Graders are working on  their high school planning using www.ihaveaplan.gov during their technology and careers classes.

"KNOCKOUT"

8th Grade playing a friendly game of "KNOCKOUT".