Congratulations to our cast, Mrs. Powderly, our director, and Mrs. Dunn, our producer for two amazing performances of Shrek Jr. On Friday, January 27th, and Saturday, January 28th, the Sanfordville actors and actresses took the stage at WVHS and blew away the crowds. They certainly impressed the audience with their singing, dancing and Shrek-like humor. The costumes, scenery and props were on point. Volunteer, Mrs. Jen Mosier created musical magic and choreography to match! A special shout out to Mrs. Scheuermann for her cameo appearance. The children loved having her as a cast member, and she was certainly a crowd pleaser! A fun time was had by all! For those that attended, thank you for your support of our drama club.
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On January 9th Mrs. Ashley Head, Band Teacher, presented her 5th Grade PIE Band students to the Board of Education at their regular monthly board meeting. Mrs. Head shared, “The band program starts in 4th grade and is the one of the foundations of our strong music program. The students look forward to playing an instrument in elementary school. Playing an instrument is the next step after learning recorder in 3rd grade. Between band and strings we see over 90% of the grade level. We participate in 2 concerts a year. Not only do we teach music education, we have many connections to other subjects, like math, the counting and grouping of notes and rhythms, the reading of music notes, the history, science, physical education with the large and fine motor skills, and art connections. We also demonstrate care and a love for music and the arts.” Mackenzie Henkel, Ava Gell, Julie Woods, Luke Kraszewski, Austin Droge, and Kooki Aryeetey were the six students who impressed the audience with three songs. They played “Shepherd’s Hey”, “Mozart’s Melody”, “Theme from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Ode to Joy”. Prior to the evening Mrs. Head had challenged her students to answer a few questions to share with the board at the meeting. She asked students what does band mean to you, why did you choose your instrument, what future music goals do you have, and how does playing music make you a better student? Our students did a wonderful job playing and speaking at the meeting. Our Sanfordville students, along with the entire WVCSD, participated in the nation-wide "No Name-Calling Week" initiative this past week. The national theme was "Celebrate Kindness" and our district's message was "Stomp Out Name-Calling". All students decorated paper boots to display throughout the building highlighting different acts of kindness. Students and staff will help raise awareness by...Tuesday - 1/17 - Blue Day... Wear Blue to acknowledge No Name-Calling Week, Wednesday - 1/18 - Boots Day... Wear Boots to Stomp Out Name-Calling, Thursday - 1/19 - Backwards Day... Wear your clothes backwards with the idea that words can hurt and you can't take them back AND that a good person always has another's back, Friday - 1/20 - Purple and Gold Day... Wear Purple and Gold to remind us that we are all on the same team. Thank you to Mrs. Geysen and all of the Guidance Counselors throughout the district for planning and organizing the week!
The Orange County Department of Health and Warwick Valley Central School District encourage a routine annual influenza vaccination for all students.
As a reminder, the health and attendance pages of the District website have some great tips and information about seasonal flu for parents, including:
Engineering is Elementary…The 3rd graders are working on the EiE unit "Marvelous Machines: Making Work Easier" with Mr. Lennane. This unit focuses on ways in which we can make our lives easier using simple machine and subsystems. The students began the unit by reading about a story that takes place in the Cape Cod Potato Chip factory. The workers in the factory were trying to find easier ways to move and lift heavy bags of potatoes. They accomplished this by using various types of simple machines.
From there, the students learned about how being involved in an assembly line can make work easier. During this activity, students must follow a specific set of directions in order to make a folder. They work in groups that are sharing materials, and they are given 10 minutes to make as many folders as possible. While working alone and sharing materials, not many folders are made. The students then work in an assembly line to make the same folders, which ends up with a greater number being made in the same time frame. After this, students use different types of simple machines to see how much force is needed to lift or move a load (in this case they are moving a full water bottle). They work in pairs to analyze what kind of machines require less force and if variations of a machine yield different results (like a single pulley vs. a double pulley, or a long ramp vs. a short ramp, etc). The final lesson ties everything together as the student must design a subsystem to move a heavy load from the floor onto a table. They must meet certain requirements while doing this. They also have a fictional budget, and they must stay within that budget while designing their subsystem. Students are given time to go back and revise their subsystem if needed as well. Families Adopted for the Holidays… Sanfordville students and staff adopted eight local families for the Holidays. Each family received a turkey or ham dinner with all the fixings including pasta, soup, and dessert. Each family member received at least two or more gifts to put under their tree. The spirit of giving teaches our students about generosity and gratitude.
Native American Storyteller, Madelyn Folino… Fourth grade classes were treated to a visit from a Native American Storyteller named Madelyn Folino. She told Native American myths from different tribes across the United States, many of which were pourquoi tales explaining things in nature such as constellations and how certain animals' physical features came to be.
On Friday, December 9th, Mrs. Powderly’s class hosted an author’s tea. Invited to the tea was author/illustrator Barbara Lanza. Students prepared the classroom with decorations, set the table, baked the goodies, served their classmates, and read their own book that they had written. Ms. Lanza enjoyed listening to our young authors share their stories and shared some of her own with them. We thank her for spending some time with our students.
Congratulations to Mrs. Sanchez, Mrs. Agro, Mrs. Denny, Mrs. Greiner, and their classes for the construction of their Family Memory Quilt. After completing the study of author Patricia Polacco and reading several of her books, our students designed this Family Memory Quilt. Students were amazed to learn that in spite of Ms. Polacco’s reading problems, she worked hard to write many, many books loved by children.
As our focus remains on the implementation of Writers Workshop, our young authors continue to write through the season. Whether students are warming our classrooms with kindness, saving Santa who was stuck in the chimney, writing reindeer stories, wondering what happens when snowmen eat soup, or are trying to make the Grinch grin our students are using their writing skills to entertain our readers.
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AuthorMrs. Johnna Maraia, is the Principal of Sanfordville Elementary School in Warwick Valley Central School District in Warwick, New York. Archives
August 2018
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