PANTHER PERIODICAL: May 17th- May 21st, 2021

~LEADER SKILL FOCUS OF MAY~

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

(5/21) STEM Challenge Due

(5/21) Reading Challenge Due

UPCOMING EVENTS

May

(5/9-5/24) Last Book Fair for the Year

(5/11-5/20) Spring iReady and MAP Testing Window

(5/21) Half Day 12:30pm Dismissal (Middle School Only)

(5/21) 8th Grade Promotional Ceremony

(5/24-5/25) Middle School Exams- Half Day 12:30pm Dismissal (Middle School Only)

(5/25) 8th Grade Semi-Formal Dance

(5/26) 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony (Live Stream for Families)

(5/26) Last Day of School 11:30am Dismissal for all students

(5/27) Kindergarten Virtual Graduation Ceremony/ Parade

K-5 INFORMATION

Ms. Elder's Zoom

6-8 INFORMATION

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~Announcements~

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WEEK OF: 5.10.21

# OF CASES: 2

~SPORTS~

Coach Alombro and the Cross Country team concluded their season this past Monday.

Congratulations to Kaliya K. (4th) who placed 1st overall in her 3rd/4th girls division!

Congratulations to Noah M. (6th) who placed 10th overall in his 5th/6th boys division!

Congratulations to Mya L. (8th) who placed 5th overall in her 7th/8th girls division!

Congratulations Panther Runners!!

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Celebrating

May Panthers!

May 1st-- Reese G. (grade 1)

May 2nd-- Eli Svedin (grade 3)

May 4th-- Alicia M. (grade 3)

May 5th-- Brent Q. (grade 7)

May 6th-- Brian C. (grade 5)

May 6th-- Samantha F. (grade 2)

May 6th-- Ella M. (grade 2)

May 6th-- Marielle T. (grade 6)

May 9th-- Thomas C. (grade 7)

May 12th-- Conner D. (grade 5)

May 12th-- Keira D. (grade 5)

May 13th-- Nicole A. (kinder)

May 13th-- Juvienne S. (grade 6)

May 13th-- Rylan A. (grade 6)

May 14th-- Miles O. (kinder)

May 15th-- Aryson O. (grade 2)

May 16th-- Lorenzo G. (kinder)

May 24th -- EJ E. (grade 3)

May 26th-- Abbigayle S. (grade 3)

May 27th-- Noah L. (grade 3)

May 29th-- Jonah G. (grade 7)

May 29th-- Roman K. (grade 2)

May 29th-- Maxim D. (grade 3)

May 30th-- Mariano M. (kinder)

~ MAY FAMILY STEM CHALLENGE! ~

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~ APRIL/MAY BOOK CHALLENGE! ~

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SPECIALISTS' HIGHLIGHTS AND NEWS

ART HIGHLIGHTS

Shout Out to all my origami artists. An extra special Shout Out to Elton S. in Mrs. Vanderbusse, for her extra fancy pink crane.

An another extra special Shout Out to Olivia K. in Ms. Gore's class, for all her hard work. Her dedication and crane skills earned her the title of Art Star! Way to go!!

I would also like to thank everyone for all the sweet notes, pictures, chocolates, gift cards, and love I received last week. I am truly grateful to be part of such an awesome school and I get to have so much fun with a really great group of students. Thanks for making this the best job in the world!!

SPANISH SPOTLIGHT

Students have done an excellent job with their final presentations in Spanish! They have been enhancing their bilingual skills by using vocabulary words and phrases from the second semester! Thank you for your support!

STEM SPOTLIGHT

Kindergarteners were challenged to design casts that were strong, comfortable, light weight, and water resistant.

Well done Julia S. for your explanation of how you build your cast!

Julia S. (Kinder)

1st Graders are creating toys and games out of reusable materials.

Well done Zyon H. Your Pyramid Flip sounds like a fun game!

Eden C. I've never seen a floating balloon toy made out of recycled materials before! So creative!

Zyon H.

Eden C.

2nd graders are building outdoor shelters that need to be hidden in nature, and keep animals and water out. Well done Sophia T. And Madeline B. for demonstrating how your shelter works!

Sophia T.

Madeline B.

7th graders in Green Architecture venture into wood working as they begin to build a model frame of a shed.

PE SPOTLIGHT

This week's Shout Out goes to Kira C. in 4th grade. This marvelous video shows off her skills with the sticks as well as her extraordinary aerobic movement. Keep it up Kira!!

Kira C.

(Grade 4)

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

This week's musical SHOUTOUT goes to members of 4th Grade who created fantastic looking 'Orchestrabots' as part of their music assignment for this week.

In our last elementary music lesson of the year; students have been learning about orchestral instrumental families, and the reasons why certain instruments are grouped together.

They have also seen these instruments perform and learned about the seating arrangements of orchestras.

Students were then asked to create an 'Orchestrabot' which is a robot made up of pictures of instruments from a specific instrumental family.

Here are a selection of 4th grade masterpieces!

Amani I.

Duaa M.

Alexander L.

Abe D.

Jaden A .

STAFF & STUDENT

CELEBRATIONS

Staff Shout Outs!

Shauna Watson and Coach Quigley and Thomas

"The Vanderbusse family would like to thank all of the soccer coaches helping Brad learn the skills he needs to play soccer. This has been a great outlet for I'm and to be able to get out all of his energy. He's been so excited to play every weekend and is proud to be playing defense this year! He has gained so much confidence and is making friends at his new school. Thank you so much Coaches!"

Vanessa Delacruz

"She is so cheerful and makes every subject interesting and tries to get us involved and interested in every subject she teaches, she can always make us smile and teach us something fun!"

Alicia DePalma

"She is my homeroom teacher this year and she is kind, sweet, and awesome. She helps us when we need help, and makes everything very clear so we can understand easily. I am sad to probably not be with her next year. She is the best third grade teacher ever!"

Nicholas Yeo

"I love his talent in music and think he teaches it really well! He is kind, silly, and clear. I am so happy he was our music teacher this year and hope to see him in person next year! Smiles and love to Mr. Yeo!"

Cherie Pecjak, Michael Lyum, Chris Bukowski and Tammy Elder

"I really like them all and think they do a lot!"

All Staff at Pinecrest St. Rose

" I love how the whole school is putting up with the COVID-19 thing! Everyone has been doing an incredible job during the crazy school year. When I say the whole school I mean, The Whole School! The staff have been doing great this year and even the students are putting up with this big, hot mess. I just would like to give a huge shout out to all of Pinecrest!!"

All Staff at Pinecrest St. Rose

"They have ALL gone above and beyond this year, for not only my kid's but all of the students both virtual and in-person and I am one happy and proud Panther parent!!