August Students of the Month
First-grade: Leah Bryce, Blake Herbst, Zoee Cofran, Hugh Peterson, Marcus McAlisster, Ella Deschamps, Jakson Lofgran, Emeline Goble, Joseph Trevino, and Ava Faust.
Second-grade: Brooklynn Bird, Koben Lillywhite, Hailey Baker, Marley Houck, Jaycelyn Keisel, William Farrer, Kaylie Durfee, Kaitlen Mitchell, Pedro Ceja, Autumn Brookes, Mason Marvin, and Liberty Kenison.
Third-grade: Taya Bassir, Trevor Bulow, Adeline Hansen, Erik Lopez, Julie Baxter, and Mary Wolfe.
Integrating Dance
Third through sixth-grade have been working with District specialist Holly Markgraf-Mayne to incorporate dance into everyday teaching. By integrating you are able to teach two concepts at the same time. She taught students the vocabulary of dance. She talked with them about how they use their bodies to move through space, and showed them that it is fun. There were a lot of positive comments by students. I even had some that were practicing the things she taught out on the playground.
Mummies
6th grade students at Spring Lake Elementary are studying Ancient Cultures in Social Studies. To help understand the process of mummification, one student in Mrs. Poulsen's class was mummified! The students enjoyed removing his organs, wrapping him in bandages, and talking about the ceremonies the use to help them in the afterlife.
Attributions
Hailey Poulsen