Last week was an incredible week of activities and reading! We ended our PTO sponsored Read-a-thon earning a whopping $24,357 -surpassing our final goal of $23,500! Parents, family members, friends, and community members, words cannot express our gratitude for showing your support for this amazing activity! Please see some final statistics below. Thank you!

In a world full of high-tech entertainment, AI, and social media, it is quite a challenge to capture and maintain student attention. Teachers must implement strategies to engage students in their learning and make learning fun and relevant for optimal thinking and comprehension. Ways that teachers engage students are through active learning, such as discussions, group work, and hands-on activities, which promote deeper participation and understanding.  Teachers can also tap into students' interests and experiences by connecting lessons to current events, stories, or students' lives to stimulate curiosity and create a positive, supportive classroom environment. Teachers are implementing many strategies to engage our students in every subject area. This includes "block" or "specials" which are student PE, Art, Music, or Media Center. During "block" time, students engage in activities with other non-classroom instructional staff members, while teachers have their planning period. Please see a few pictures of students engaging in science.