Holiday Hill Gifted News
February 2016
Enriching Education
Thank you for sharing your wonderful children with us.
Grades 1 and 2 Feeder Schools
Super second graders will complete Measurement Books on February 8th, and create Vivid Valentines on February 10th and 12th. They will begin studying literary genres using research skills and generate products in a variety of formats.
Grades 3-5 Feeder Schools
Friendly Fourth graders are studying Cryptography, Codes and Ciphers, researching how the Julius Caesar Cipher and Celtic Ogams were alike in their intended purposes. They are becoming adept cryptographers themselves!
Faithful fifth graders are very busy using the triple arm balance to measure mass and create a triple line graph of Dubble Bubble. They're also studying the cartoonist Rube Goldberg and Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. Ask your child about their invention!
Grades 4-5 Holiday Hill
Fourth graders will be part of the action too! Throughout their study of advertising techniques students are creating a variety of products including print advertising and logos. Final projects will be presented as live commercial breaks throughout the May 25th performance of Animal Farm. Students have been assigned to theatre troupes, with four or five members in each group.
If you are interested in volunteering in either the 4th or 5th grade classrooms in the coming months we will have lots of opportunities. As our learners explore their strengths it would be wonderful if you were willing to share yours!
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5th Grade Magnet Parent Night February 11
Holiday Hill Elementary Gifted
Carlene Jones (grades 3-5, lead gifted)
Samantha Brady (grades K-3, field trips)
Shana David-Massett (4th and 5th Holiday Hill, weekly newsletter)
April Godbolt (K-5, EP and IEP Development)
godbolta@duvalschools.orgEmail: david-mass@duvalschools.org
Website: www.duvalschools.org
Location: 6900 Altama Road, Jacksonville, FL, United States
Phone: 9048553348