Spring Is Here
What says Spring more then a baby Chick? Students made greeting cards in the shape of an egg and when the egg hatched (or is opened) inside was a feathery chick.
Pencil holders don’t have to be boring or expensive. Students brought in empty food cans and transformed them into Chick Pencil holders by covering the can in construction paper, giving it a head, eyes, beak, feathers and feet.
Miss Arnau
Symmetrical Painting
Symmetry is all around us. Most plants are symmetrical, shapes and even people! If you split a flower down the center both sides are identical, being that spring was just around the corner students took a sheet of paper painted a flower on one side then folded the paper over and rubbed it onto the un-used side making an identical flower.
Miss Arnau
Pet Rocks
Pet rocks are great for those of us who don’t have time to feed and walk our pets. Students chose a rock and painted it into a pet of their choice, some made ladybugs, spiders, dragonflies etc.
Miss Arnau
Pixie Fun
In upper elementary computer class, we have been learning the home row keys and have started reaching out for other keys. These students are on their way to being great typists. We have also had fun using Pixie, which is a fun drawing program (like Microsoft Paint, but better). They are loving improving their math and reading skills on Jumpstart as well.
Mr. Boyd
Congratulations
In December, 30 of our students entered writing pieces into the Association of Christian Schools International’s annual Creative Writing Festival. Two of those students, Alahna Dones (11th) and Angelie Cesario (8th), received marks of Superior (the highest possible) in the district level which qualified their poems to be sent to the regional level for adjudication.
We are proud to announce that at the regional level, Alahna Dones was awarded a Superior ribbon and Angelie Cesario was awarded with a mark of Excellent. Alahna’s spoken word poem entitled Freedom in Christ will be published in a book ACSI distributes to school’s across the country, while Angelie’s poem Tell, will be published online.
Congratulations to both Alahna and Angelie! Evangel is very proud of you!
Elissa Candelier
Flag Day
June 14th is Flag Day! There’s so much we can learn about America just from studying the flag. Did you know that the 13 stripes stand for the 13 colonies and the 50 stars stand for the 50 states? The American Flag we see now is not always how it looked. We’re reading about how and why the flag has changed and what it all means.
Regina DiGiovanni
Reading Room
We’re looking closely at the characters we see in our books. Understanding our characters can help us understand the story. There are some characters who remind us of people we know, or even ourselves! We’ve also read about characters that are very different from anyone we know. Reading a few books that have the same characters, like Junie B. Jones, is fun!
Miss DiGiovanni
Conclusions
What happens when you take what you already knew and combine it with what you’re reading to figure out what you don’t know yet? BOOM! You just drew a conclusion! We know so much about the world around us, and we can use our knowledge to understand anything we read.
Miss DiGiovanni
NEHS
On Thursday, June 10th, we were so excited to invite 29 new members into National Elementary Honor Society. This is a beautiful ceremony where students carry candles. The NEHS Officers spoke and there are many presentations give. Officers received blue cords and 5th Graders received yellow cords to wear at graduation. Please see below for the history of NEHS and click on the blue inserts below to see our bulletin. Please see “Galleries” for some great pics.When the National Honor Society was founded in 1921, the hope was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage high school students’ academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. The National Junior Honor Society was founded shortly thereafter-in 1929 to recognize middle school students in the same areas. Now, over 80 years later, these Societies have become prestigious organizations with outstanding faculty members and students from the school community. Their reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment on the part of everyone involved. In 2008 the National Elementary Honor Society was established. NEHS now is the first stage for students in a process that can bring recognition in the elementary, middle level and high school years to those students who commit to achievement. Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment.
NEHS recognizes outstanding Elementary school students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character.
For the selection of Members to the NEHS Chapter:
Members must maintain a cumulative overall 85% average or higher for two consecutive semesters with 80% as the lowest grade in all subjects.
Members must be in good behavioral standing.
Members must demonstrate outstanding performance in areas of scholarship, service, leadership and character.
The selection of each Member shall be reviewed and approved by the this School’s Administration and Faculty each school year.
2010 bulletin inside 2010 outside bulletinBounceU Trip
For all their hard work, Evangel treated our elementary Speech Meet Team to a fantastic trip! We headed to BounceU which features different bounce houses, inflatable slides, and games. The students had a great time climbing up tall towers and sliding down as fast speeds! They ran obstacles courses and even boxed each other with inflatable gloves. You do not want to miss the pictures and videos on our website! Thank you to our elementary students for their achievements!
Mrs. Candelier