Congratulations to the students selected as Upstanders of the Week during the month of October: Delilah Rango, Matthew Bonagura, and Reese Frank. … [Read more...] about October Upstanders
November 2019
We have had a busy fall so far. It is hard to believe that first quarter of the school year is coming to a close! We have been implementing Social and Emotional Learning strategies and are continuing to use mindfulness strategies in the classrooms. Our clubs are all up and running. General information about our clubs can be accessed on the school website under the section “Pierrepont Quick Links.” Select “Co-Curricular Clubs” to reach a chart that provides a quick reference for each club. Club names are listed in blue and if you click on the club name you will access a Google site for … [Read more...] about November 2019
Publishing Party
Mrs. Manocchio's 6th grade language arts class visited and shared feedback with Mrs. Silverstein and Ms. Demirbulakli's fourth graders. The sixth grade editors gave a "glow" for something they loved in the narrative writing and a "grow" for suggestions on how the fourth graders can make their writing stronger. … [Read more...] about Publishing Party
Sixth Grade Cave Art
In Sixth Grade social studies, the students have been studying The Stone Age and the accompanying cave art. They learned about the way prehistoric humans would hunt, gather, find shelter, and migrate following animals in order to survive. The students then created a writing piece that summarized a typical Stone Age occurrence, such as cooking food by the fire or spearing a wild animal. Using brown poster paper and chalk pastel crayons, they depicted that event in image form. The Sixth Graders then simulated a "cave walk" using flashlights as torches and studied one another's images on the … [Read more...] about Sixth Grade Cave Art
Sixth Grade Cave Art
In Sixth Grade social studies, the students have been studying The Stone Age and the accompanying cave art. They learned about the way prehistoric humans would hunt, gather, find shelter, and migrate following animals in order to survive. The students then created a writing piece that summarized a typical Stone Age occurrence, such as cooking food by the fire or spearing a wild animal. Using brown poster paper and chalk pastel crayons, they depicted that event in image form. The Sixth Graders then simulated a "cave walk" using flashlights as torches and studied one another's images on the … [Read more...] about Sixth Grade Cave Art