SOAR award winners participate in the Shamrock Shakers tribe challenge.
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Churchill County High School
Teachers at CCHS had a blast connecting, being creative and learning how to make clay bowls in Jaime Shafer’s classroom.
“I wanted to do something fun for our teachers and also thought it would be nice to have them participate in the Empty Bowls project,” Shafer said.
Students in Shafer’s ceramics class have been working tirelessly on making bowls that will be donated to the Empty Bowls project taking place at the Churchill County Library on Sunday, April 16 from noon-3 p.m. The Empty Bowls project is a national movement created by ceramic artists to combat food insecurity in communities.
“The idea is that we make ceramic bowls and host an event where people can come trade non-perishable food items, hygiene items or cash, and in exchange, they receive a handmade bowl, homemade soup and bread,” Shafer said.
All proceeds go toward supporting the Churchill County Library and the Fallon Chamber of Commerce’s Karma Box. Last year they had 150 bowls, raised $3,000 and filled three trucks full of food for the Karma Box.
“This year, we hope to have at least 250 bowls and to exceed last year's donations,” said Shafer, who added that she is grateful for all the support received from the community.
“I am also grateful that our student body cares about our community and wants to help by making bowls to donate. We couldn't host this event without our fantastic student artists,” she added.
Churchill County Middle School
Seventh-grade English Language Arts teachers hosted a family engagement podcast event for their students and their families. Students made book podcasts for books they read with their book clubs in ELA class and then had the opportunity to present their projects.
“We wanted to not only encourage our students to share their work with their families, but also have a night where we could connect with their families,” said ELA teacher Torri Conley.
“We are always working to improve family engagement at CCMS and events like these are an incredible opportunity to do just that.”
Numa
Numa hosted their third quarter SOAR awards assemblies on March 17. Students that received SOAR awards got to participate in tribe flash challenges to earn points for their tribes.
“Because it was St. Patrick's Day, we had themed challenges such as ‘Shamrock Shakers’, where the students had to get all the Lucky Charms cereal from one side of the shaker into the other side which was way harder than it looked,” said counselor Noreen Swenson.
By the end of the challenges, the Red Tribe earned the most points in both fourth and fifth grade assemblies, and they also ended up winning for the third quarter. They will be rewarded with donuts and will also get to be the first students to sign up for Activity Day choices for Numa’s school-wide Activity Day on April 14.
E.C. Best
Third grade students in Alyssa Tousignant’s class worked with rainbow fraction tiles this last week to learn how to compare fractions with different denominators.
“Fraction tiles are a great visual representation of fractions that students are able to manipulate to accurately compare fraction sizes and find equivalent fractions,” Tousignant said. The students really enjoy working with the tiles.
“It is so fun to hear them get excited when they find fractions that are equal and to watch how hard they work to find all the equivalent fractions,” she added.
Lahontan
First grade students in Stacey Manning's class have been learning about reptiles through their class pets, Franklin turtle and Finley tortoise. Students read and listened to many fiction and nonfiction stories about reptiles and turtles for two weeks.
At the end of their unit they made a sea turtle and wrote a little story about it.
“They had a great time learning about and exploring these beautiful creatures. It was fun to not only see the students apply what they learned in class but to also see their creativity really shine through,” Manning said.
Northside Early Learning Center
Students in Octavia Merritt’s and Montana Koplin’s class practiced counting using jelly beans this last week.
“I have found this to be a fun way to work with the students on rote counting, 1 to 1 correspondence, color matching and sorting, as well as counting to 10,” Merritt said.