Gymnastics is back! Every year HCS students participate in a gymnastics unit in PE class. Gymnastics is a perennial favorite for the kids!
From our Central School Family to yours.... Happy Holidays!!
On Friday HCS held its annual Jingle Jangle, a musical event featuring festive holiday sing -alongs and dances. New to the festivities this year was the 4th grade & 1st grade Buddy Reindeer- a partnership project between the first grade students and their fourth grade buddy classes. The Jingle Jangle was the perfect way to kick off the Holidays and Winter Break.
Last Thursday we had an exciting performance by Chaos and Kindness - Recycled Percussion! They brought lots of energy, rhythmic beats, sparks, and excitement. Our students really enjoyed the event which included making music on recycled items. The performance ended with a schoolwide dance party. The children will be talking about this event for sometime.! Thank you to all the families and community members who submitted our school for this contest. We appreciate it!
Earlier this month, 8th graders from Mr. Remillard's Industrial Arts class came to visit our afternoon preschool students. During their visit, the eight graders helped their preschool buddies design star, heart, and truck shapes. They planned out the shapes and the colors together. A few weeks later, the eight graders returned with a special gift for their preschool buddies! The shapes the preschoolers helped design were fabricated into wood by Mr. Remillard's students. The preschoolers sanded and painted their shapes with their eight grade buddies. Cookies and hot chocolate for all the students followed. Thank you Mr. Remillard and your students for making this such a fun, inactive experience for both the eight graders and our preschoolers!
Fourth graders met with their first grade buddies this week for festive holiday activities. This year they worked on Buddy Reindeer for the Jingle Jangle. All the students enjoyed the chance to work together and have fun!
Last week our preschoolers received a special package from the North Pole! Santa had visited the Land of Misfit Toys and sent some special gifts for our preschoolers! Everyone was very happy and excited!
Last week our third graders concluded their study of the Native Americans of the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. Students researched the different geographic civilizations, created models of regional Native American life, presented their models to the class, and then opened up a museum gallery walk for the entire grade to view all the students' models. Nice work Grade 3!
It's Spirit Week at the Central School this week! Bring your fun and festive cheer! Please see flyer for Spirit Week details!
On Friday, Mrs. Lazzaro's class had the opportunity to walk over to the middle school were they met with their seventh grade buddies from Mrs. Griffin's Flex Class. Mrs. Griffin's 7th graders were working on leadership, connection, and role/peer modeling. To put their lessons to work, they designed five different activity stations featuring literacy and math games specifically based on what the second graders were currently learning in class. This was an outstanding opportunity for Mrs. Lazzaro's and Mrs. Griffin's students. This was another awesome partnership activity between HMS and HCS. Thank you to our 7th grade buddies and both Mrs. Lazzaro and Mrs. Giffin. Well done!
The Polar Express came to the Central School on Friday! Narrated by Cliff West, Kindergarten students were whisked away on a spirited train trip to the North Pole. Tickets in hand, eager Kindergarteners boarded their pretend train. It was a Holiday journey enjoyed by all! Thank you Mr. West for visiting our school again this year for this special holiday treat!
Last Thursday evening our fourth graders serenaded the community at HCS' annual Holiday Concert. The musical program featured a variety of holiday-themed songs, signing, and poetry. Accompanying the presentation was an art exhibition featuring self-portrait works by the students. It was an evening filled with festive cheer! A special thank you to Mrs. Starck, Mr. Terrile, and Mrs. McLaughlin! Bravo, fourth graders!
Kindergarten-4th grade students celebrated the Hour of Code last week in Technology class with Mrs. McLaughlin! Kindergarten and first grade students learned simple algorithms using digital coding and our new robot friend, Andy! Students in grades 2-4 went unplugged and learned how to code Ozobots using markers! They discovered that different colors are used to code the Ozobots for different actions! It was a fantastic week of inquiry-based and hands-on learning!
Mrs. Garside's first grade class has been comparing and contrasting the different versions of the Gingerbread series for the past two weeks. Last week, the class used STEM design and engineering to build bridges across the river so that the Gingerbread Man could escape the tricky fox!
To celebrate Thanksgiving, the hallways became alive with our own first-grade version of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade called “Balloons Over Broadway.” Students designed their own balloon characters during the week, some with help from their fourth grade buddies. The excited first graders and their teachers then paraded around the school today showcasing their creative and fun balloon designs.
Our Kindergarteners also participated in the parade with their "Turkey Trot" in which they showcased the colorful turkeys they have been working on all week. Students put a lot of time and creative detail into their turkey friends! Today was a day of festive Thanksgiving fun throughout the school! Happy Thanksgiving from HCS!
Students in PE just finished their Cup-Stacking unit. Students learned the six stack and how to stack up and down. Students in grades 3 and 4 participated in a ladder tournament. All grade levels were a part of the World Stacking Association Challenge. Way to go!
The HCS WeeDeliver Post Office had their first delivery of the 2024-2025 school year. A total of 235 pieces of mail were delivered today!
Despite the rainy weather, spirits were high with a rainbow over the Central School today!
Last week our second graders shared with the entire school community how to "Be cool, follow the rule... Be a good citizen! " The second graders designed posters and gave examples of how to be a good school citizen in the cafeteria, lunch, and hallways. Good citizenship topics included things like " Be a good friend and include others," "Wait patiently and take turns ," and "Honor other people's Hula Hoop Space." Student posters were then hung up in the cafeteria as a reminder for all on how to be a good citizen. Well done Grade 2!
Recently, our third graders had the opportunity to participate in Caine's Arcade, an interactive, collaborative STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) project. Each group collaborated on one arcade design to construct. Over the course of several days, the third grade students used the engineering design model to plan, build, revise and construct the games. The project culminated in a special day where students were able to celebrate their accomplishments through a day of playing each other's games. Well done Gr 3!
