Let it snow!

While some people are a little overwhelmed by this winter's snow, Mrs. Goldstein's 2nd grade class is relishing every moment.

Skyping with Moscow

Excitement was in the air when Ms. Tarana and the students who are studying Russian received their letters from their penpals in a Moscow elementary school, but it was no match for the moments they were able to see their penpals in real time from Moscow. Ms. Tarana led the students in a great first introduction to each other through skype. Cultivating a love of language learning is a goal of the the world language program, and having the chance to interact first hand with different cultures enhances the real world experience for our students.

Recess Rocks

Hooray for Health! Our health fairs are underway and our students danced and moved with Kim from Recess Rocks. This is a national program helping our students to find active althernatives for indoor recess during the cold winter months. Channel 3 came to film our students having fun. Check out the video from Channel 3 when clicking on the link and also the link below to find out more about Recess Rocks!

http://www.recessrocks.com/index.php

ASMM

Our community gathered for our All School Morning Meeting. There was great music, and inspiring writing shared. Gladys from Ms. Ellen's class shared a very personal story about feelings of segregation, and Eduardo and Luis from Ms. Liz's class shared about their experiences during Nature's Classroom. Mr. C. and Manny from Mrs. Goldstien's class led us in a snow dance. Wow, has there been a lot of snow since!

Student Leadership

Mr. C. met with our students in grades 4 and 5 to talk about an upcoming conference on student leadership. Students will be nominated for this conference by their peers with the result of eight students attending in January. During the conference, students will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities that are designed to foster leadership skills in productive thinking, decision-making and communication. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students.

ASMM

Today was a busy community gathering as we accepted a grant from Dominion for our students to attend Nature's Classroom and for students at DLAA to have a technology-math supplement; Ms. Donna's class sang songs for us in Spanish; Ms. Liz's class advertised a food drive they are organizing for families in need; and Mr. Hugh, Mr. K., and Mr. C. helped us to reflect as they sang "Let There Be Peace."

Ma'as salaam -- end of Arabic for the semester!

Our students thrived during the afterschool language classes. Classes will be offered again next semester with our ongoing growing partnership with Connecticut College. Many thanks to Mrs. Goldstein, Ms. Kate, and Ms. Tarana, as well as Connecticut College professors of foreign languages Dr. Vonschl, Dr. Dooling, Dr. Kobayashi, Dr. Harb, and Dr. Page and their dedicated students. Thanks to Kate Collelo, Jonah's mom, for the great picture!