Good luck Class of 2021. Continue leading yourself to be a success!

Song for Mr. VanWinkle

Student Survey

Our Legacy

Leadership Survey

InsectsFound

View Larger Map This is only a few of the 280 bugs we have in our collection. The markers are created by linking a spreadsheet to the Arc GIS map..

Sportsmanship

Show Leadership Whatever you Do

Badger Mountain 2012

A perfect day to conduct outdoor science.

Badger Mountain Field Trip

Douglas Creek Work

Students have been working to analyze Douglas Creek data.

Spelling Words May 14

Spelling Words May 14, 2014

Shyness

Invasion

Padded

Painting

Bendable

Colorful

Exhausted

Exaggerated

Affectionately

Astronomer

Support

Graphic

Flawless

Congratulate

Quality

Geologist

Neatly

Basement

Douglas Creek Trip 2...

Students worked hard to conduct Ph and Dissolved oxygen tests.  Information will all be posted on the Douglas Creek blog.

Weekly Spelling Words

soon
stumbled
hoist
greatest
pure
vault
uniform
haughty
foot
prowl
bounce
walk
thought
departing
more
cuter
stall

Douglas Creek

Douglas Creek Trip 1

First Creek Trip This Friday

Please send your kid ready for an outdoor learning experience this Friday. Tennis shoes, jeans, and a hat is recommended. Please take a moment to check out our Douglas Creek blog for a better idea of what will be taking place at the creek and in the classroom.
http://douglascreek.blogspot.com/

Spelling Words April 30-May 5th

they're
there
geese
moose
cue
train
owner
throat
steal
steel
weighty
cries
bright
rubies
lead
statue
hyena
swallow

Douglas Creek Vocabulary Work

Douglas Creek Vocabulary Work

Brandon Cruising the Solar Car

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Rock Study

We have begun to become Geologists. Students will be conducting several investigations to help them become more aware of various types of rocks and what a rock really is. 

Preparing for student led conferences

Students have been working hard to provide you with a quality conference. They look forward to sharing with you!

Spelling Words April 9,

director
indirect
autopilot
distrust
unfair
midsummer
misspell
knowledge
mismatch
preview
movement
bicycle
doubtful
restless
restful
direct
direction

Students learn how to download photos

Students preparing for a spring full of science and technology integration

Roman 3D models

Good Link to Reading Strategies

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Apartments

If you went back in time I think you should go to the apartments because they were so interesting. To begin with there were three different floors. The bottom floor was stores, taverns and the kitchen. The kitchen used pots not the table platters. In the kitchen they had a fire for cooking. Apartments didn’t have their own cooking area. Another interesting fact about the apartments is they were dangerous. There was a law that said they had to be three stories high. The reason for this law was that there were many fires. So now you know a little bit about the apartments.  

Claire     

Flora's Temple

Flora’s temple

    

 Flora's Temple

A really long time ago there was a building called Flora’s temple. Here‘s some fact’s about this giant temple. Inside priest used to worship gods and had sacrifices for them. One of the gods they worshiped was Flora. Flora is god of growing plants and helping plants thrive. She also had two temples which were extremely big. Another thing the priest did was sacrifice. The priest would burn the animals and give them to the gods. The priest thought by sacrificing the animals the gods would give something back in return[t1]  . The priest had to sacrifice the animals in floras temple. Know you can see floras temple is an amazing place to be!

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By, Sauviah

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 [t1]Where did they need to go to make the sacrifice

Basilica

ROMAN BASILICA

The Basilica building is very interesting and this is why. One interesting fact about the Basilica is its large .The Basilica 31.6 feet high and 17.16 feet wide. 31.16ft is about as tall as our school gym. There is a door and it is bronze  and brown. Another fact about the Basilica is it had a large hall inside. To get inside the large hall you had to be a man. No women were allowed. The Basilica hall was used for the government. In the hall the men held meetings every week or so to talk about the town. So now you know some facts about the Basilica.       

