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Ms. Younce’s class had a great time learning vocabulary and analyzing and comparing different reading selections to answer their weekly essential question, “How are children around the world different?” this week.
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CES 6th graders enjoyed watching Mr. Cochran read live. They are excited about working on their one word.
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JCMS Middle School Volleyball Tryouts are open to 6th grade girls!
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Attention 6th grade girls interested in playing Middle School Volleyball this season.
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We've had a wonderful day here at CES! Students in Mrs. Miller's 5/6th LA have been discovering the meaning of Christmas. The "Homecoming" takes place on Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday in rural Jefferson County,Virginia on Walton's Mountain. Students constructed story elements based on the traditional story.
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We all made the nice list! Well, most of us did.
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At CES, we make our own weather. Merry Christmas!
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CES is thankful for our veteran teachers who welcome mentees into their classrooms. Mrs. Holbrook demonstrates best practices and is a great leader.
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Congratulations to Mrs. Owens for obtaining her Maintenance of Certification as a National Board Certified Teacher! Central Elementary thanks you for working so hard to obtain one of the highest certification a teacher may obtain!
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Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. White’s 1st grade listening to a local author and illustrator read her Christmas-time tale.
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Due to all the sickness we will not have any STLP/DPOJ practice until after Christmas Break. If you have any questions please contact Coach Ratliff.
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5th and 3rd grade students participated in the Hour of Code.
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Mrs. Vanhoose is preparing her students by having data chats and setting goals before the next diagnostic assessment.
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Today, Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. White’s 1st graders work together to experiment with light.
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Great collaboration and learning from each other in PLCs while scoring narrative writings.
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Thanks to Superintendent Thommy Elf for visiting our head start today. Each student enjoyed a candy cane while listening to him read the book “Elf on the Shelf”. Each classroom received their very own elf to watch over the class until Christmas.
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First graders in Mrs. McKenzie’s class spent the day observing patterns of the sun!!
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Mrs. Holbrook’s 3rd grade enjoyed the game Tic-Tac-Times-Ten to review for their unit Math test!
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All three STLP teams, STOP 2.0, Data Celebrating Divas, and We are JC, are moving on to the state competition in the spring. Way to go Eagles!
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