It's Day#4 of Dragons Love Reading and the forecast is spectacular - especially if you read a book about the weather!
Students in Mrs. Connelly's 4th grade ELA class have been working hard to answer the essential question: How do we make decisions about developing new technology? Students have been building knowledge goals by reading informational texts about the changes in society related to advancements in technology. They have been synthesizing information to build enduring understandings.
Are you feeling artistic or crafty? Day #3 of Dragons Love Reading challenges you to design a bookmark! We would love to see what you create! Bring it to the media center and show us.
It's Day #2 for the Dragons Love Reading! What are you curious about in the story or novel?
It's February 1st! Let's get started on our Dragons Love Reading initiative. Day #1 - Go!
Hooray for this week's Perseverance Award recipients!
We celebrate your determination to keep going—even when things seemed tough! Your hard work and resilience paid off, and we are so proud of you! Keep striving for greatness!
Congratulations to Alaina, Colson, and Tammy!
These artists are the winners of the H & R Block Coloring Contest for kindergarten, first, and second grades! Their beautiful coloring reminds us that it’s never too early to start saving those pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters! It also earned them a $10 gift card to Dairy Queen!
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Dragons Love Reading!
We're kicking off February with a month full of reading fun! Join us in daily reading challenges and mark your calendars for a special Literacy Night at Pickens Junior High School on Thursday, February 22, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Let’s spark a love for reading together!
Congratulations, Cason, Ellie, and Madelyn!
These outstanding students are recipients of the Perseverance Award! We are so proud of your determination and hard work. You’ve shown us all what it means to stick with the tough stuff until success is yours.
Congratulations to Anna!
Deputy Roach has selected this superstar fourth grader as the Campus Law Enforcement Student of the Month for January! As a member of our Safety Patrol, Anna serves as a greeter in the lobby, where she brightens everyone’s day with her hospitality, a big smile, and a cheerful "Good morning!" Thank you, Anna, for being "Determined to Make a Difference" at Hill City!
And the Hawk goes to... Mrs. Roper! Congratulations, Samantha Roper!
Kristi Kaley has recognized Mrs. Roper with these kind words:
"She genuinely loves her students. She creates a positive learning environment, and her energy is contagious!"
Chomp! Mrs. Abbott's kindergartners are practicing the concepts of greater than ( > ) and less than ( < ). After plenty of practice building and comparing numbers to determine quantity, they’ve started learning how to use these important math symbols. Of course, a hungry alligator mouth that’s always ready to gobble up the bigger number makes it more fun!
Congratulations to Catalina and Harper! These two super star readers in Mrs. Abbott's kindergarten have mastered their grade level sight word list. Keep up the great work and enjoy those new books from the Book Vending Machine!
Way to persevere!
This week's Perseverance Award recipients have shown us what it means to have the right mindset. They remind us that with determination and effort, we can do hard things. Let’s give them a big round of applause!
Congratulations, Evelyn, on earning a visit to the Book Vending Machine! As a kindergartner in Mrs. Bryson's class, she's mastered the first-grade sight words! Now, she is tackling fluency and comprehension passages. Way to grow as a reader, Evelyn!
More sweet 100th Day fun! Mrs. Gartrell's kindergartners celebrated the 100th Day last week by creating a snack with 10 groups of 10. Learning math has never been so tasty!
Are architects mathematicians? They certainly need strong math skills! Mrs. Collins' 4th-graders put their math skills to work by "building" multiplication array cities. Each structure represents a multiplication problem.
Be safety conscious, dress warm, and we look forward to seeing our students tomorrow, January 21st, at our normal class start times. The district will continue to monitor the weather closely and will send out notifications if something changes.
Snowflake STEM in the Computer Lab!
Our students have been hard at work designing unique snowflakes using a variety of building materials. Their focus? Symmetry! Just like in nature, their goal was engineer a snowflake to include a perfect line of symmetry. It's fun to see their creativity and problem-solving skills in action!
