Eagle Eye Tribune

Hello AES families,

Thank you to the newcomers who joined the PTO meeting this week. It is wonderful to have new voices and new ideas join the table. Please consider joining the next PTO meeting next month on November 14th.

Picture re-takes are October 23rd. All new staff and students are encouraged to get their picture taken if you didn't at the first photo shoot.

Fire Safety Day was held this week at AES. Thank you to the presenters today: Chief Marshall Gale, Captain Barry Frosch, Lieut. Nick Taber, Fire Fighter Bill Bezio and Fire Fighter Kevyn Torunski

Wishing you the very best weekend.

Warmest regards,

Beth Gibney

Upcoming Events:

10/17 – Staff Meeting @ 7:15

10/23 – Picture Re-take Day

10/27 – School Community Meeting @ 8:50 and then Eagle Groups

10/31 – Halloween Parade @ 1:40

In First Friends 2, we had lots of fun learning about fire people and their equipment for fire safety.

First Friends 1, have been having fun with apple stories, songs, games, and testing apples in the bucket balance! We’re enjoying centers and fun activities with our teachers.

Ms. Lawler’s class is loving Forest Fridays! Each Friday, we spend some time in the woods behind the school, exploring, building, and connecting with the natural world. Last week, each student made a letter out of natural materials they found on the forest floor. We built many forts and one student, even made a home for a red-backed salamander he found!

Ms. Dibble’s class has been having so much fun learning how to write and count numbers to 10. This week, we learned the number 10 and celebrated by making bracelets with 5 of one color and 5 of another! We have also been learning how to play cooperatively with one another. We even had a group of friends make a zoo with toys! How creative!

Mrs. DiFolco’s class has been learning about individual goals that students can choose to focus on in their own goal journal. At the end of every week students fill out their own rubric to chart their growth. Way to go first graders!

Mrs. Sullivan's class practiced our blending of words using shaving cream to help us remember!

Second graders have continued to work hard in math, literacy, and reading! During their time working with the Cornucopia Project, they have been harvesting and cleaning up the garden as the cold weather comes! This week we made pesto using basil, kale, and garlic from the garden! On Tuesday, October 17th, we will be celebrating our last day working in the garden by eating garden soup, clearing out the garden, and planting garlic to prepare to pass the torch to the 1st graders! Very exciting!

Fourth graders have worked hard this week solving multi-step word problems. Students worked hard drawing pictures to help them make sense of the problem before solving. We know that multi-step word problems will require more than one equation and lots of grit!

Title 1 reading interventions are in full swing. The literacy team is collaborating with grade level teachers to create opportunities for high yeild instruction for all students in a small group setting in the classroom.

This week students have been learning about fitness and what it means to stay fit! Kindergarten and first graders have been learning about how exercise makes their hearts stronger so they can play and exercise for longer. They ran a practice Pacer test, laughing the entire time 😀. Second and fourth graders have completed their Fitnessgram testing and have set their personal goals for this spring when they will take it again. Students in each grade have demonstrated an incredible amount of grit and perseverance throughout these fitness activities. Ask your student about Cardiovascular Endurance!

Email: bgibney@conval.edu
Website: https://aes.convalsd.net/
Location: 10 School Street, Antrim, NH, USA
Phone: (603)588-6371