WOW! We are really racking up the Tiger Points around here!

Kindergarten - 8,968

Grade 1 - 10,488

Grade 2 - 9,890

Grade 3 - 6,909

Grade 4 - 7,857

Grade 5 - 8,357

Grade 6 - 7,570

Did you know that as of January 20, 2022 90% of our students have one or fewer behavior referrals? 401 out of our 444 students have received one or fewer behavior referrals for discipline thanks to our school-wide support and commitment to PBiS (Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports)! Our students are making great choices and learning quickly to avoid repeating bad ones!

Our overall goal is to have 82% or more of our kids receive one or fewer minor/major behavior referrals this school year. We are on track to meet that ambitious and worthwhile goal!

In January, kindergarten is working hard with vowel power! Learning the short sounds of AEIOU.

Reading groups will be starting soon. We are finishing up our unit in narrative writing.

In math, we are continuing to explore our teen numbers 11-20. In science, we are learning about the winter season and how humans and animals adapt along with hibernation.

Writing - Fourth grade is working hard to finish their personal persuasive writing! We will then continue with the persuasive writing theme as we begin our new unit - The Literary Essay! In this unit, students will be writing about their reading! They will be choosing a character in their reading and working to convince us that their character is either kind, loving, stubborn, selfish, etc... while providing evidence from the text.

Reading - Fourth grade is diving back into the world of fiction as we begin our 3rd unit - Details and Synthesis! As we begin this unit, students are taking stock of their own reading behaviors and finding out what they do and don't tend to do as readers. They are challenging themselves to work on their areas of weakness and build on their areas of strength!

In social studies we are learning about Pennsylvania history including events leading up to the Revolutionary War. We are doing a debate concerning the fairness of the British taxes on the colonists. This unit is helping students to learn the procedures of working successfully in a group through discussion, based on the facts, and coming to an agreement through negotiation. Students are enjoying the challenge.

In science our next unit will be "Environmental Impacts of Energy Use".

In reading and writing, students will continue to work through the “Animal Allies” unit, reading about how animals and people form special bonds and can learn from one another. As they work through the unit, goals include reading, evaluating, and writing nonfiction narratives, understanding and developing grammar usage, and vocabulary development.

In social studies, after finishing a unit on the Struggle for Reform, students will be learning about Good Times and Hardships during World War I, including The Great Depression and The New Deal.

In math students are continuing to work on algebraic concepts. They are learning how to solve for the unknown variable by doing the inverse. Students will also learn how to write, solve, and graph inequalities.

In science finished a unit on electrical energy with a fun STEM project using Squishy Circuits. They will then move into the Earth Sciences Unit with an introduction to Earth’s systems.