BRES Student Standout -- May 2013

Front row – Alicia Johnson, Landon Bishop, Teahan Hegedus

2^nd row – Ithel Miley, Chase Myers, Ethan Fisher, Jesse Stephens, Carson Gallagher

3^rd row – Humberto Perez, Leigha McCain, Johnathan Rosa, Gabe Morrison, Olivia Herbert

4^th row – Brooke Tingley, Kayla Anderson, Renzie Tanzini

Last row – Lucas DeBella, Noah Shankman, Karin Dunbar, Makayla Shidagis, Caiden George

Absent from photo – Garrett Lohn-Beers, Taylor Bishop, Elizabeth Smith

BRES Citizen of the Month -- May 2013

Front row – Matthew Carey, Joelle Otasevic,

2^nd row – Madison Halstead, Madison Makosky, Logan Haley, Katelyn Scott

3^rd row – Jocelyn Cole, Lyam Rudock, Alexander Madura, Tristan Leon, Leigha McCain

Last row – Brooke Tingley, Zachary Craig, Twila Snyder, Rylee Taylor

Absent from photo – Taryn Briggs, Layla Sinnett, Shawn Bailey, Destiny Posaski, Lisa Colwell, Alison Marshman, Morgan Mansfield

MS/HS Students help 1st Graders with on-campus FOSS Science Day Field Trip

The HS Honor Society and MS Gifted students did a wonderful job running the afternoon session of the 1st grade on campus field trip (FOSS science day). They supervised a group of first graders and led them on a scavenger hunt, an exploration through the nature trail, helped them "create" clouds, read weather related stories, and supervised a trail mix snack station.

BRES Spelling Bee 2013

Blue Ridge Spelling Bee winners from left to right – Ryan Mills-first place, Breanna Post-second place, Sierra Bross-third place

            Blue Ridge Elementary held its annual oral spelling bee for fourth and fifth grade students on Thursday, May 30th.  Eighty-nine fourth and fifth graders chose to take the written qualifying test that was held on May 23^rd.  After the qualifying round, 13 fourth graders and 11 fifth graders, placed to compete in the oral bee.  At the conclusion of 11 rounds, the final three contestants remained.  Those three students completed another 10 rounds until a winner was declared. The winners were Sierra Bross- third place, Breanna Post-second place, and Ryan Mills- first place.  Congratulations to the winners and also to all of the fourth and fifth grade students who competed.

2nd Grade Pen Pal Day

On Thursday, May 16, 2013, second grade students from Blue Ridge Elementary visited Susquehanna Community Elementary to meet their penpals. At the beginning of the year the students in these second grade classes are matched up with a penpal. They write back and forth with one another throughout the year and each May the students get to meet at one of the schools. This year Susquehanna was the host and students were able to tour the school, have a picnic outside, and enjoy a magic show by Jeremy the Illusionist. In its thirteenth year, this has proven to be a great way for students to work on writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.  Thank you to Susquehanna Community Elementary for allowing us to visit! 

“Noah Martin from Blue Ridge Elementary and Brandon Donahue from Susquehanna Community Elementary meet for the first time during Blue Ridge and Susquehanna Penpal Day.”

Mrs. Hinkley from Susquehanna Elementary reads a story to students from Susquehanna and Blue Ridge Elementary Schools.

“Corey Laude from Blue Ridge Elementary participates onstage with Jeremy the Illusionist during Blue Ridge and Susquehanna Penpal Day.”

5th Graders Performing "Art" During Wednesday Night's Music and Art Program at BRSD!!

Students Teaching Students

Middle School students Eric Peters, Garrett Mansfield, Charlie Randall, Hunter Renwick, and Kyra Powell participated in a global research project on the topic of digital citizenship. The students created an action project based on their research and presented messages to the 5^th and 6^th grade student body about safety, respect, and responsibly while using technology to shape learning.  Afterward, the 5^th and 6^th graders were charged with practicing good digital citizenship and they signed a pledge to do so.  