 By Jordan Adams JJJJ(:

 

Circus Maximus

                                                                               

                                           CIRCUS MAXIMUS

Today you will be learning about the Circus Maximus. To begin with the Circus Maximus is huge. The Circus Maximus is two thousand feet long and the width is six hundred fifty feet. It can hold two thousand fifty people in it. The next fact you will learn is how many chariots race. There are twelve chariots that can race at one time. You can have two or four horses on a team pulling a chariot.  A chariot is a cart that has two wheels. The race drivers started with a cloth that the Empire dropped. They got lots of money if they won. Now you know more about the Circus Maximus.  

The roman fort

Today I will tell you about the roman fort. Here are some facts about this amazing fort. To begin with the roman fort was very large. The number of people that they could fit in the fort at ones was 4,000 people or more. The soldiers had a lot of stables for their horses. The soldiers that rode the horses were called the Calvary. Another thing I will tell you about is how the soldiers protected the fort. They had gigantic walls. The walls were 13 ft high so it would probably be impossible to climb it. Outside the fort Auxiliaries guarded the soldiers by protected the entrances. The Auxiliaries were the people that guarded the soldiers and they didn’t get paid. Now you know why the forts are so interesting.

Roman Apartments

A couple thousand years ago the Romans built apartments and I am going to tell you two facts about them. First apartments had stores. The stores where always down stairs. The stores where so big. The stores had all kind of stuff like fresh figs, apples, freshly caught shellfish and sweet wine. The second thing about the apartments was two families could live in the apartments. The first family that lived there had to say that the second family could live there. Both of the families slept up stairs on the second floor. As one can see this is what happen a couple thousand years ago in the Roman Empire town. 

The Villa

                     The Villa

A couple thousand years ago Romans built a building called the villa. This was an amazing building. To begin with the interesting[  Villa has lots of food. There was 65 acres in the villa of crops like wheat, apples, beans, onions, grapes, and very good olives. Many of them were owned by wealthy people. Another thing about the villa is that most of the workers were slaves. Roman slaves were often people from countries captured by Rome. They were bought and sold at markets in town. Many owners took good care of their slaves, and paid them for doing special jobs. Sometimes they were given, or allowed to buy their freedom. Now you know what they had in villas in roman times.

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The Villa

                                                  The Villa

If you could travel in time you should want to visit the villa for several reasons! One reason is they grew food. Some of the food they grew was grapes, apples, onions, wheat,  

  and very good olives. The best farm land was on the coast of North Africa! The soil there was amazing! There were  awesome places to grow wheat.Wheat was ground into flour and then made into bread! Next I will talk to you about the slaves! The slaves did most of the farm work. A trusted slave called the vilicus was in charge of the fields and laborer! The slaves work very hard. If they didn’t work hard they might be beaten or kept chained! As you can see the villa is a grate place to be! JJJ

The amazing roman senate house

Would you like to hear about a spectacular building?  By reading this you will go back

in time and travel to the basilica. One reason why the basilica was so amazing is because they used it to hold court. They held court in a large room with marble floor. Senators would help the emperor decide what was going to happen to the person they were judging. Eventually the army would come and take the person to jail. The second reason the basilica was so great was because of the door. The basilica had huge, ginormous bronze doors for getting lots of people in, and out. The doors to the roman senate house are still standing from 1,000 years ago! The third reason the roman senate house is so wonderful is because of its dimensions. It was 31.6 feet tall, 57.1 feet wide and 82.7 feet long. It was one of the tallest buildings in the Roman Empire. The last reason the roman basilica was so spectacular is how it fell down and was rebuilt. When Julius Ceaser’s senate house was burned down in a fire in the late 200s AD the emperor had a new senate house built to replace it. The senate house that was rebuilt is still standing in the same place in the forum today. Amazing! Now you know four things about the basilica.

