Kindergarten is ready for the Ocean Literacy Luau Family Learning Night tonight at Ellis!!
Over the past two weeks, Miss Johnson’s second grade class has been learning about the causes and effects of oil spills. Yesterday they constructed foil oil boats and determined which design would hold the most weight!
Students at Ellis Elementary raised over $1500 for the American Heart Association. Pictured are students that raised over $100 each being the PE Teacher of the week. Also pictured is Cameron Hundt-Turner, the top fundraiser for the school.
Miss Rozhon’s class read an article about ocean animals and recorded a “fun fact” on our whiteboards. We met with our partners to share our fun fact and to see if we had any matches of the same fun fact. There were 7 matches!!!
Last week, to celebrate Earth Day, Miss O'Neill and Mr. Dunn's 2nd grade class had so much fun cleaning up and saving the animals from oil spills!
On Friday, Mrs. Strubhart‘s 1st grade class learned how to reduce, reuse, and recycle! They had Cheerios that represented tires and then reduced the tires by smashing them down. Once they were reduced in size, they mixed them with some other supplies to form a concrete mixture. Then, they reused their tires to build roads. It was a great way to celebrate Earth Day!
The Harmony 175 Prevention Initiative Families as Partners and Pre-K programs had a wellness event last Thursday at Bicentennial Park. Families enjoyed the beautiful weather, learned about yoga, massage, and healthy sleep, and munched on healthy foods.
Mrs. Klein's Pre-K class had so much fun creating an ocean mural with Ms. Probst! They have been learning about oceans all week!
Miss Johnson’s 2nd grade class started learning about measuring today and decided to take their learning outside!
Emge Girl Scout Troop 191 dropped off 2 cases of cookies at Ellis Elementary to donate to local "Hometown Heros." Thank you again for the delicious donation!
Miss Clinard's 2nd graders have been working on their big project for Family Learning Night all week. They have been researching ocean animals, writing about them, and then creating their animals for display. Come read about them on Wednesday, April 27th!
Mrs. Whitman's Kindergarten class made some special deliveries and distributed Earth Day trees.
6th grade has been researching and planning trips to different cities around the world! Here is Ms. McClean’s class working hard on making sure they stay in budget—no overspending here!
Mrs. Bernhardt's 3rd grade class is getting ready for Family Learning Night and doing research on sea turtles.
Did you know that Harmony-Emge School District 175 offers a preschool program for 3 and 4 year olds, and a home-visiting program for prenatal to 3? On April 29th, screenings will be held at Ellis Elementary school for ages 2 months - 4 years. Please call 618-538-6114 to set up an appointment. See the attached flyer for more details.
Mrs. Knavel and Miss Kaiser's 1st grade class writing jellyfish facts.
Harmony District 175 PTO is putting on a Crazy Hat Roller Skating Party this Thursday, April 21st from 6 pm - 8 pm at Skate City Fun Spot. Friends and family are welcome! See the attached flyer for more details.
Last week in Mrs. Strubhart’s class, students used jellybeans for a little science experiment. Water bottles were filled with different amounts of jelly beans and students were instructed to flip each bottle 10 times. They made predictions as to which water bottle would land vertically the most and tracked their data. Most came to the conclusion that the bottle that was 1/3 full was the easiest to land vertically!
Mrs. Klein's class had so much fun counting their eggs as they put them into their bags on their Egg Hunt! What a great way start to Spring Break!
Miss Clinard’s 2nd graders have been enjoying reading with partners during Power Hour recently. They get to explore new books with classmates and practice their fluency all at the same time.
