🤠 Westward Expansion Day in 2nd Grade! 🐎🛞 Our second graders stepped back in time as pioneers, learning why families traveled west, what they packed, and how they faced new challenges along the way. From covered wagons to big curiosity, history came alive today!

Busy day in 6th grade! Student council candidates stepped up to the mic, shared their ideas, and students proudly cast their votes. The future is looking good.

Ms. Beal’s 3rd grade class worked collaboratively on identifying the main idea, summarizing text, and answering text-based questions. A great day of learning!

First graders in Ms. Horton’s class are learning how to annotate text—thinking as they read, marking key ideas, and building strong reading habits early. Big skills, small scholars 📚✨

All packed up and ready to roll! Mrs. McDonough’s second graders proudly showcased their covered wagons as they formed a caravan, heading west for Westward Expansion Day. History in the making!

Even our youngest readers are practicing annotation strategies—kindergartners in Ms. Merritt's actively marking and engaging with the text.

Once upon a school day… our kindergarteners became kings and queens for the Royal Ball, a crowning culminating activity they’ll never forget. 👑

Today, as part of Literacy Week, our school paused to Drop Everything and Read—because good books are always worth stopping for.📚📚

Celebrating our K–5 district science fair participants and winners tonight! 🧪🏆 From bold questions to brilliant experiments, our students showed curiosity, grit, and a whole lot of brainpower. Proud of every participant who put in the work—and extra applause for those bringing home district wins.

Mrs. Sanz’s classes partnered up to identify key text features while reading about plate tectonics—proving that two minds (and a good heading, caption, and diagram) are better than one. Solid teamwork, strong reading strategies, and a little earth-shaking science all in one lesson. 🌍📚

Our Bigs and Littles teamed up today for Book Buddies across grade levels to celebrate Literacy Week—sharing stories, smiles, and a love of reading that never goes out of style. 📚

Celebrating our 6th grade district science fair participants and winners! 🧪🏆 Your hard work, curiosity, and dedication were on full display. We are so proud of you all!

Celebrating our 6th grade district science fair participants and winners! 🧪🏆 Your hard work, curiosity, and dedication were on full display. We are so proud of you all!

Literacy Week fun in the library with Ms. Polverari 📚❤️ After reading How This Book Got Red (a SSYRA Jr. favorite) about a red panda searching for herself in books, our first graders became authors—creating mini books of their very own. Kindergarten cozy-readers enjoyed storytime alongside Beanie Baby animal friends, proving reading is better with a buddy. And one sharp third grader even found a library book that matched him perfectly.

📚✨ Read My Shirt Day in full effect! Our staff and students showed up in style—letting their shirts do the talking and reminding everyone that reading matters.

Author and interventionist Sally Brown visited Mrs. Zwemer’s ELA class to share a book she authored as part of Literacy Week.

The Drone Division Kick-Off Classic & Qualifier Event was a huge success! Our students showed incredible teamwork, focus, and technical skill as they took on the challenge and represented our school with pride. From takeoff to landing, they demonstrated exactly what hands-on STEM learning should look like.

Ms. Woodson’s and Ms. Stone’s classes were hard at work practicing for the Special Olympics, with support from Coach Ferrari and some amazing 6th-grade peer mentors. 💪🏽👏 All gearing up for the big event on February 20th—teamwork, determination, and Panther pride on full display! 🐾🏅

So proud of our Panthers representing us at the District Science Fair! Hard work, big thinking, and bright futures on display. 🐾✨

Proudly celebrating our Panthers of the Month for being recognized for their honesty—way to lead with character! 🐾