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. Marsh and Mrs. Wottowa's 6th grade class enjoyed a novel book study. Each group is working on a different novel and then will be presenting to the class.
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.
To celebrate the end of IRA testing, students in Mrs. Adamson's fourth grade classroom made ice cream in a bag!
Mrs. Jarvis and Mrs. Steigerwald’s students worked with Mrs. Phelps again to complete Ozobot coding challenges she presented to them!
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.
Great job to the Character Award winners for March who showed that perseverance pays off.
Ms. McClean's class has been learning about Egypt, including their writing system--hieroglyphics. Today, students wrote their names out in hieroglyphics! We have some great scribes in the 6th grade!
Mrs. Hettenhausen's First Grade Literacy Lab students read The Little Red Fort to learn about sequencing and using transition words. The students sequenced the story using a sequencing story map and then set to work designing their own fort. They drew designs and decided on supplies. The winning design belonged to Diab Qarrot, who led the building process as project manager. After the fort was completed the students finished their work inside the fort.
Ms. Niehaus’s 5th grade class working on their “create your own civilization” project. Students base their entire civilization around one crop. So much creativity with this project!
The faces of some happy fourth graders who just finished their last IAR tests! Way to persevere, Miss Rueter’s class!
Ms. O'Neill and Mr. Dunn's third grade class counting coins from the Coin War! Who will win?!?!
Come support your Harmony-Emge Choir and Band at the Harmony-Emge Baseball Night at Busch Stadium on Monday, June 13th. The band and choir students are selling tickets for $18 each (normally $47) to the St. Louis Cardinals vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. The Harmony-Emge Choir and Band students will also sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” on the field. Orders are due on May 6th. See the attached flyer for details on how to order.
The Harmony Intermediate and Emge Junior High "Oh the Places You'll Go" Family Learning Night is Thursday, April 28th. Join us for this fun, outdoor event! See the attached flyer for more details.
The Harmony 175 Odyssey of the Mind team is holding an "Egg My House" fundraiser. Hop into spring and sign up to have the Easter bunny visit your home and hide eggs on April 16th. Space is limited and registrations will close April 13th or when all spaces are filled. See the attached flyer for more details and the QR code to sign up. You can also copy and paste the following link to register - https://forms.gle/NQkaLxSpVChL3muc6
Join us for the 2022 Ellis Family Learning Night "Literacy Lua" on Wednesday, April 27th. This will be an evening of fun activities, games, music, popsicles and shopping for books at our Ellis Book Fair. See the attached flyer for more details.
Mrs. Marsh and Ms. Wottowa’s 6th grade class had fun playing a game to help with understanding theme!
Today is National School Librarian Day and we want to say THANK YOU to our amazing librarians Mrs. Mollet and Mrs. Hutchison.
