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Bring lunch and eat with your Panther as we celebrate the special role grandparents play in our students’ lives!

Shout out to our Kindergarten Panthers for being the attendance champs 🏆 — starting the year strong with 99.3% attendance in Week 1 and 99.1% in Week 2! Way to set the bar high! 🙌🐾

Ms. Davidson’s 5th graders worked together in a jigsaw activity today—finding quotes from the text to back up their responses. Great teamwork and strong evidence-based thinking in action! 💚🐾 #PantherPride #EngagedLearners #TeamworkInAction #5thGradeReads #TextEvidence #JigsawLearning #ActiveReaders #LiteracyInAction

A huge thank you to Dyer Subaru for donating boxes of school supplies! Your generosity helps ensure our students have the tools they need for a successful school year. #ThankYou #CommunityPartners #StrongerTogether #ConnectedByCommunity

Ms. Beal’s 3rd graders became narrators and authors today! By changing just one fact, they rewrote classic tales with brand-new alternative endings—showing how a small shift in writing can create big imagination!

Ms. Davidson’s 5th graders are diving into narrator perspective! 📚✨ By analyzing two different accounts of the same topic, they’re learning how point of view shapes the way a story is told.

Ms. Zehr’s first graders got hands-on with UFLI’s Roll and Read activity this week! They had a blast practicing their phonics skills in a fun, new way. 🎲📚 #PhonicsPractice #UFLI #LiteracyLove #HandsOnLearning

Ms. Hu’s student was all smiles this morning as he got ready to tackle the iReady Math diagnostic! 💚🐾 #PantherPride #iReady #StudentSuccess

Ms. Polverari’s 6th graders are diving into the world of 3-D design with Tinkercad! With special guest Ms. Bruckner, #MySDIRC Coordinator of Innovation, they’re creating, editing, and exploring the exciting possibilities of 3-D printing—bringing their ideas to life one digital model at a time. #Tinkercad #3DPrinting #FutureEngineers #InnovationInAction

From A to G, Ms. Palmer’s first graders are mastering the treble clef one note at a time during music class! 🎵✨ #MusicEducation #MusicMagic

Ms. Wheeler’s 5th graders experimented with tools to separate mixtures today in science lab! From sieves to magnets, these young scientists discovered the best ways to explore the properties of matter hands-on. 🧪✨ #FutureScientists #HandsOnLearning #5thGradeScience #STEM #MixturesAndSolutions #PropertiesOfMatter

Our 2nd graders in Coach’s PE class are stepping up their fitness game with the latest ActiveFloor technology! Not only are they moving and having fun, but they’re also engaging their minds as they stay active. A big thank you to #MySDIRC for providing this amazing tech to students across the district - and helping our Panthers stay fit, focused, and ready to learn! 💚🐾

When you crush the FAST, the only right move is a victory dance—Panther style! 💚🐾 #PantherProgress #FASTForward #CelebratingSuccess

Ms. Osborne’s 6th grade students worked with partners to annotate texts—collaboration and critical thinking in action! 💚🐾

Mrs. Zwemer’s 3rd graders teamed up for partner work today! They used the FUN strategy to show where they found answers in the text — making reading comprehension both meaningful and FUN! 💚🐾 ❓Be sure to ask your student if they can tell you what F-U-N stands for! #3rdGradeReaders #FUNStrategy #PartnerPower #PantherPride #LearningTogether

Our kindergarteners in Ms. Lewis’ class are bringing nursery rhymes to life! Today they had fun with “Jack Be Nimble” as they took turns jumping over the candlestick. Learning + laughter = a bright start to literacy! 🕯️📚💚🐾 #PantherPride #KindergartenAdventures #NurseryRhymeFun #JackBeNimble #LearningThroughPlay #BrightBeginnings

Ms. Clarke and Ms. Lutman are excited to sponsor Girls on the Run again this fall! 🌟 👉 Registration opens August 25th (space is limited)! 👉 GOTR meets every Tuesday & Thursday at 7:30 AM beginning September 16th. 👉 See Ms. Clarke or Ms. Lutman for more details. Let’s cheer on our Panthers as they set goals, build confidence, and run toward success! 🏃‍♀️💚🐾 #GirlsOnTheRun #PantherPride #StrongerEveryMile #PanthersOnTheMove #RMSRuns