Thanksgiving Festivities

It has been such an exciting, fun-filled two days at Emerald Hill!  We started out on Monday with our Master Storyteller, Linda Hartman, from McGaheysville, VA.  She had some wonderful stories to share with all of the students about kindness and treating people with respect.  Tuesday, the Kindergarten students had their Thanksgiving Feast.  Students sang songs and made crafts.  The second grade students also had fun celebrating at their Pow-Wow as well. 

Enjoy spending time at home with family and friends!  We'll see everyone back at school on Monday.

Linda Hartman - Master Storyteller

Kindergarten Feast

2nd Grade Pow-Wow

Updates

The trout are growing!  The latest news and pictures that I have show that the trout are now 1 and 3/4 inches long.  The plan is for them to be released near Earth Day in April.

We've had some exciting things happen this week and more planned for next week.  This week, all 4th grade students got the opportunity to tour Jamestown.  Next Monday, we have a Story Teller coming to deliver a message about treating people respectfully.  We also have the Kindergarten Feast and the 2nd Grade Pow Wow on Tuesday.  There is no school for students or staff Wednesday through Friday. 

I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Veteran's Day Assembly

Emerald Hill students were very fortunate today to spend time with some members of our military.  We were delighted to have from the Navy, HM2 Carlos Calzada, HM3 James Spieker and HM3 Nick Latham attend a ceremony and answer questions from the students.  Last February, Emerald Hill students and staff collected items for care packages and made cards for members of the military.  These gentlemen were some of the troops who received these.  The color guard from Eastern View High Schol ROTC presented the flag and the chorus and tone chimes provided patriotic music to the ceremony.  I would like to thank MSgt Lisa Rodier, U.S. Air Force and Emerald Hill parent, for coordinating this wonderful opportunity!  We are very fortunate to be able to show our appreciation to those who honor our country every day.    THANK YOU!

First Grade "Bat Day"

Last week I got to spend some time in first grade during their "Bat Day" activities. 

The first grade teachers wanted to do a fun fall activity for the students that was integrated with the Standards of Learning.  The teachers decided to have Bat Day as a way of integrating their science SOLs into language arts and math.  Students will be studying the life needs, physical characteristics, and habitats of bats.  They will also be reading the story "Stellaluna" and completing comprehension activities.  Teachers will be doing "bat subtraction" activities during math, with some classes using "bat food" (candy corn) as counters.  First graders will begin studying hibernation in November, so bats were the perfect animal to study.  (Thanks to Mrs. Krzyzek for the information!)