United Way has provided us with some videos of guest readers from all over the community. We will be posting them for families to enjoy together during March is Reading Month!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-AIxsV2_9worrrQ2vJ9Sj6xHl4jwF7wQ
Our 3rd graders get to go to CMU on a field trip to the STEM Maker Space and the Michigan History Museum! Thanks PTO for helping to fund this trip for us!!!
First day of swim has been a HUGE success!!! Look at those smiles!!! A huge thanks to Mrs. Tomanek and Coach Wolfie.
https://youtu.be/fU0-ZxQPvKc
SWIM BEGINS TOMORROW!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eazb3HIcdyk
This is a video put together by the elementary PE teachers, Mrs. Terres and Mrs. Tomanek, about our swim program.
Tomorrow, these classes will be heading to the pool!
It was so much fun last week.....let's do it again today! 11 AM!
Alma Public Schools will be closed today, Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
3rd Grade Parents-SAVE THE DATE!!!!
Wednesday begins March is Reading Month!!! Here is the Hillcrest Island Calendar of Events!!!
The attached document has live links for activities.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R99x9UH5l9UPlPOcS21jrz1wfShfAyPIuSwo0i7eLZw/edit?usp=sharing
During our Differentiated Instruction (DI) Block in Bookworms, some of our students are in book groups, reading and discussing different chapter books!
Students are selecting their choice for the reward if we meet our Reading Month goal! The winning choice will be announced on Wednesday as we kick off March is Reading Month!
Mrs. Salisbury, the elementary music teacher, put together an awesome bulletin board of our staff and how music has affected their lives!
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO ORDER!!!!
Elementary Yearbooks are on sale now! They will be on sale the whole month of February! Click on the link below and choose Alma Elementary. Cost is $11.
https://www.studioonefiftyfour.com/
Parent Teacher Conferences for Pine Ave, Hillcrest, and Luce Rd. are this Thursday and Friday!
REMINDER-SWIM STARTS THIS WEEK!!!!
March starts Swim Lessons for Hillcrest students! The information letter and schedule came home last week.
Here is a video with more explanation of our program. https://www.loom.com/share/14d634db3dea4e53bc6d985e1851a465
Students "fishing" for letters as they are working on beginning sounds of words. A neat way to learn!
Kahoot fun dealing with telling time!
2nd graders are learning about jobs in our community by making pizzas on a computer program! We are thankful for programs like Junior Achievement!
This girl is amazing!!! With support from her Speech Pathologist, she gave a presentation to her whole class about her stuttering. She explained why people might stutter and even played a game with the students about famous people that stutter! That is super impressive!!
We have the best Maintenance and Custodial crew! They don't get Snow Days off, in fact, they work harder on these days to plow and shovel for us!! Thanks to Mr. Brent Clark and his whole crew!!
Thanks to everyone for tuning in yesterday to the Facebook Live Read Aloud. Let's to it again today at 2 pm!