Kayleen Conklin takes 1st place at the NPCTM Math Contest

On Thursday, May 16^th KayLeen Conklin, Evin Davies, Kaleb Folk, Garret Mansfield, Gwen MacConnell and Corbin French participated in the NPCTM math contest at Marywood University. The students were accompanied by their math teacher, Mrs. Sue Graham. Each of the students was placed on a different team with students from other schools. The teams consisted of groups of either 5^th & 6^th graders or 7^th & 8^th graders. They participated in four activities: a group set of questions, an individual set of questions, a group set of questions on an announced topic and a relay race. Mrs. Graham served as a coach to a team of students. After lunch, there was an awards ceremony. KayLeen Conklin was on the winning 5^th/6^th grade team and received a medal! Congratulations to all who participated. 

The Susquehanna County Elementary Principal’s recognized “Principal Award Winners” for the 2012-2013 school year on May 15, 2013 at Green Gables Restaurant in New Milford PA.

Students Pictured (L-R) Front Row:          

Kelsey Day (Elk Lake), Canyon Stone (Susquehanna), Rachel Sorensen (Lathrop St), Hayden Frey (Choconut), Benjamin Bleck (Blue Ridge) 

Principals Pictured (L-R) Back Row:         

Charles Pirone (Elk Lake), Robert Keyes (Susquehanna), Greg Adams (Lathrop St), Chris McComb (Choconut), Matt Button (Blue Ridge)

A Trip Around the World

Mr. Woodruff’s Second Grade recently completed their A Trip Around the World project. This project is part of a social studies unit in which students learn about the many different places they live on earth; continent, country, state, county, city/town, etc. In addition to the lessons in the unit, each student chose one country in the world to research. They used text and online resources to gather information about their country. Some topics of focus were location, size, population, language, weather, sports, food, plants, animals, and trade. Authors worked to research, draft, revise, edit, and write and illustrate a final copy in a hardcover book. These books were shared at Open House on May 9^th and the authors will also be taking time to share what they’ve learned with their classmates.

May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!!

May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!  There are many activities planned to celebrate and increase awareness.  Today was the Speech Therapy Contest.  During lunch time, the students visited the display table to guess how many plastic lips are in the jar.  A soccer ball is the prize!

In honor of National Poetry Month students in 4^th and 5^th grade created Spine Label Poetry.  Students worked during library class, stacking books so that the titles created an original poem. Their incredibly creative poems discussed feelings, friendship, nature, animals, disasters and sports. 

One poem was chosen from each group to win a prize and to be featured on Mr. Button's blog.

The winners are:

4A   Austin Beers                                                    

4B   Anthony Dissinger

4C   Andria Lewis

4D  Connor & Ryan  Mills

4E   Clay Repella

4F   Storm Visage

 

 

5A  Lucas DeBella

5B   Alison Marshman

5C   Tori Auckland

5D  Madison Swisher

5E   Raymond Lindquist

5F   Gavin Rosa

 

Alison Marshman

Andria Lewis

Austin Beers

Clay Repella

Connor Mills

Gavin Rosa

Lucas DeBella

Madison Swisher

Raymond Lindquist

Ryan Mills

Storm Visage

Anthony Dissinger

Tori Auckland

 

BRES ~ Citizen of the Month ~ April 2013

Front row – Cassidy Bean, Isabella Shea, Mason Millard, Olivia Phillips, Delaney Tench

2^nd row – Katie Gordon, Ella Woosman, Hanna McCarthy, Josue Tobon, Breanna McDaniels, Janna Weed, Victoria Rodriquez

3^rd row – Logan Mann, Cassidy Parker, Lydia Andusko, Landen Witbeck, Devin Sherwood

Back row – Lisa Colwell, Makenzie Cook, Morgan Leeming, Michael Palmer, Dawson Stone, Mr. Button

Absent from Photo – Bryce Conklin, Victoria Ross