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8th Graders are reading The Outsiders in ELA and some of them dressed up as Greasers and Socs yesterday.

And lastly (but certainly not least), Mrs. Stuhlsatz's 2nd Graders & Mrs. Liszewski's 5th graders were excited to have their first buddy reading time today also!

More 5th & 2nd Grade buddy reading today with Mrs. LePere & Ms. Servos' classes.

Today, 5th grade went to 2nd grade to do some buddy reading during Cougar Connections! This is Mr Sehr & Mrs. Sliment's classes. #SEL #Reading #ReadingIsFun

On Tuesday the Pre-K class celebrated Applesauce Day! They worked together to make applesauce from their field trip apples and enjoyed it together at the end of the day! They even had a few spare apples for painting! 🍎🍏

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Last week in STEM...1st & 2nd grades used gentle forces to blow bubbles and 8th grade built with LEGO robotics.

Thank you to our generous Families, Students, and Grandparents for a fantastic Book Fair ! Thank you to Teachers for bringing their students to the Library and PTO for helping during the Grand Event and their promotion on Facebook. Your record turnout is delivering books to readers. Teachers were gifted a total of 118 books for their classrooms. Our School Library purchased 150 new books from the Book Fair, and will be adding more books soon.

Hiring Volleyball coaches!

Mrs. Servos' 5th Graders had friendly group competition on the subject of physical & chemical changes led by students using Brainpop!

The Pre-K and Early Childhood classes took a field trip to Braeutigam’s Orchards to pick apples yesterday! They had so much fun feeding the animals, playing in the Farm Yard, riding the tractor to the apple trees, and tasting the yummy homemade cider! We can’t wait to make applesauce in class with all of the apples we picked! 🍎🚜🐐🐮🐷🐰🦃🍏

Today is the FINAL DAY of the Smithton back-to-school sale. This is your last chance to save 30% sitewide! Shop at https://1stplace.sale/29355

Mum pickup this Saturday!

This week in STEM...6th grade makes probability jars & Kindergarten counts with buttons.

Mr. Sehr's 5th grade had fun reviewing in science with shaving cream yesterday! #Messy #Fun ScienceRules

Junior High students Reid Brueggemann & Addison McCallister nominated their grandfathers for the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight to Washington DC this year and they were chosen to attend today, September 12th. John Hepworth & Vernon Welter, the students grandfathers, will be taking a day trip to DC to see all of the memorials that honor them and their sacrifices. Junior High students wrote letters to the veterans to be included during "Mail Call" when the veterans receive letters on their way back to St. Louis. Find more information about the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight here: https://gslhonorflight.org/

Last week 8th Graders in Mrs. Berry's class did an affirmation activity where they wrote annonymous positive comments about their classmates using cardstock attached to their backs.

Last week, 7th Graders in Mrs. Berry's Social Studies classes learned about proper American Flag etiquitte and how to properly fold our flag.

6th Grade had French Toast on Friday to reinforce the idea of the mid-ocean ridge (the griddle) and deep ocean trenches (hungry students) as they finish up a chapter on Plate Tectonics in Science class.