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Today we went on a turkey hunt! We had to solve problems to decode clues. The turkey led us to the cafeteria, Lister, and the office! Mr. Hagge helped us out in the end to find all of the missing turkeys
Thank you to everyone who donated to the Elementary’s School Store Fundraiser. We were completely overwhelmed with the generosity of our community. Students were asked to share the fundraising information with family and friends via email. Anyone wanting to participate in the fundraiser could purchase items, magazines, or make a monetary donation to a specific classroom. Here are a few snapshots of some of the items we were able to purchase for our students to use in our classrooms.
Thanks again, The Elementary Teachers and Students
Every year the Gordon Lions Club provides every third grade student at Hay Springs with their very own dictionary. Today was our LUCKY day and we received our wonderful gift. These dictionaries are greatly appreciated and used continually throughout the school year. The Third Grade Classroom sends a big THANK YOU out to the Gordon Lions Club for doing this.
First grade explored spiders this week. We compared fiction and non-fiction reading selections about spiders, wrote spider Haikus, learned about different types of spiders and even made our own running/jumping spiders.
Fifth graders recently learned why and how our ancestors divided the day into 24 hours and how to use a sun dial to tell the time of day. We first used flashlights in the classroom to understand how the position of the light affects the time shown on the clock. Then we took them outside to see how the position of the Sun could tell them the time of day. They were pretty amazed at their accuracy.
Kindergarten got the opportunity to pick pumpkins and gourds October 1st. This week we weighted and measured the circumference of each gourd. Here are the graphs we made with the results.
Here are some photos of our little “Hawklets”(to quote Mr. Bounous) proudly displaying their school spirit by dressing up last Thursday for Hat and Jersey day!
Wednesday was Disney Day at Hay Springs Public School! Check out these 1st and 2nd graders dressed up as their favorite Disney characters.
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