             By: Elizabeth Katovich

Roman Relgion

                       Roman Religion

A really long time ago in the roman times there was buildings called temples. Here are a few facts about them. One thing they did inside was worship many gods. The people of the church burned animals and made sacrifices. Some of the people thought it sent messages to the gods. The priest and emperor  also prayed and took the peoples offering inside. The poor people gave coins and brooches and the rich people gave silver statues. Most people  thought it would give them good luck. Another fact about the temple was the gods. There was goddess and gods. The goddesses were; Juno the wife of Jupiter also goddess of goddess, Flora goddess of flowers and spring, Terra goddess of Earth, Minerva goddess of wisdom also daughter of Jupiter, and Venus goddess of love and beauty. The male gods were; Mercury god of road and travel, Saturn god of fertility and planting, Sol god of the sun, Cupid Venus son, Jupiter god of sky, Mars god of war, and Neptune god of the sea. The most powerful god was Zeus god of gods. Now you should have a pretty good idea of roman religion.

Test March 16th

disprove
bifocal
autopilot
upon
midsummer
distrust
biplane
automatic
midtown
within
automobile
near
midweek
disband
bicycle
disagree
autobigraphy

Roman Sketch Up Work

Roman Work

Spelling Test March 9

restart
prefix
unfair
recount
misplace
preview
preschool
unaware
mismatch
unclear
reread
refund
unzip
misprint
unload
mislead
preheat

Egg Drop

seccess is

“Success is doing what you’re capable of, showing effort and being grateful.”

Tasha Schoenberg

seccess is

“Success is being helpful and doing the best I can at everything I do.”

Rachel Vadnais JJJJ

seccess is

 “Success is doing the best you can and believing in yourself.” J

       

                By Jordan Adams

seccess is

“Success is bringing joy and peace to others while doing the best you can.”

                Angle Lopez

seccess is

“Success means I work hard to do my best while helping others.”

By Codee Fry

seccess is

“Success is working hard at something and creating a positive outcome from your efforts.” J

      by Meredith Mittelstaedt

Success Is

“Success is about trying your best and working toward your goals while showing you care about those around you. You can find success anywhere.”

                    By Brooke willms JJJ

Chariot Races

I’m in the capital city of Rome .I  am on my way to the circus maximums  where there are chariot races. I am with Latin and he is one of the chariot racers. “So do you think you will win?’’  “yes I do. Replied Latin.

 The people have filled the stands. The Emperor has stood up and now he has dropped the stating cloth. There off! Green is in the lead but Red is catching up. Oh no! Red just smashed green. I am going to talk with the vet Pythus. “Is the horse all right Pythus?” Pythus muttered “No, he isn’t.  He tore his ligament.” “ I will go talk with Red.” I said. “Red why did you smash green?’’  Red rebuffed “I got paid to do it.” “Do you know who paid you?” “Yes’, I do. There names are Victor and Felix.” “How much did they pay you.” Red whispered  they paid me 50 coins.”  I will go to the Armey. They will throw them in prison because they have paid you to smash Latin.”  “I suggest  you go talk to Latin, Red.  I’ll go talk to the vet Pythus.” “Pythus , do you think the horse will live?” “I asked  breathlessly.  “Yes. I only know that those two loved each other. That horse was a hero. To him.”       Pythus stuttered. It has been a busy day here in Rome and that is our story we look forward to bringing you more next time.

 our story we look forward to bringing  you more the next time.

No More Food in Dacia

In the land of Dacia there is a drought that causes the crops not to grow. The people are enraged because they are hungry and can not feed themselves or their families. Some of the hungry people have begun to fight the Roman Army. Fights have started in the stadium and on the streets. Ten have been killed. The people are crying on the streets and coming into Floras temple. They are saying HELP us we do not have any food. They need food quick before more fights happen. As we end our report we beg for the emperor to send some food to the Dacia people. By Emily, Mckenna, Dean

Where are the Children Going?

