Category Archives: Social Studies

Class Elections

Our class Election Day was this past Friday.  We had 9 students total campaigning to become our class representative (or class president). All 9 of these 4th grade students gave great speeches, each of them are qualified to represent our … Continue reading

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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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Guest Speakers

January has been a month full of guest speakers. We began the New Year with inviting University Schools alumni Millie Schbrieman to return as a guest speaker.  She shared about her senior project, last year, a large painting in our … Continue reading

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Happy 11-11-11

Today we celebrated a special date at school, 11-11-11.  We discussed that today is the 11th day of November (the 11th month) of 2011. We also celebrated today’s holiday, Veterans Day.  Since today is such a monumental date, as a … Continue reading

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A busy September

In the Classroom: Thank you for your attendance and support during PLP conferences last week.  I am excited for each of the student’s goals and project plans. A special thank you for Mrs. Aurzada, Ella’s mom, as she visited our … Continue reading

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