Category Archives: Elementary

Making Hot Air Balloons

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The second and third graders had a joint 2 part Library listening and activity. They first listened to Oh, The Places You’ll Go! at Library this week. Before leaving they told where they would go if they could travel anywhere they wanted. The answers were as varied as the students.

They returned for the activity–making a hot air balloon. Working in pairs (a 2nd grader and a 3rd grader) they blew up and tied their balloons. Not an easy task for many. Then, using straws and tape they connected the balloon to a plastic cup. The final challenge came next. Can you move your cup across the table without touching it. Success was measured in inches, but everyone gave it a try.

4th Grade Pollinator Garden

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Hello! 4th grade is really looking forward to our big project of beautifying our school with perennial plants that will attract pollinators! We are really hoping our community will give us a list of flowers (ASAP) that can be donated in the spring when people clean up their own gardens. BUT we do need a list of the flowers soon or we will have to purchase and grow from seed what we do not get donated.

We have received a $750 grant to do this and we are working very close with Chaley Jensen and Jade to make this a reality.  Thank you in advance for your help!

Ms. Meeks and the 4th grade class.

K-1 FFA Week Art

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Kindergarten and First Grade have been studying animals in many different subject areas including reading, science, and art. Recently they learned how to draw different animals. This week they learned how to draw a cow. To support FFA week(Feb. 22-29, 2020) their latest projects are displayed in the cafeteria. Be sure to stop by and browse their artwork!

100 Day Breakfast

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In order to help celebrate the 100th day of school, the elementary was invited to a special breakfast.  The elementary teachers cooked sausages and pancakes for the kids and helped serve.  Why sausages and pancakes?  Well, if you lay one sausage link on your tray and put one pancake next to it and another pancake next to that one, you have the number “100”!

February Second Grade Happenings

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Second grade collected coins for a kindness challenge for our former Hawks that are currently in the military. We raised $200 for 5 care packages! Joey and Jake Johnson, Coy and Colton Wolken, and Nate Tobiasson all had a care package made for them. Thanks Hay Springs School for making this happen!!
Second grade had fun sorting and filling the care packages to be mailed. Items in the package were things like stress balls, magazines, a deck of cards, jerky, candy and snacks.

In second grade some chose to dress up like they were 100 years old. Mrs. Vander May had to talk louder and walk slower for all the old folks in the class that day! A few grumpy grandpas wanted to take an afternoon snooze, but there was too much fun learning to do!

Second grade read a chapter book called Flat Stanley His Original Adventure. We learned about a young boy who got flattened by a bulletin board then he mailed himself around the world for epic adventures! Each second grader made their own flat Stanley by coloring, laminated and cutting them out. Then we addressed our envelopes to send him to family and friends around the world. Second Grade walked to the post office to mail off their Flat Stanley and send off the care packages on Monday February 24th.

EnviroArt

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The elementary students participated in the EnvironArt program on February 19th. This is a unique program that combines the expertise of an artist and a naturalist to bring science and art together. After learning about the importance of waterfowl and their habitats from the naturalist, the artist guides students in creating a realistic drawing of a North American duck, goose, or swan. Students will finalize their drawings in the coming weeks, and we will submit them to the US Fish & Wildlife Service Junior Duck Stamp Contest. All entries help to raise money for waterfowl wetland conservation.

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