School notes: Students and families at St. Pius X Regional School plant seeds of goodness By SANDY STEWART
Students and families will plant seeds of good character this school year and they will focus on cooperation this month.
First-graders created paper versions of themselves to greet parents during open house. In the classroom parents learned what the school year will be like for their child.
Anne Curran's third-graders reviewed the reading strategy story sequence by reading How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague. They also incorporated story sequence by writing and illustrating their summer in the form of a story wheel.
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HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL
Explorer students began their enrichment schedule in library use and skills. The media specialist showed students how to look for specific books of interest. In another enrichment unit, they used a computer and learned to move the mouse and paint pictures on the computer screen. In science, Discovery students learned about germs and preventive measures to keep themselves healthy. In kindergarten, students talked about the concept word, word segmentation, rhyme recognition, consonants, and syllable segmentation. They will use picture books to find clues to help in comprehension and they will make predictions about the stories.
Students at the lower school enjoyed visiting the Scholastic Book Fair where they found many new fiction books. Thanks to the HTSA for running this educational fund raiser.
Fifth-graders are learning about various woodwind instruments and different ways to change the sounds as one pushes keys and covers holes on the instrument. Fifth-graders participate in the cadet band, which is one of five band ensembles at the school. In social studies, fifth-graders did a Web quest on the Aztec and Maya civilizations in the computer laboratory. Sixth-graders in social studies created cuneiform stories as they continued their study on early Mesopotamia. Seventh-graders explored the Earth's mantle as they study convection cells and how convection currents move in the mantle. They are learning about temperature and density changes and how these affect the Earth's crust. In addition they learned of the hypothesis of Alfred Wegner, Pangaea, and the continental drift. Eighth-graders learned about atoms and to help them visualize atoms, neutrons, electrons, and protons, students are creating "Atoms Families" and models of atoms.
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YORKTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
second-grader Foster Anderson was diagnosed with diabetes last year and he is asking for everyone's support. Foster is taking an important step in the fight against diabetes. He and his family are joining 200,000 participants and the American Diabetes Association to "Step Out to Fight Diabetes Walk" Oct. 25 in Washington, D.C. The fund-raising walk will benefit the ADA's mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. You can support Foster by donating to his campaign at www.diabetes.org. Follow the links to Team Foster. Foster's team hopes to raise $1,000.
A reminder to parents that there is no school Friday as it is a professional development day for teachers and staff.
There will be a PTA meeting Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. This is a change from the original date.
The second annual Fall Crafts and Gifts Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters and vendors, a bake sale, kids crafts and food for purchase will be featured. If you are a vendor or crafter interested in participating in the festival, call Michaele Angulo, 240-472-4233 or e-mail angulo5@verizon.net.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held the week of Oct. 13 with the school family night Monday, Oct. 13. Students who attend the fair with their parents and make a purchase will receive a free, Friendly's ice cream sundae.
Saturday, Oct. 18, the school will participate in Gorgeous Prince George's Day. The county will provide the school with free bulbs, plants, shrubs and trees to plant on the school grounds. Meet at the school at 8 a.m. for a fall cleanup of the school grounds and planting of spring flower bulbs. Bring rakes and leaf bags. All are welcome.
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School representatives should send information for School Notes to Sandy Stewart via e-mail at sstewart@bladenews.com or via fax at 301-464-7027.
