Numa students participate in a different sort of snowball fight.
CHURCHILL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
CCHS had a welcome-back assembly and celebrated Greenwave students who made the honor roll and those who had perfect attendance for the fall semester.
Learning is not easy, especially with everything students deal with, such as social media, cell-phones and the daily drama of being a teen.
“These students decided to put those factors to the wayside and focus on their path and things that benefit them. These are the students that show up every day and reap the benefits of learning opportunities. Things are hard, and our students continue to prove that they too, can do hard things,” said Vice Principal Reema Pulsifer.
CCHS challenges their students to push themselves – whatever that looks like. Whether it is coming to school every day, turning in homework, participating, or studying.
“We ask our students to just set a goal and keep working on it, no matter if they fail or mess up one day — the next day is a new beginning to get back up and keep moving forward,” Pulsifer said.
CCHS admin and staff truly believe in all of their students, but they need the students to believe even more in themselves.
“We want our students to fully understand that becoming a lifelong learner is a treasure that no one can take from them, it will follow them wherever they go, and now is the time for them to take full control of their future,” Pulsifer said.
CHURCHILL COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in Courtney Aguilera’s classes have been enjoying the use of flexible seating.
“It is great because you are comfortable while you work. You also get to work with your friends and engage in academic discourse,” student Shaylee Wilson said.
Flexible seating options not only get students moving but also helps them build ownership of their education by empowering them to make positive choices for their own learning.
“The flexible seating options in my classroom have helped my students remain focused during instruction,” Aguilera said. “They also enjoy that I am allowing them to own their learning experience and allowing student choice when it comes to seating. It has also created the opportunity for comfort within our classroom environment.”
Student Brady Sydney echoed this and said having the choice has helped him stay on task.
“We get to sit wherever we want and that makes our learning experience more comfortable and enjoyable,” he said.
NUMA
Students in Kristina McFadden’s class earned an indoor snowball fight for following Numa’s SOAR motto, (Safe school, Outstanding character, Academic achievement, and Respect for ourselves and others) and for going above and beyond in their actions and behavior.
“They had so much fun with this and at the end of their time, they got to take turns tossing the snowballs into a box to earn additional Tribe points,” McFadden said. Student Weston Garcia added, “I liked the snowball fight because it was similar to dodgeball. I enjoyed the activity and would like to work hard to earn more duck bucks to do more activities like this.”
E.C. BEST
Physical Education teacher Christine Mori has started the badminton unit with students. The goal of this unit is participation, skill acquisition, strategy, and cognitive retention.
“It is a really fun game to share with young students, especially since many are not familiar with the game. It is also a great unit because usually, students are able to get a handle on the fundamental skills quickly and then get to spend more time just playing,” Mori said.
Third-grade student Travis Henning really enjoyed this unit and liked that it was a sport he was not familiar with.
“I think badminton is really fun. I have never played before Mrs. Mori taught us,” he said. “I like a lot of sports, so it was great to learn a new one. Everyone should try it out.”
LAHONTAN
Kindergarten students in Traci Ledesma and Monica Frank’s class went outside last Thursday and enjoyed some fun in the snow.
Ledesma thought it was important to allow her students time to play in the snow because it was the first time Fallon has had a big snowstorm like this in years. Ledesma said that from the time students arrived that morning it was clear they wanted to be outside playing.
“They were super excited so I decided to use it as an initiative to work hard for the day — it was also a great springboard for our unit on snow,” Ledesma said. “Students chose to spend their time in the snow a little differently.”
Student Laycee Bell said she had an amazing time in the snow.
“We got to make snow angels, a snowman and we even got to eat it.,” she added.