BRES Citizen of the Month -- April 2014

Matt Button-Principal, Caiden George, Alex Gennerelli, Ryan Blaisure, Natalie Welch, Jessica Boyko-Counselor,
Mia Landis, Andre Plunkett, Devin Sherwood, Dylan Colwell, Madison Martin, Calim Percarrio, Madison Halstead,
Dakota Bross, Julia Smalley, Ethan Fisher, Jamare Minton, Carson Gallagher, Matthew Edwards, Peyton Shaw,
Jaydon Barile, Katelyn Scott, Alex Cisek.
Absent from photo:  Savannah Sanborn, Alexis Steffens, Paul LaBonte, Joseph Thompson-Bruno, Andy Colwell

Sea Turtle Unit

Blue Ridge Fourth Grade students recently completed their annual Sea Turtle Unit in Sarrah Dibble-Camburn's art class. Students watched the Seaworld movie Turtle: The Incredible Journey, created a Sea Turtle Awareness Poster, and a Clay Sea Turtle.  Fourth Graders took an optional collection among their fourth grade class, donated it to the Sea Turtle Conservancy, and adopted a Sea Turtle named Banjo. The Hawksbill Sea Turtle can be tracked via a satellite telemetry on www.conserveturtles.org

 

 

 

Picture from left to right:  Billy Colwell, Ricky Dunn, Layla Gregory, Kayla Blaisure, Megan Kibler, Stefionna Bloodgood, Jayden Crandall, Collin Deupree, Andy Colwell

 

 

 

May is Get Caught Reading Month!

Get Caught Reading is a nationwide campaign to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read.  May is Get Caught Reading month, but the campaign is promoted throughout the year.  Check out this link to find out more information and to read the fact sheet of Literacy Facts,  http://www.getcaughtreading.org/literacy-facts.php 

Here a few students, teachers and para-educators who where caught reading today! Check back to see more pictures throughout the month. Also, if you catch your child reading at home or in an interesting place snap a picture and send it to me at tenchj@brsd.org, pictures might be used on the blog or hung up in the hallway outside of the library!

Let's see how many kids we can catch reading this month!

Mrs. Janelle Tench

BRES April 2014 Student Standout Students

Back row: Elizabeth Stone, Marissa Sharer, Bryant Beach, Dylan Dorunda, Matt Button-Principal



Row 4: Zachary Randall, Johnathan Rosa, Kendra Brant, Phoebe Shaw, Trista Stone, Anthony Torres



Row 3: Emily Gorham, Max Madura, Clarissa Muzzy, Talan Brewer



Row 2: Brooke Kenny, Ithel Miley, Aurora Fenton, Cody Gunn, Brogen Gunn



Front row: Alexa Miley, Jocelyn Megill, Patrick Snyder, Brett Jones



Absent from honors: Lillian Edwards, Logan Barber

Bottle Cap Murals by 5th Grade Art Club

Mural 1: Left to Right: Kaylyn Lewis, Brea Conrad, Jay Grover, Peyton Sherwood, Jenna McCarthy, Destiny Posaski, Lauren Hegedus, Olivia Hessy, Brooke Upright, Samantha Kupst, Aaron Beesley, Josh Hall, Alexia Stone, Cooper Rolison, and Breanna Post.

Mural 2: Left to Right: Brandon Findley, Holly Geyer, Dylan Dorunda, Noah Shankman, Angelina Mirra, Olivia Colwell, Marissa Sharer, Makena Slater, Katie White, Ryan Glatzel, Hannah Kline, Olivia Herbert, Sierra Bross, Cassidy Howe, Alexia Stone, Marissa Derreick, Lydia Andusko

    Blue Ridge Fifth Grade Art Club members recently finished two Recycled Bottle Cap Murals in Sarrah Dibble-Camburn's after school art program. With the entire elementary helping to collect bottle caps for months, the students were able to create two large murals out of the recycled material. Both murals will be on permanent display in the school, but one of the murals will be part of the "Revived" exhibit at the Vintage Theater in Scranton, PA. The exhibit features recycled and re-purposed work and will be up April 22nd-May 5th. Gallery Hours are Thursday to Saturday, 12-6 pm.

