Elementary School Blog 2017: Kicking off the Year with Kindness

The Elementary Division has been off to a great start in 2017! We kicked off the new year with Kindness Week as a way to apply lessons learned during our character education classes. Students participated in daily goal challenges, such as giving a compliment to a peer or lending a helping hand. The students all wore Dude. Be Nice t-shirts for an assembly where students were recognized for participation. This year, the Elementary classes have been participating in Tribes once a week where students from each class get together for an activity. It has been a great way for our division to work together and build community.

 

Winter is a great time head out of the classrooms on field trips to make connections to social studies and science units. Ms. Pollard’s and Ms. Senne’s classes visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. In addition to seeing an Imax documentary on Extreme Weather, students visited exhibits including Gems and Minerals, Space, and Destination Health. Ms. Grange’s class visited History Colorado where they toured the Native American exhibits and Denver A to Z.