Congrats Mrs. Gray!!
Lindsey Gray from Jane Addams Elementary received the 42nd Public School Proud Grant! She will use $1,451 for her proposal, “Build Math Towers to Build Math Thinkers!” Lindsey plans to purchase Math Stackers Learning Systems, Math Stackers Mega Magnets, and Math Stackers deluxe sets and bundles. In the application, she wrote, “Math Stackers help children imagine, build, and represent math problems. These manipulatives allow children to learn in the environment we know is best; through hands-on, active play in a fun, social, and collaborative environment. Math Stackers embrace a mindset of critical thinking over memorization and encourage positive risk-taking for students as they work to solve math problems. The materials can be used to build or expand upon foundational addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills. Because of their mathematical design, students can physically see if the math works or if they need to manipulate more to find the solution.” Thank you, Sheldon and Deb Koski, for generously sponsoring materials that increase student engagement!
We had "electronics" day in Family. Students were allowed to bring a device from home or use their device at school for a fun purpose. They had fun!
The 3rd graders went to Dow Rummel to visit the assisted living residents. They dropped off spring door decor and the played board games with them! It was a lot of fun!
The 4th and 5th graders did Kids Care on April 19. They went to the Ronald McDonald House and St. Francis House for off-site opportunities to help others in need. Miss Jasper's House came on site this time and kids helped in the Jane Addams donation room as well! This is such a great way for kids to give back to their community!
It was pretty comical to see our staff accidentally dressed alike!! This unplanned event must happen when great minds think alike!! Too funny!
April 15-19 is National Public School Volunteer Week! 🌟 Big THANK YOU to all the incredible parent/family and community volunteers making a difference at All City every single day! 🌟 The presence of school volunteers positively impacts the learning environment and builds a strong connection with our community! We could not do most of our fun activities we do at ACE without your help and support!! We appreciate you!!!
Thanks Life Church for the circus themed snacks for the staff meeting!! So adorable! We appreciate you! The ACE teachers had a fun little photo shoot afterwards!!
Last chance by April 15! Nominate your Greatest Teacher for the 3rd annual Catfish Bays Mueller Pallet Greatest Teacher Appreciation Night held this summer Friday June 7th at 7pm. 15 Winning teachers & their nominating students each win cool awards and gifts as a way for Catfish Bay and Mueller Pallets to say thank you for all they do as a teacher and thank you to the student for nominating them. The entire class of each winning teacher will be given free tickets to come out and see their Greatest Teacher receive an award at Catfish Bays Greatest Show on H2O. All elementary, middle school and High School teachers within 30 miles of Sioux Falls are eligible. All Nominations are due by April 15! To nominate you or your child’s Greatest Teacher click the following link.
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The Sock Hop Dance was a blast! Kids and adults loved dancing and singing to their favorite songs from a live DJ! They had food, glow sticks, and a photo booth for additional entertainment! Thanks to the Rock and Dziobecki families for getting everything organized! Fun times!
In Family this week, students have been working with Osmos Jam, Snap Circuits and Be Internet Awesome! It is great to focus on different technology features they don't normally get to do regularly.
Bill Kerwood visited the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at All City on April 11th to show off some magic tricks and learn about recycling. He used humor, tricks, and puppets to deliver his message about what kids can recycle and the reasons why it's important! Thanks for coming to visit Bill! We learned a lot and always enjoy your visit!! We are still wondering how you did some of those tricks?!? 🤔
Every week the third and kindergarteners meet for reading buddy time! It was so nice out today so they took advantage of the outdoor classroom to enjoy a good book!
Congrats to our High Fliers!! Way to be safe, responsible, and respectful!!
April swimming was lots of fun! We love swimming at Embe!
Science Club got to learn about robots today! They even got to battle with them and use a remote to control its' movements! How cool!!!
Here are the High Flyers for this past week! We are proud of you!! Thanks for working hard!
Students learned about the solar eclipse during Family last week and they were all very excited to
watch it on Monday! Unfortunately, it was very cloudy during our viewing party so we were only able to catch a very small glimpse of it. They still had fun making memories and wearing their protective glasses.
The March Madness Reading Challenge in Miss Leloux's 3rd grade class was a slam dunk success! Students were divided into 8 teams of 3 and then put in a bracket to face different challengers during the 3 week competition. Thanks to the students for their hard work and extra reading at home! The top three students each read over 2,500 minutes each. The winners and top readers earned prizes and the class had a celebration party. Way to go!
The inaugural ACE/Holy Spirit Elementary Chess Tournament is in the books! Congratulations to all our competitors and a special thanks to all our parents who came out to support! The final score of the tournament was Holy Spirit: 21.5 and ACE: 8.5.
We are so proud of all our Chess Club students. They have grown and developed so much as chess players and as young people over the year. Both schools agreed we should do the inter-school chess tournament again next year, so we look forward to another great opportunity next spring!
This brings Chess Club to a close for this school year. We look forward to another great experience next school year! ♟️♟️♟️
Big thank you to our chess master, Dave, and our parent volunteer who runs Chess Club, Anthony Pizer, for their time and dedication!
Happy National School Librarian Day! Thank you to Krystine Reavis for all you do for our students at Jane Addams as our librarian. Thank you also to Kristi Weiland for her help during library as well!
