Reader's Theater in Mrs. Watkins' 3rd Grade Class

Mrs. Watkins Class has been working on improving fluency and understanding character traits by using

Reader's Theater. Students got creative with these skills by performing February plays for classmates,parents, friends and relatives.

The two plays that were presented were: "The Rabbit Who Stole Groundhog's Day" and "Cupid's Day Off." The students did a phenomenal job and Mrs. Watkins is very proud of her class.



Reader's Theater in Mr. Woodruff's 2nd Grade Class

Mr. Woodruff’s Second Grade performed the reader’s theater Neighborhood News to a large crowd of parents and family on February 7, 2013. Reader’s theater is a performance in which the actors do not memorize their lines. It is helpful to young readers as they are working to build fluency and expression in their reading. Congratulations to our readers on an excellent performance!

Kindergartners preparing for their "Artist in Residence" Performance on Thursday, February 7

December Citizen of the Month Students

1^st row – Gehrig Dibble, Evander Dutcher, Brooke Kenny, Micah Landis, Lindsey Shaw

2^nd row – Jaydon Barile, Libby Zick, Hannah Snedaker, Emily Marvin, Calvin Connelly

3^rd row – Ryan Mills, William Colwell, Lance Heeman, Megan Kibler, Ronnie Phillips

4^th row – Mr. Button, Giavonna Fiore, Alyssa Sherwood, Benjamin Bleck, Milia Stilloe

Absent from photo – Hailey Wooster, Hunter Page, Katelynn Lewis, Connor Mills

November (2012) Citizen of the Month Students

1^st row – Erin Klock, Owen Martin, Marissa Fiske, Madison Gaylord, Julia Smalley

2^nd row – Breanna Post, Jackson Donovan, Tieler Stilloe, Abigail Laude, Jeidy Villalobos, Paul James Sparks, Dalton Rutter

3^rd row – Mr. Button, Isaac Arzola-Ve’lez, Brandon Bartkus, Alexis Parks, Mykenzie Layton, Ashton Fiske, Chase Cosgrove

Absent from photo: Journey Wojtkowski, Olivia Folk, Layla Sinnett, Nathan Garrehy, Aaron Beesley, Stephen Lines

I hope all of our BRES families enjoy your winter holiday break!!

Reminder: School Resumes on Wednesday, January 2

Photos from Dinner with Santa Program (sponsored by PTO)

Blue Ridge 5th Grade Art Club News!!

In the next two weeks, Blue Ridge Fifth Grade Art Club will be displaying their Hexagon Donation Containers in local participating businesses. This is the third year that Art Club will be collecting money to donate to Susquehanna County Interfaith to help people heat their homes this winter. Last year, Art Club raised $766.99 and also received numerous awards at the Interdependence Day/Hexagon Project Art Exhibit in Scranton.


The students built and decorated the Hexagon Donation Containers in the after school Art Club program over the last few weeks. We wanted to help our neighbors by keeping them warm.

If you see a container at a business please help by donating a few coins, if you can. Art Club thanks the help of local businesses, Susquehanna County Interfaith, and the community for helping one another and being INTERDEPENDENT! For more information on this project please visit www.interdependencedaynepa.org

If you would like to make a donation please contact Sarrah Dibble at dibbles@brsd.org or 465-3141, ext. 548.

Bottom Left: Lisa Cowell, Walter Donahue, Josiah Smalley. Middle Left: Gia Fiore, Lucas DeBella, Dylan Stone, Luis Alvarez, Tori Auckland, Makenzie Cook, Nelly Walters. Top Left: Ashley Torres, Morgan Mansfield, Morgan Leeming, Spencer Renwick, Gabe Waldowski, Nathan Yegar, Rowan Ryan, Raymond Lindquist, Selena Chandler.

Thank You Rob's Supermarket!

The Blue Ridge Elementary School had the opportunity to thank one of our local businesses, Rob’s Supermarket for their partnership with the eScrip program. The eScrip program is proven to be a fantastic resource for generating funds where participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ATM card purchases to the school, group or organization of your choice. Here is how it works:

• You register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit, and credit cards for use in the program.
• Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered.
• Your purchases are tracked and available to you online, allowing you to see just how much you are earning on your child’s behalf.

On November 30, 2012 Blue Ridge Elementary School Principal Matthew Button and Charline Demusere, Shursave/eScrip representative had the opportunity to say thanks to Rob Robinson for his store’s contribution of $8228.15 from January 1, 2012 to November 30, 2012.

These funds have contributed to the expansion of the Blue Ridge Elementary School’s playground and equipment students can use on a daily basis. In the picture below, a few Blue Ridge students are showing off their new playground.

Picture below is Rob’s Supermarket owner Rob Robinson and Blue Ridge Elementary School Principal Matthew Button.

Student Standouts for November

1st row – James Minton, Matthew Carey, Logan Frantz, Jaden Cokley, Aaron Griemsmann, Madeline Naylor, Kaleb Hinkley, Jozalynn Merritt, Sam Callahan

2nd row – Danielle Tierney, Gracey Hinkley, Taylor Holtzman, Yesenia Hernandez-Portillo, Natalie Welch, Tara Kauchis

3rd row – Mr. Button, Sarah Marble, James Coates, Carson Koehler, Evin Davies, Eli Aldrich


Absent from Photo – Gavin Parker, Abigail Bednarchik, Nicholas Little, Derek Kruger