Author Archives: Mrs. Boyd

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln visited our school last week.  Students had so much fun listening to history come to life. These photos courtesy of Don Hurt (5th grade teacher). What is something new that you learned about President Lincoln?

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History Fest

On Wednesday, September 19th, we spent the day celebrating History Fest at Centennial Village.  Greeley has such a treasure of history to share with our community. Instead of writing about our day, I decided to encourage conversation through pictures.  Please … Continue reading

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Rocks and Minerals

Since the start of our school year students have been busy studying Rocks and Minerals.  Although we only have a few times during our school week dedicated to Unit (Science and Social Studies) these have been great times of learning … Continue reading

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PLP Day

Our PLP Day Schedule is finalized. Students, please remember to discuss potential learning projects at home before your PLP meeting. Please contact me if you have any further questions.

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Homework Help

Homework Help – ongoing all school year at our school library Tuesday and Thursday 3:15-4:00, at our school library.  Both middle school National Junior Honor Society students as well as high school National Honor Society students will volunteer their time to assist our students. … Continue reading

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DEAR – Drop Everything and Read

The school year is off to a great start! Students have demonstrated an especially great interest in books. During each week we have a few times set aside as “DEAR time”.  Students do just that, they DEAR (Drop Everything and … Continue reading

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USPTO – Getting Involved with Our School

Help our classroom earn money this school year!  Each month our school has a USPTO (University Schools Parent Teacher Organization) meeting. Each parent who attends a meeting earns one point for our class.  For example, if you attend two meetings … Continue reading

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Welcome

As our school year begins, many new changes are occurring.  A new classroom, new friends, and perhaps a class website is something new in your life too. Our class website will serve as a means of communication during the school … Continue reading

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One Week Until School Begins

School begins in one week.  So much is new; school supplies, back-to-school clothing, maybe a new backpack. Although these items are important, even more important than a new lunch box (and the material aspects) is the value of spending time … Continue reading

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Updates

Hopefully summer has been going well for everyone! As natalieboyd.com is updated for the 2012-2013 school year, feel free to unsubscribe to the RSS feed if this information no longer pertains to your student. Fortunately, I have been able to … Continue reading

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