Pine Avenue Elementary School

Our building was filled with AHS seniors today - helping out our students in many different ways. We are so thankful for the time they spent in our classrooms!!!

Enjoy tonight's chapter of Double Fudge, chapter 3 read to us by Ms. Rooney, a 4th grade student teacher at Pine Avenue. https://youtu.be/xV2nb4FlioU

Our 5th graders ROCKED the M-STEP Social Studies test this morning! We are so proud of the hard work they displayed!!!

Here's chapter 2 of Double Fudge, read to us tonight by AHS sophomores Natalie & Olyviah and 4th graders Declan and Will. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/1q-pt3L6mZ8

Join us tonight! We are kicking off our all-school Family Book Club by reading the book Double Fudge, by Judy Blume. Your student will be bringing home a copy and each evening a video link to read along will be shared out. We look forward to connecting our school and your home - building our community of readers!

Here's our kickoff video for the family book club, Double Fudge! Enjoy chapter 1, read by Mrs. Adams, principal at Pine Avenue. https://youtu.be/ZHI0APYMD1c

We had a fantastic week here at school! There are so many great things happening here. Information came home today about the PTO Fun Run & MSTEP testing. Next week, we kick off our Spring Family Book Club - look for a copy of Double Fudge to come home Monday! Have a great weekend, Pine Avenue families! https://www.smore.com/hkuta

The members of the Delta Gamma Tau fraternity at Alma College made and donated fleece blankets to our school. Thank you for thinking of us, DGT! We ♥️ our community!

We are excited to kick off the Alma Elementary PTO Fun Run! Watch the video for more information!!! https://youtu.be/gAIx_RK0b_I

Congratulations to our March is Reading month TOP classrooms! Today they celebrated with their reward - a luncheon from Texas Roadhouse. All students read worked so hard to achieve goals. We are very proud of them! Top 4th grade class: Ms. Wilson ~ reading 7,428,383 words Top 5th grade class: Mr. Case ~ reading 9,251,298 words

Thank you to members of the Alma College Education Club for the generous donation of books and school supplies for our students! We love our community! 🖤🧡

🎶Look at some of the different ways that content from music class is being reinforced. Learning is so fun! 🎼

In case you missed the announcement earlier this week, Donald Brake has been named a finalist in the ESS Art Contest for his entry, "Poptart Elementary." Follow the link to vote on ESS's official Facebook page. Each “like” received on their page through Sunday, April 10th (11:59 PM EST) will count as one point. The points awarded via social media will be added to the scores from our seven internal judges – and the winner from each group will be announced on Wednesday, April 13th! Each winner will receive a $500 gift card, plus a $500 gift card for their school! Good luck, Donald!! https://bit.ly/3xoKdSX

Thank you, NCG Cinemas - Alma, for the donation of popcorn for staff today! It was a perfect treat. 🌈🍿

Congratulations! Donald Brake’s artwork titled “Poptart Elementary” was selected as one of the top five finalists from the 3-5 grade group in ESS’ 2022 art competition! All finalists are posted to ESS's Facebook and Instagram pages on Monday, April 4th. Each “like” received from Monday, April 4th through Sunday, April 10th (11:59 PM EST) will count as one point. The points awarded via social media will be added to the scores from our seven internal judges – and the winner from each group will be announced on Wednesday, April 13th! Each winner will receive a $500 gift card, plus a $500 gift card for their school! Make sure to encourage friends and family to vote!!

Thanks to Mrs Stephens for being our “reading referee” throughout the month of March! Students and staff alike loved the visits and new bookmarks issued.

MRS. C PROVES "BALD IS BEAUTIFUL!" As students reached and blew past the 50 million mark, Mrs. Cruttenden, our library and media specialist, promised students that she would shave her head. As a woman of her word and for the love of literacy, Mrs. C shaved her head today! All classrooms watched live via Zoom and top readers for the month were invited to be "live" and in person. Aren't we so lucky to have great readers AND an encouraging librarian??? All for the love of literacy!

Whether you are staying home or traveling afar, we hope that your family has a relaxing and enjoyable spring break. We look forward to seeing everyone on April 4th! Pine Press, March 24, 2022 https://www.smore.com/9mhy1

Thank you to the junior company performers from Academy of Performing Arts for your fantastic performances of Puss 'N Boots! All of our students were able to watch their performance this afternoon in two different sessions.

We welcomed Captain Underpants to our school today! Thanks to Mrs. Cruttenden for your creativity and fun — and making characters come to life!!!