What better thing to do on a cold winter evening than stay after school to read with your friends? That’s what the 7th graders did on January 12 for the annual Read-In. The students build forts in the library and then spend time reading. After some books are devoured, they work together on games and… Continue Reading Reading, games and fun
September2017
Spelling really does count!
The 10 contestants in the Spelling Bee worked their way through 178 words until seventh grader Emily N. spelled ‘dragoons’ correctly to win first place. Fourth grader Alex Z. was a close second. Each class 4th-8th grade sent two contestants who spelled words such as richochet, merengue, Hispaniola, grandiose, and incessant. The students did a… Continue Reading Spelling really does count!
Garden beauty
An eighth grader at Erin School recently won a grant-writing contest that allowed the school to implement a garden program that she had proposed. Courtney Kirley was the Student State Ambassador from Wisconsin at the 2016 Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Ambassador Summit at Purdue University. At the summit, she competed against students… Continue Reading Garden beauty