Sickness has hit Shawnee R-III. If your child is not feeling well or is recovering from sickness please consider keeping them home. Students should be fever free for 24 hours without taking fever reducing medication. Students also need to be vomiting and diarrhea free for 24 hours without taking medication.
As the 7th & 8th graders prepare to read The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, they participated in Silent Stations. At each station, they read a thought-provoking statement and then wrote a response to that statement. The response could be an agreement/disagreement, a connection they made, or a question they had. They also could respond to a classmate's response on the paper. Once everyone finished, we had a class discussion about all the statements. We will revisit these statements after reading the novel to see if their thoughts changed at all.
Since our KC Chiefs will be playing in the Super Bowl again this year, we will be celebrating next week with a Super Bowl Spirit Week. This will begin on Monday, February 3rd. See the attached flyer for more details!
The annual PTO Carnival will be held on Friday, April 4th. We hope to see everyone there!
Due to the forecasted cold temperatures, school will not be in session on Tuesday, January 21st.
After reading a nonfiction article about Niagara Falls and Annie Edson Taylor's barrel stunt over the falls, 7th & 8th grade students worked to build connections between topics, main ideas, and supporting details. To complete this hands-on activity, they used a critical thinking strategy--Hexagonal Thinking. In addition, they had to justify their connections when they finished.
The 3rd and 4th/5th graders worked together to put together the schools front bulletin board. The theme presented - "this is your year to..." each student wrote down different goals to inspire others for the New Year. My personal favorite was to "save money"
School Resumes Tuesday, Jan. 7th
"Slippin' into Christmas" today at Shawnee!
"Candy Cane Christmas"
Today's theme encouraged students to wear red & white to school.
"Christmas Hair, Don't Care"
Students enjoyed wearing hats to school today!
Christmas Spirit Days -- December 16th-19th
Students and staff are invited to celebrate Christmas with some fun spirit days this week:
Monday, December 16: "Christmas Hair, Don't Care" --Wear a hat
Tuesday, December 17: "Candy Cane Christmas" --Wear red and white
Wednesday, December 18: "Slip into Christmas" --Wear your slippers
Thursday, December 19: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas Break" --Wear your PJs
4th and 5th grade had some fun creating Christmas ornaments with playdoh this afternoon. We will see how they turn out in a few days. The memories made will always be my favorite.
4th and 5th grade played in the "snow" today! They made melted snowmen out of puffy snow paint. They also drew various pictures in snow on their desks. We sure are hoping for some real snow during break. ❄️
All students were invited to wear PJs to school today to celebrate a very successful Pennies for Playground challenge. Throughout the week, students and staff collected $2,000! THANK YOU to everyone who contributed!
Students in the picture below are those who wore their PJs today!
4th and 5th grade worked for the last few days designing and constructing paper gingerbread houses. This is one of their favorite projects to do during the holidays.
The 3rd & 6th grade classes won the Pennies for Playground Challenge on Tuesday. They brought in $154.78!! They got to wear their PJs to school today. In two days, we collected $441.78! Keep sending in the pennies (or change/bills)!!
Our first day of Pennies for Playground was a success! As a whole school, we raised $140.80 today!! The 7th & 8th grade class won with a total of $84.87. They get to wear their PJs to school tomorrow!!
We will be collecting change (and bills) all week. The winning class each day gets to wear PJs the next day!
The 4th and 5th graders invited the 3rd graders to their Thanksgiving table this afternoon. I made all the kids pumpkin pie with a spin. They all enjoyed their little treats and ended the afternoon watching Charlie Browns Thanksgiving.
4th and 5th grade sends a huge big THANK YOU to all our Veterans. They collaborated in making a large poster to show their appreciation.
Veterans, on this day, and every day, we honor you. Thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and your courage. You are true heroes, and we are proud to stand in your company.
