Central Elementary

Overflowing support for any person affected by breast cancer is an annual event in October across the globe. No one is left untouched by this disease, and our caring staff was quick to put together a simple show of support. All Central El. staff participated and showed their support by sporting the color pink each and every Wednesday during the month of October.

Book fair memories and excitement were brought back to life this year thanks to Mrs. O’Connell and all of our wonderful PALS volunteers. The fall tradition from the Scholastic Company was a huge success for our school library where students purchased close to $6000 of materials. This enabled our library to purchase 700 new books! Encourage your child to read, read, read! There is something for everyone in our library.

Linden continues to offer helpful professional development that keeps all educators on the forefront of the latest developments in their field. Most recently teachers were engaged in a virtual tutorial regarding Accelerator Math, followed directly by a learning session called “Making Connections,” led by LCS Curriculum Director Brett Young. Technology surrounding our report card format in the program Synergy was led by our own teacher, Mrs. Raquel Worrell. We appreciate our teachers volunteering their time to become experts in specific areas of their field.

In STEM students worked in groups of 3-4 to build a spider web bridge. The goal was to to hold the most spiders possible. Students learned about the strength and design of real spider webs, and used the ideas of tension and intersecting lines to create web bridges made of tape, yarn, and cups.

LCS continues to offer avenues of communication for our families in any way we can during the challenges of Covid. Virtual conferences and phone calls have been a primary form of connection this Fall. Many conferences have concluded at the end of this marking period. Teachers continue to be available for discussions concerning any areas necessary. Please feel free to contact them directly if you need any more information about your child and their progress.

Bubblegum and blowing bubbles is meant for baseball games and Mrs. Koledo’s class! Students employed the traditional scientific method to compare the measurements of bubbles blown of the top three bubblegums. Research about bubblegum and how it was discovered and developed, to observations and measurements collected in data charts, was done over a two day period. The data is then collected in bar graphs to show results of the data. To find out the final conclusion of the best bubble maker - you’ll have to ask your child!

Students in Mrs. Fitzgerald’s science classes had fun exploring the conversion of energy with the experiment “Just Like Old Faithful”. After learning that Diet Coke is made mostly of water with pressurized carbon dioxide, they practiced using the Periodic Table of Elements to research which elements make up water and carbon dioxide. The next step was to take it outside to watch a catalyst in action. The Mentos speeded up the process, and the stored energy in the bottle was converted to kinetic energy and sound energy in an amazing soda geyser display.

Absence and tardies can start adding up this time of year. Here are some facts from the Attendance Works Project:

· Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.

· Over 8 million U.S. students miss nearly a month of school each year.

· Absenteeism and its ill effects start early. One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent.

· Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.

· By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.

· Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.

Our student council sponsored a SOCK-TOBER this month. The goal was to collect personal items such as, socks, underwear, pajamas, and diapers for foster care. The total number of these important items that Central Elementary raised for SOCK-TOBER was 4,227. Ms. Elmer's class brought in the most items and will be treated to a cider and donut party. Thanks to your generosity and the focus of our student council, a lot of needy children will receive these essential items that we take for granted.

Over 400 pairs of socks were donated by Aiden Huff for SOCK-TOBER. Melissa Huff, from Community Threads in Fenton, wrapped each pair individually. Thanks for all your time and effort.

We would like to thank all of those that contributed to the 14th Annual Linden Presbyterian Church "Warm Coats, Warm Hearts" coat give away. We collected many coats. These donations will go to needy community members so they can stay dry and warm this winter. Caring about our community is what we do here in Linden!

Mrs. O’Dell’s 4th and 5th graders had a special surprise visitor from the high school! Tuffy the Eagle along with Mrs. Heiss’s class came to show them some smooth dance moves and pose for pictures. Always fun to have the school mascot and our high school peers come for a covid friendly visit.

With sadness and gratitude we will be saying good-bye to a committed and caring long-term substitute, Mr. Lee Rose. You may have seen Mr. Rose in the office or in a classroom over the last two years. We were lucky enough to have his devoted consistency in our building for our kids. We will miss him greatly along with every child who had a chance to have him in their class. We wish him good luck in his next endeavor after Central.

November 10 Therapy Dogs

November 10 PALS Meeting

November 17 Student Council Meeting

November 24, 25, 26 No School. Thanksgiving Break

December 08 PALS-Christmas Extravaganza

Email: mgagne@lindenschools.org
Website: lindenscommunityschools.org
Phone: 810-591-8410