Our young artists have been learning about how to create value in their artwork. They practiced creating tints by mixing a color of their choice with white and creating shades by mixing a color with black. Later, different grades applied the learned concepts by creating an original painting.

In middle school Character Education classes we celebrated Red Ribbon Week. Seventh-grade students learned the importance of good and bad choices and they created posters about “Proud to be drug free life.”

Students in Mr. Benevenga’s fifth grade Social Studies class were assigned to create informative posters on several Native American tribes. Our middle school students did a fantastic job putting together colorful, creative, and educational projects. Several students went the extra mile and created 3D models of the type of homes these tribes lived in. [...]

Our third graders are BIG Monster Ball fans. We are using all of those well known locomotor and manipulative skills like absolute champions. On beautiful sunny days we head outside and dip our toes into different sports! Right now we are playing volleyball and we have also had our shot at some basketball too. [...]

In PE class second graders have played soccer and loved it! Tried out basketball…didn’t quite love it. And then played some more soccer! We are moving our bodies in different ways that isn’t just running, skipping, and jumping jacks. We are finding joy in sports and moving our bodies. We even had a Toilet [...]

In November second grade learned about the election process. We started with registering to vote then listening to our two candidates campaigns. After that there was nothing left to do but vote! Our class held an election and all ballots were placed in a ballot box and tallied. We had a clear winner so [...]

In science, the fifth graders have been trying to figure out if plants can survive without water. They researched the pros and cons of farmers using aquaponics. They also did an experiment where they tried to grow bean plants with just water and air. You can look at the pictures to see how they [...]

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As part of the National Honor Society, each member is responsible for serving a minimum of 30 service hours at a local nonprofit organization. NHS members have the responsibility to raise personal awareness of issues teenagers face. Coupled with their interests in the area they choose for service, they are also given the responsibility to [...]