Christmas Service Project

Family Resource Staff and their special helpers!

Guest speaker, Mr. Bud Nettles, with his grandson, Colby

Mrs. Parson's Homeroom enjoying their special treat provided by FRYSC!

Mr. Bud Nettles, Christmas Service Project Guest Speaker

I am so extremely proud of our fourth grade students! This year, like last year, we completed a service project to help others instead of exchanging gifts. For two weeks, students brought in canned goods to donate to our local food pantry and they brought in money to donate to our local chapter of The Salvation Army. The last day of school before Christmas break started, we had a little gathering and had a representative of the Salvation Army, Bud Nettles, come share with us what their donation would be used for in our community and the story behind St. Nick. Our Family Resource staff provided milk and cookies for all of our students after the guest speaker. We appreciate our guest speaker and the help of our FRYSC!

Our students brought a total of 441 canned goods and $235.10! Way to go fourth graders- what an example you have set for all of us to follow and you make all of us so proud!

Student of the Week- Matthew

This weeks Student of the Week goes to Matthew! Matthew, thank you for all your hard work- Studio 214 is so proud of you! Keep it up!

Christmas Performance

Ms. Karen Hagan, our art and music teacher, worked with a group of twenty students from CCES over the past two weeks in preparation for a special Christmas Musical. They performed this morning at our morning assembly and what a great job they did! We had two members from Studio 214 who participated in the play- check out their performance! Way to go Lauren and Daylin!

Pictures from our Christmas Festivities!

Here are some more pictures from our Christmas Day festivities!

Students as "Teachers"

Students were given an opportunity to be the "teachers" during a task we completed this week with open responses. Last week, teachers in our school building scored open responses. Each student response was scored twice and students were given feedback on the things they did well and things they could do better.

We completed another open response this week. Kids in Studio 214 did the same thing as the teachers last week, using a scoring rubric and score sheets. I was very impressed with their feedback! This is a task we are going to continue to do for the remainder of the school year to improve our writing and learn how to critique our own writing responses.

Ms. Jingles Visits Studio 214

Ms. Jingles (Barbara Booher) visited us from the public library this week. She sung some Christmas carols with the kids and they read a story. It was a lot of fun and we appreciate Ms. Barbara visiting our class!

Christmas Memories @ the Cafe!

Electric Kettle: $29.99
Christmas Decorations: $40.00
Hot Chocolate and Doughnuts: $22.00
Special Treats for the Class: $30.00
The look on their faces when they entered the "Christmas Cafe": PRICELESS!

Students in Studio 214 had a wonderful Christmas breakfast together this morning. When they entered the room, all our lights were out and our room was completely lit with candle light (battery operated) and our Christmas light decorations. I always look forward to this tradition with my kids and it is my hope that we have created some memories that will last a lifetime. Merry Christmas to all!

Their reaction...

Here is what they saw...