I hope you were all able to enjoy some quality time with family and friends over the holiday break and are ready to face the new year!
While the last week in December was only three days long, we certainly kept busy at East Hill. In the pictures below, you will see parent Jon Glass teaching our fourth graders coding using Scratch. They loved it!
In the library, students were challenged to build straw towers working in groups. Each grade level had a different challenge. In the picture below, third graders had to build a free-standing tower that would hold a lacrosse ball for five seconds. Some groups did it!
Parents also challenged students during the classroom parties. In the picture below, third graders are shown trying to see who could come up with the best toilet paper snowman!
The weather was so nice that our physical education teacher, Molly O'Keefe, and our music teacher, Leah Causer, paired up to take students carolling around the neighborhood and around the school.
Also in December second graders in Mrs. Thome's class worked on research projects with Mrs. Menges who volunteered her time to work with the students. They not only learned how to do research, they also learned how to present their research to their class.
On the last day before the holiday break, our Student Council put on a "Vocabulary Parade" for the rest of the school. They worked in pairs to highlight a vocabulary word of their choosing. While one student "paraded" the word, the other student talked about the word - the word's meaning, part of speech, synonyms, antonyms, etc. In the picture below Ella showcases
brainstorming while Kevin highlights
onomatopoeia. Many East Hill students will be given the opportunity to participate in a similar parade at the beginning of February. Stay tuned for more information!
Speaking of vocabulary words, the words for this week are
fraction (M),
research (T),
community (W),
rotation (Th), and
perseverance (F.)
Our next PTA meeting will be held Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in the WGHS LGI at 6:00 p.m. We will meet prior to Dr. Brown's "Talk with the Superintendent." I hope to see you there!
Have a great rest of the week!
- Lisa