These are sad times in our Roman homes. All our all kids are getting stolen! The men are leaving to go to war and our families are unprotected. We are getting raided by the Barbarians all the time and they are turning the kids into slaves! We are going nuts. The enemies were sited by the great well on the of Mars. We need help from Mars the god of war and Vista the goddess of homes and families. We have been making sacrifice. The women are sending letters to the emperor for help. Lets just hope they send more troops soon. By, Claire Ashley

The roman emperor.

This is Elizabeth reporting to you on how emperor Pythous became emperor. When he was a little boy he had a dream to one day become emperor, so he asked emperor Agustis the 4th if he could help for a day.   Emperor Agustis said,” I would be delighted to have you work with me for a day”.  Emperor Agustis liked having Pythous at his side so he        decided to let him stay. 

Pythous loved working the job that he hoped to someday have.  But what he didn’t know was that the three senates did NOT like having a kid working at the curia or basilica. 

One late night when everyone started to leave the three senates hid in the workroom, and when everyone was gone they snuck into the kitchen ware the cooks prepared the food, and switched the seasonings, and there labels for poison…  The next day the cooks made the food, the senates thought the food was going to the boy but it was actually going to the emperor. The emperor ate the food happily, and when he was done he went to his throne. 

A  few hours later the  workers found the emperor dead.  The   senates were accused  for  poisoning the emperor so they had to fight lions, and they ended up dying, the boy became emperor, and he found four new senates. And that’s the real deal.

Not Enough Metal

	2/27/12
		Today I saw a couple of legionaries' who had wooden swords. They didn't have metal swords because the miners are on strike. This has caused great depression among the soldiers. In addition to not having metal swords some soldiers have been forced to fight without javelins, fully finished shields, or even armor. Many have died because they don't have the right gear. Another thing is that they don't have enough metal to complete their shoes. The shoes are  not getting finished  so they don't have any spikes on the bottom of them for traction. The legionaries are sliding on the gravel looking like monkeys on ice skates. As we leave are report we hope that the miners stop their striking and the army will have more weapons to fight with.                                           By,  Brooke, Chase Rachel

Spelling Test Feb 24

grateful mission report autograph astronaut dialogue import marine photograph mariner dismiss gratitude astronomy apology telescope biography microscope

My forth year.

What grade kinder threw third did you like best? I liked Mrs. Chambers’s class, and this is why. First, she took us to the park so we could draw birds and trees. One time I drew a red robin singing in a big red maple tree. The next reason is A.R time we got to read funny, funny book’s like Corduroy. Sometimes while reading I threw back my head opened my mouth and laughed out loud. Then we took a test on the books we read. Now you can see I had an awesome second grade class!

My third year in school

This is my 3rd year in school. I will tell you about my fantastic year so far. First what you want to know about is our field trips. My class went to the Salmon Festival. It was amazing. We had to study Salmon and what their lifecycle was. Also this year has been interesting because of my amazing teacher Mr.Grillo. Mr.Grillo tells my classmates about his exiting trips and what he does at home. He is an amazing teacher because he plans our field trips into are huge schedule. Now you know what I have done so far this year. I have gone on field trips, and spent time with my amazing teachers.

I enjoy school,do you?

I enjoy school, do you? Would you like to hear what my most memorable grade has been? It has been first grade. One of the reasons I loved first grade the most is because we had a lot of reading time. We had a huge selection of books. We got to read mysteries, fairytales, and loads of other exiting books. She used to read to us for at least 30 minutes, she even let the student of the day pick the book. I remember she would sit down in her fluffy brown chair, open the colorful cover of the book, than start reading to us. My second reason I loved first grade the most is because we had a wonderful teacher. One of the things about Ms. Birum is that she loves ice. Every day we would race to the classroom to se who got to get her ice. Wale we were in class she would munch the ice wale drinking a Pepsi. The last reason I enjoyed first grade was because Ms. Birum let us correct our math with color crayons. We got to draw purple smiley faces, yellow stars, orange dots, and loads of other fantastic designs. As one can see first grade was my most exiting year.

