Tuttle Avenue first graders participated in a Thanksgiving celebration, which recognized and honored all essential workers in their school along with the veterans and active military in their community. It was a morning of poetry and song as each of the grade’s classrooms donned turkey and pilgrim headdresses and took to the stage to perform a variety of Thanksgiving holiday music and to recognize the important work that the faculty and staff do each day.

The school also collectively donated nonperishable food items for those in need during the holiday. The donated items were brought to Lion’s Heart and the Eastport Bible Church to assist in making the community’s holiday brighter.

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Date Added: 11/22/2024

The District’s elementary school students participated in the democratic process on Nov. 4 by casting their votes in mock elections.

At Dayton Avenue School, fourth grade students learned about the voting process and about making informed decisions before voting for their favorite cookie, Chips Ahoy or Oreos. During an assignment called The Great Cookie Debate, they were also instructed to write an essay defending their decision. The essays were placed on a bulletin board for peers to read. Additionally, students voted schoolwide on whether they want revised school hours.

Eastport Elementary and Tuttle Avenue students also voted for their favorite sharks. Tuttle Avenue students voted between the great white and tiger shark. Student ambassadors lead the voting process by explaining to peers how to vote and awarding “I Voted” stickers. Eastport students chose between the bull shark and hammerhead shark. Using the school’s new Glowforge machine and inspired by the book “Who Would Win,” the winning shark will have a cutout printed out and displayed in the cafeteria.

After the votes are counted and the winners are announced, students in all three schools participated in further discussions about the results.

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Date Added: 11/6/2024

Tuttle Avenue School second graders sharpened their science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics skills while having a gourd of a good time. Assisted by parents, they measured the orange gourds’ circumference and height, estimated and then counted pumpkin seeds in a jar and conducted experiments to determine if pumpkins and other Halloween objects would sink or float. They also participated in a pumpkin weaving activity and wrote about their close observations of the colorful gourds.

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Date Added: 10/31/2024

Tuttle Avenue School kindergarten students learned how to use the school library. Under the direction of library media specialist Cindy Norman, the students recently learned how to shop the shelves, or browse for an interesting book to check out.

The students first made shelf markers, which are inserted between shelved books to hold their place on the shelf while browsing. These shelf markers were also laminated and given a bar code and now serve as the students’ official library card.

Additionally, the kindergarten students learned about book care, the check-out process and how to behave in the library. Of course, a visit to the library would not be complete without story time.

Date Added: 10/4/2024