Visitors on the lower level

Greetings from the lower level of the elementary and junior high school. We have been having lots of visitors to our hallway in the last week. What for, you ask? Why, to see the animals, of course! What animals, you ask? Why, the African animals created by our very own third graders! They will be on display a little while longer, so please stop by, but be sure to watch your step. It's a jungle out there, or a bush, or savanna!

African Animal Projects

Since Christmas holidays, third graders at the Heiskell School have been hard at work learning how to execute and complete a research project. Each student was assigned an African animal of their liking to study and research. The students were responsible for collecting information on their animal, and once they gathered the material needed each student wrote a research paper on their assigned animal. In addition to writing some pretty stellar papers, the students (with parental guidance) colored a poster of their animal and created a model of their animal living in its habitat. Pretty impressive, right? See for yourselves if you like. The animals and posters can be found on the lower floor of the elementary and junior high building. In the meantime, here is a slide show for your viewing pleasure!

Reminders for Third Grade Parents

As you know, the next few months are crazy busy in the third grade. In order to make sure we are all on the same page, I thought it would be helpful to have one place where you can refer to for upcoming events and deadlines.

January

• Tuesday, 01-19-10 Parent Teacher Conferences
• Wednesday, 01-20-10 Research materials due for African animal project (at least one book and one encyclopedia article)
• Wednesday, 01-20-10 Parts to be memorized for Great Performance
• Friday, 01-22-10 Students are bring in costumes for Great Performance
• Friday, 01-22-10 Open House at the Heiskell School
• Tuesday, 01-26-10 Parents begin setting up stage for Great Performance
• Friday, 01-29-10 Great Performance, "Down by the Creek Bank" 8:30 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.

February

• Wednesday, 02-03-10 Second letter to go home regarding Overnight Field Trip
• Friday, 02-05-10 Deposit of at least $100 due for Overnight Field Trip
• Friday, 02-19-10 Final payment due for Overnight Field Trip
• Wednesday, 02-24-10 Depart from Heiskell School at 6:30 A.M. for Overnight Field Trip
• Friday, 02-26-10 Return to Heiskell School by 6:00 P.M. from Overnight Field Trip

March

• Monday, 03-01-10 African Animal Projects Due