Come learn about perfume and essential oils. See the attached flyer for more details
STEAM night! All are welcome! 5-7pm. FREE
Yesterday staff surprised Mrs. Holmes with a retirement party. Thank you Mrs. Holmes for your 30+ years teaching at Floodwood. Your dedication, love of learning and passion will be missed! Enjoy retirement!!!
Create your own Essential Oil perfume. See the flyer for details
Fun with a Purpose: Last week, kindergarten students worked in the kitchen, designed and built a variety of structures, took observational notes on our caterpillars, learned about airplane design, and wrote clues for a mystery friend’s Easter egg hunt.
Learning is kindergarten is fun, purposeful, and rigorous!
We build upon what we know, practice skills we’re learning across all subject areas, apply each step of the inquiry process in the moment of an authentic challenge, and build community within our classroom in a myriad of ways. All of this takes place within the context of engaging, meaningful, play-based explorations.
This is fun with a purpose in kindergarten!
Last week's K2 STEM hosted a high school paper airplane-making expert! We followed directions for a simple design and then tested our prototypes in the gym.
Afterward, we learned about a special design he created and watched it SOAR all over the small gym with the slightest touch. We cannot wait to learn more about this design and more at our upcoming STEAM night!
Moving Full STEAM Ahead: Don't miss this week's STEAM-themed family fun night!
What: STEAM Family Fun Night with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics
Where: The Floodwood School will host this event with activities going on outdoors, in both gyms, hallways, the home economics room, and the music room! Participants include the Range Astronomy Club, Iron Range Makerspace, First Lego League Robotics Team, Programming 101, Rivers 2 Lake, Mrs. Mac's Towing, as well as many experts representing a variety of community businesses and organizations.
Come explore STEAM power and enjoy make and take projects, give aways, and food items for sale, with ALL proceeds going toward Floodwood School's STEM Program. Don't miss this exciting event!
When: Thursday, April 25th 5:00-7:00
Why: To engage students and their families in hands-on explorations related to STEAM fields. Our event will also kick off our schoolwide STEM initiative and raise awareness and funds for STEM innovations in PreK-12th grade!
Kindergarten Roundup Rescheduled for Thursday, May 2nd at 6:00
Our Online fair (http://www.scholastic.com/bf/floodwoodschool) lasts until Apr. 23rd, check it out if you want to help us enlarge our maker-space STEAM project supplies. A special shout out to the online shopper book donations purchased from the Floodwood School's Wish-list.
Thank you to all the in-person & online shoppers. You made our spring Scholastic Book Fair so successful. We couldn't have been done this without you. Together, your purchasing power, has helped the library raise approximately $550. We hope to get Library Maker-space STEAM items.
Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make our spring Scholastic Book Fair so successful. It couldn't have been done without you.
Student and teacher Spotlight!
Mr. Olesiak
Kylie Hart
1st and 2nd grade brought a little bit of our grandparents day program to Riverview today! Thank you so much for having us and the super nice treat! Join us for the Science Fair and Grandparents Day program tomorrow!
MCA testing for most students today is postponed for tomorrow. The whole Arrowhead area had testing issues this morning. Thanks to the students for being patient.
Tomorrow (4/18) is the Science Fair (displays are open to public at 11:30) & Grandparents' Day Program at 12:45 ~ Hope to see you there!
All Sports Banquet is coming!!! May 9th at 6pm.
The Polar Den will be closed this Wednesday April 17th. Please plan accordingly
Optimism: A Timely STEM Characteristic of the Week in Kindergarten
We've been really focusing on developing a growth mindset and positive attitude in kindergarten. On a daily basis, we begin our morning meeting with a reminder that if we believe we'll have a great day, we will!
Through challenges in the classroom and beyond, it's essential to maintain our optimistic attitude. If we believe we can succeed, we will!
Optimism: An essential characteristic that helps us R.O.A.R. with Pride!
Online book fair going on now until April 23. Check out our webpage: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/floodwoodschool
Scholastic Spring Book Fair opens Monday. Help the library acquire STEM Maker-Space tools by shopping. You can now use eWallet to make it easier for your child to purchase items. Check out this video: http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/ewallet-parents