Mrs. Orner's 1st Graders ~ Antique Roadshow Show & Tell

Antique Roadshow Show & Tell
Mrs. Orner’s class didn’t do an ordinary Show & Tell.  After talking about treasures and memories, students were given a Show & Tell assignment.  BUT this time, they had to do a little extra work….The Show & Tell consisted of “antiques” that students nowadays wouldn’t know about.  Students had a blast “showing & telling” about their antique that their family members provided.  Students were asked to bring the item in and answer a few questions about the antique.  They needed to tell how old it was and what/how it teaches us about the past.  There were vinyl records, an AM/FM stereo cassette player, an old mixer, a railroad light, a wooden level, a lantern, an old camera, and a Grandmother’s ring.  Students did a great job telling about their antique and the rest of the students listened and asked great and interesting questions!

BRES March Citizen of the Month Students

Back Row:  Principal-Matt Button, Jacob Birtch, Gabe Tobon-Montiel, Ana Sargent, Ryan Glatzel, Aidan Schriefer

Row 3:  Stephanie Smith, Shelby Seamans, Adrian Price, Jocelyn Frantz

Row 2:  Andrew Kowalewski, Emmalyn Buchanan, Emma Piechocki, Aiden Glasgow, Michael Rosa, Jesse Robbins, Madeline Naylor, Jesse Stephens

Front Row:  Aiden Cisek, MaKenzie Slater, Nolan Gnade, Wyatt Sienko

Absent from photo:  Kaylee Evans, Evan Seaman, Hailey Carpenetti, Cassidy Howe

Bottle Cap Art!!

This mural was crafted by fifth grade art club students. It was made out of recycled bottle caps that the students and staff from BRES helped the art club collect. The mural be heading to the Vintage Theater in Scranton, PA for a recycled art show in the beginning of May.
The students made drawings and then voted on their favorites to come up with the design.  It says "Every Child is an Artist."

Title: Top Student Fundraisers and Essay Winners for the Annual 6th Grade Blue Ridge Washington DC trip.

Each year for approx the past 40 years the 6th grade students at Blue Ridge have attended Washington DC. Currently the trip is organized through an organization called Creative Adventures for Education (C.A.F.E.). CAFE (Creative Adventures for Education, Inc) is a volunteer 501c3 non profit formed in 2000. This educational class  trip is 4 days and 3 nights and the students raise the money thru fund raising.. Top fund raisers will be laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers The winners of the essay contest will be part of a wreath laying at Geo Washington grave site at Mount Vernon. This year’s trip will run from April 9-12.

Top Male Fundraiser: Tyler Six
Top Female Fundraiser: Mackenzie Cook
Essay Contest (1st place = Ashley Torres) (2nd place = Allison Marshmen)

Pictured (L-R): Tyler Six, Mackenzie Cook, Allison Marshmen, and Ashley Torres, Tom Chamberlain (C.A.F.E. President).

BRES Student Standouts for March 2014

Back row:  Dezden Gunn, William Colwell, Robert Lindquist, Vanessa Clapper, Jenna McCarthy,
Marissa Derrick, Lydia Andusko

Row 3:  Elisha Lewis, Logan Frantz, Katie Gordon, Breanna Derrick, Nicholas Pallman, Dylan Ross

Row 2:  Skyler Vonohlen, Glacier Clark, Jadyn Beers, Brogen Gunn, Gavin Hayes

Front Row:  Patrick Mullen, Gracie Jenisky

Absent from photo are:  Lillian Edwards, Gage Morris, Michael Rosa, Molly Yannone, Kiara Thongthip-Hobart,
Noah Shankman