Update on girls basketball game tomorrow night at Wrenshall - Junior Varsity will play at 5PM and Varsity will play at 6:30PM. Good luck Lady Bears!
Monday, January 7th--School is cancelled. A decision on the basketball game scheduled for tonight will be made later this morning. Staff should report two hours late. The School Board meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. tonight.
LATE START—There will be a two hour late start this morning. The bus will pick up students two hours later than usual. There will be no preschool today, Monday, January 7th.
Work in Progress! Our kindergarten classroom will be experiencing a transformation in the near future. We were just awarded a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) grant and plan to use most of the funds to complete our design of a fully-functional, student-centered classroom kitchen. We also plan to use some of the money awarded to create STEM "To Go" buckets for take-home, hands-on projects.
Check back often to see our progress. Better yet, come visit us, roll up your sleeves, and experience authentic, hands-on, engaging work!
Creative, Kind Thinkers: Kindergarten students took part in a cooperative celebration after our long winter break: An indoor "snowball" celebration! As a group, students decided to use materials already available in the classroom for their snowballs: Scrap paper! Furthermore, they worked together to create a set of expectations for safe play:
1. Only throw the snowball at friends' feet.
2. Ask permission first.
3. Clean up our mess.
Students took ownership of the entire process and were not only creative in their planning, but kind in their attention toward expectations and treatment of others.
Emergent Readers, Engaged Engineers--A Typical Day in K: Kindergarten students worked together as a team of builders to construct a sight word castle on Friday! Peers assisted each another while reading sight word labels on the clear cups and then positioned these cups to make the walls of the castle. Students worked extensively on their construction over the course of the morning. Not only did they gain practice with our 100 sight words, but they analyzed and tested a variety of sturdy constructions.
The Student Council representatives enjoyed a rare beautiful day taking down lights at the campground. They are a dedicated group of students and proud they can step up (and into snow) to get the job done!
Community Ed trip to Chanhassen to see Mamma Mia!
January Essential Oils class - learn to upgrade your home
Our Construction Site: A Sweet Spot to Learn
Kindergarten students, alongside our senior class assistants, spent the morning before winter break constructing gingerbread houses. After spending the week reading Hansel and Gretel and discussing our design plans, students went right to work constructing a solid structure using a variety of materials. We problem-solved ways to repair our structures, inspected peers' sturdy designs, and tested out (and sampled) many sweet building materials. Kindergarten students (and even our big helpers) poured their hearts into their creations!
Jolabokaflod Day: PJ Reading Day in K!
Kindergarten students enjoyed an entire day devoted to literacy last week. We constructed cozy reading forts, went "shopping" for "good fit" texts, invited classmates to read with us, and hunkered down in our dimmed classroom to read with flashlights and plenty of chocolates on hand.
We learned about this Icelandic tradition of giving gifts of books for Christmas and reading and eating sweets all day in bed. What a sweet way to usher in the holiday season!
Student and Teacher Spotlight!
Christan Chapman -9th grade
Austin Terry - 3rd grade
Kellee Young - Dean of Students
A great turnout at the Holiday Program!!
The 11th grade had a great time at the Hummingbird today in Meadowlands.
9th grade working their community service in the bus garage today. Thank you for giving back!
The kindergarten class is baking up winter fun!
The juniors did a great job decorating Ms. Hanson’s and Ms. Rocco’s Doors!!!
Meet Olive, Floodwood School's therapy dog in training! She has been getting socialized with the students so she'll be ready for her certification test this summer
Ms. Fierke's door for the decorating contest with the help of a very talented student - she did a fantastic job!
5th and 6th graders enjoying their root beer floats for winning the door decorating!
