Nassau Notebook
Volume 5, No. 3
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Recording Outstanding Education
Nassau County School District has many exciting events happening on our campuses. Look at the collection of stories around our county.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Wildlight Elementary School to mark the official opening of two new buildings. The new buildings provided sixteen new classrooms for Wildlight Elementary's growing school.


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Welcome Back Flashes

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Sink or Float?
Ms. Dice's 3rd Grade class at Yulee Elementary School completed an experiment on whether certain items would sink or float. They all made predictions and then gathered around to see if their predictions were right or not.

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Engaging Readers in the Hive

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Team Building with S.T.E.M.
Students from Mrs. Carr's 4th-grade class at Yulee Elementary School worked together on βSaving Fred,β a STEM team-building project. Students used the Scientific Method to solve a problem. Fredβs (a gummy worm) boat capsized, and itβs up to our βengineersβ to find a way to save him using four paper clips and a gummy lifesaver. No fingers! Many of our groups were successful, but everyone enjoyed a sweet treat afterward.

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Hilliard's Future Farmers
Hilliard's Future Farmers of America has been working hard already this school year to raise livestock animals for the Northeast Florida Fair Livestock Market Sale.



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Hands on Math in the Hive
Students in Mrs. Crowder's first-grade class at Yulee Primary School utilized math manipulatives to solve addition problems.

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Hands on Character Traits
After learning about Philipe Petite and reading the book ¨The Man Who Walked Between the Towers¨, students constructed ¨towers¨, connected them with a ¨cable¨ and balanced various objects on the cable. Students determined which objects were the easiest to balance and determined Philipe´s daring, brave, and confident character traits.
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