Roman Empire Work

Students have begun a new unit about the Roman Empire. During this work they will become experts in one aspect of the Roman society.

Letter Home

2-3-12 Dear Parents, We have had a fantastic week. To begin with we have started to learn about the Roman Empire. We have learned that they had lots of wars and they also had a government. In the government they had a leader called an emperor. Our class is going to be building a Roman city out of sugar cubes. If you can give a box or two of cubes we would appreciate it. Another thing we have been doing is working on becoming better writers. We have written about our favorite grade. We had to do all the steps of writing to complete the paper. After we thought we were done we are finding we had mistakes and we are rewriting again. As you can see we have been doing some awesome work. Sincerely, Your Third Grader

Spelling Test Feb 4

Salvia's Goals for 2012

NEW GOALS Can you believe it’s a New Year! These are my new goals. The first goal that I have is family time. I will play territory. Territory is a game were we pick out 10 toy people and start our own town or city and we have to tell our people what to do like go get trees or build. I will play territory when Soren is host. I will play with Trygve, Tayen, Aitana, Tierney, Brevik, Breya; Skyrha and Soren. These are all my borther’s and sisters, By doing this goal my mom will be proud of me and not yell at me. Another thing I will do is stay. Healthy. I will eat a lot of carrots and vegetables every day. I will run around my house with my dogs for at least an hour each day. My dogs will be so happy to help me keep healthy. I bet you can see now that I have a lot of good goals such as staying healthy and spending time with my family.

Students learning about sound

Spelling Words Test Jan 27

glow, bonus, road, town, owl,pound ,about, July, scoop, due ,flew, use ,rule ,mule, unit, county, raccoon, tissue

What we are doing in science

My Goals

It’s a New Year time to write new goals. I will tell you about my two goals. First I will become a better reader. I will pay attention to my teacher. When I pay attention to my teacher my reading will get better because, I will learn to read lots and lots of books. My second goal is I will listen more in school. When Mr. Grillo is talking I will make sure I am sitting and looking at him. Now you know what two of my goals are.

Goals

My goals Can you believe it is 2012. I have two goals. First I will help my family at home and clean up my house. I will read to my baby brother Alex for 30 minutes at home. I will go to dinner with my mom, dad, brothers, and my baby brother. Next I will eat healthy. I will be a healthy person at my family and eat vegetables and fruit and eat what my mom gives me to eat.. You will know I exercise and I will eat the right food and I will lesson to the teacher. Joanna Gonzalez Loera 1-17-12

My Goals

RACHEL, MYGOALS) 1/17/12 Can you believe it! It is 2012!! I set my goals to spend time with my family and be healthy.. First I have the goal to follow the rules of my family. I want to be sure not to run in the house. Sometime I run through the livingroom on accident playing with my sister but my mom gets mad at us. I want ot be sure to not do this year. Secondly I want to improve my life by staying healthy. One of the ways that I can stay healthy is by eating veigebles everyday. My favorite vegitables are carrots, green beans, and broccoli. If I eat more vegitables I will stay healthier. As you can see I have goals to be healthy and spend time with my family

These are my goals

I like starting new years. It’s a new year, that means I start setting new goals. First I will tell you about my family goal. I will listen to them if they have ideas or just when they talk to me. To not get into trouble I will always do what they say. For example if my mom tells me to help her clean the house I will smile and say, “Ok.” By listening to them it will show that I care about them. Also I will be good at school. I always will listen to Mrs. Hinderer and work on adding, subtracting, and multiplying, and other stuff I need to be good at so I can get a good grade. In Mr. Grillo’s class, I will try as hard as can by getting all my work done. Now you know what my goals are this year being nice to my family and be good at school. Brooke

