May 17, 2013
7th graders build bridges to test geometry concepts in math, Friday morning Community Sing
May 10, 2013
Monarchs celebrate Cinco de Mayo
May 3, 2013
Spring Sing Fling, Orcas make an Earth Day pledge
April 19, 2013
Earthquake proof buildings, math class hits the playground, staff vs. students basketball game
April 5, 2013
Dance performance, ice experiment, and Rube Goldberg machines
March 29, 2013
Poetry Presentation, Music Ensemble Extravaganza, Student Art Show
March 22, 2013
Climate research projects, a trip to Washington, D.C., and a lettuce harvest
March 15, 2013
Oreo cookie moons, trash audit, and world map
March 8, 2013
Spirit Week -- Manic Monday, Rock It Tuesday, Twins Day Wednesday, and Thursday Spirit Day
March 1, 2013
Beacon carnival, moon phases, egg drop, and Black History Month celebration
February 22, 2013
Home economics, skits and myths, and Lego building
February 15, 2013
Charcoal pastel art, Dance Lecture-Demonstration, playtime, and Mardi Gras
February 8, 2013
Family History Fair, Pin Ceremony, frozen lemonade, and Chinese New Year
February 1, 2013
Dance Lecture-Demonstration, persuasive students, and trivia game boards
January 25, 2013
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Tutti Flauti Dolci, and a melting ice experiment
January 18, 2013
Honor Roll, a family meeting, and faculty development
January 11, 2013
Special author visit, snow, radius & circumference, and the Industrial Revolution
December 21, 2012
Holiday festivities and Ring in the Light
December 14, 2012
Dreidel tournament, movie making, snow bears, and Dancing Christmas Trees
December 7, 2012
3D art, measuring, deck construction, and poetry
November 30, 2012
Grandparents/Grandfriends Day, feathery fish, color mixing, and naked eggs
November 16, 2012
Tableaux vivants, a turkey search, and a schoolwide Community Sing
November 9, 2012
Dia de los Muertos altar, planting narcissus bulbs, sinking and floating objects, and election speeches
November 2, 2012
Halloween and fall festivities
October 26, 2012
Fall Festival, fresh mozzarella, haunted house stories, and the Fire Race
October 19, 2012
Music demonstration, Forgotten Memories, shoebox memorials, and a cyber-bullying lesson.
October 12, 2012
Staff celebrations, pumpkins galore, and polka dots and monsters
October 5, 2012
Dance, mental math, button match up, and parents in school
September 28, 2012
Sunflowers, Johnny Appleseed, xylophones, & fruit faces