News & Updates

5th graders are studying Earth's biomes and how consumers, producers, and decomposers interact in a variety of ecosystems. We are doing lots of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with fractions. We just finished a round of book groups and are starting a new novel study of the book Sign of the Beaver. We are also learning about the 13 colonies and memorizing our states and capitals.
Ms. Dalton

Writers Club Excerpt - response to the prompt: I wake up somewhere unusual and have to find my way to school....

Uh, where am I?
And, oh no
I'm late for school.
How do I even get to school?
Maybe I should make a pickle car
and drive to school.
Where are the pickles?
Don't all homes have pickles?
-Al

For the arts program, Ms. Jessica and Ms. Asherah are busy working on large puppets for the Climate Parade on April 22nd (look for flyers in next week’s Wednesday mail)! For the theater skills and movement class, Ms. Asherah is working with 4th, 5th, and 6th graders on student-directed skits.

Take a moment to find a tulip! Earlier this school year, students planted tulip bulbs in front of school. They are blooming!

This year is Healdsburg's first ever Earth Day Climate Fest, an afternoon filled with over 40 educational booths and activities to support a positive future in the face of climate change. For our part, there will be an Earth Protectors Parade that your students are involved in! The theme is the four elements-- Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water, and all that flourishes under the sun.

In the Garden: On rainy days, Bobcats have been sketching and studying The Grey Fox.
Even Coco likes to be read to!
Also, check out what may be West Side's First Snowman!