My Goals

Goals Guess what we get a new year! We get to set new goals! My first goal will be to be nice to my friends! I will help my friends out when there’re sad, mad or if they get hurt! To reach my goal I will listen to my friends when they talk to me. This will show that I am a good friend. Another goal I have for this new year is to do my best at school! I am not going to goof off and I will stay on task! I will have my eyes on the teacher so she or he will know I am not goofing off! Finally my last goal is I want to exercise and eat good food! To exercise I will run 2 days a week at home around my house. After I’m done running I will eat good food like cheese, bread, fruit and vegetables! Now you know my goals for this New Year

Spelling Words 1/17

better royal less spoil most voice oyster coin best joy more point cowboy least employer worst

Goals

Can you belive it! It is 2012!! I set my goals to spend time with my family be healthy. First I have the goal to follow the rules of my family. I want to be sure not to run in the house. Sometime I run through the livingroom on accident playing with my sister but my mom gets mad at us. I want ot be sure to not do this this year. Secondly I want to improve my life by stayeing healthy. One of the ways that I can stay healthy is by eating veigebles every day. My favorite vegitables are carrots, green beans, and broccoli. If I eat more vegitables I will stay healthier. As you can see I like being healthy and like spened time with my family.

My exiding new goals

Time to start writing goals.These are two of my goals for the New Year. First I would like to listen to my mom more. If she tells me to make my bed I should just do it. This will help my mom because she won’t have to yell at me as much, and she doesn’t have to worry about telling me to do something after she tells me to do it the first time. It will help me because I won’t get yelled at as much. Another goal I have is to work harder in school, especially math. I would like to try harder in math because it is a skill that I have to have for all the other grades. I can do better in math by working on times tables adding, and subtracting at home, with my dad, or mom. I will also work hard in math class with Mrs. Hinderer. Now you know two of my goals. Listen to my mom and do better in school.

My Goals

HERE ARE MY GOALS!!! It is 2012! Here are some of my goals. To begin I will share my home goals. I would like to play with my sisters more. When I do it will make them happy. I will play with my little sister by playing rosie with her. Rosey is the game ring around the rosy but my baby sister can’t say ring so we call the game Rosey. I will be kinder to my family. When I am kind to them it will make them happier. One more goal I have is to eat healthy foods. I would like to eat more meats. When I eat more meats I will feel better and I will have more energy. Fruit is another health food I would like to eat it more. It has a great taste and it’s healthy. So now you know some of my goals! CLAIRE ASHLEY

Sioux Tribe Map

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             My goals!!

Guess what it’s a new year! Let’s write goals! First I’ll tell you about my fantastic goals for my friends. I want to be kind and a good friend by listening when my frinends talk. Another thing is, I want to be a good influence by not goofing off.

Second are my family goals. I want to do all my chores like watering the plants and vacuuming the stairs when I’m told to. Also I want to be kind to my family by not yelling at them.

Third is my school goal. I would like to listen to the teacher by staying focust and respecting my teacher and classmates by doing the right thing when I’m told to. Finally I want to be a good student and stay on task so I can move on with other projects. Now you now my goals for this year.

Meredith Mittelstaedt      :)

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My Goals

It is 2012. Here are some of my goals. My first goal is to make as many friends as I can. I would play with all them and I would help them doing things like math and homework. I would be kind to all of my best friends. The next goal I have for 2012 is about my family. I am going to try not to fight with my family at all. I’m going to be helpful around my family. I can help by doing dishes more. As one can see I have a lot of goals to complete this year.

Emily's Goals for 2012

Goals Can you believe it’s a new year? We get to set new goals. First I will tell you about my school goals. I’ll be on task everyday and not get my name on the board. By being on task and not getting my name on the board I will not to get a refocus. My mom will be proud of me. Secondly I will talk about my sports goals. I will run 20 minutes each day of the year. This will help me get in shape for basketball and other sports and help me a better teammate. Now you now what my goals are for 2012!

Spelling words Test Jan. 13

1. fall 2. caught 3. faster 4. August 5. talk 6. small 7. fought 8. yawn 9. bought 10. thinnest 11. hawk 12. taught 13. chalk 14. tall 15. auto 16. squawk 17. happier

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