Special Class Projects

Fifth Grade Thanksgiving Project
Parent Volunteers in fifth grade recently organized and assisted students with a special Thanksgiving class project. Students decorated wooden trays with a colored Cornucopia and a Thanksgiving Prayer and then sponge-painted the tray in fall colors. Students planned to use their special trays to help serve Thanksgiving dinner with their families!

Fourth Grade Thanksgiving Projects
A variety of special Thanksgiving class projects were planned and organized by parent volunteers who also assisted students with the creative projects in the classrooms!

Second Grade Thanksgiving Centers Day
The second grade at Sacred Heart Elementary School recently participated in the annual "Centers" Day, with tremendous help provided by our parent volunteers! A variety of activity "centers" were set up in the auditorium, and second grade students moved through the centers, stopping to engage in a variety of fun Thanksgiving arts and crafts projects. Activities included Indian vests and headbands, colored macaroni "bead" necklaces, Bugle cornucopias, totem poles, sand art, flower pots, and many more!

Miniature Cranberry Bogs!
With the assistance of our Librarian, Miss Carrie Elliott, who provided the necessary soil, sand and cranberry vines, the fourth graders in Room 207 recently planted mini-cranberry bogs in a cup! The students learned how cranberry bogs are planted and harvested! The students extend a huge THANK YOU to Miss Elliott for her help with this project!
 

Reading Project - Negro Baseball Leagues
Grade Five completed a special project in their Reading class after reading a story on Satchel Paige of the Kansas City Monarchs. The story, which touched upon the segregation issues experienced by black athletes in the 1920's and in the next few decades, sparked lively discussions in the classroom. Student groups then researched Negro Baseball Leagues and players, choosing a team and highlighting a player from that team. Depictions of the team jerseys and logos along with interesting facts about the players, were displayed in the hallway!

Kingston Library Archivist Visits Fourth Grade
Susan Aprill, current Archivist for the Town of Kingston, along with SHES Librarian, Miss Carrie Elliott, who was the former Kingston Archivist, gave a fascinating presentation to the fourth grade class in October. The Local History Room in the Kingston Library is the largest repository of Kingston history, containing over 8,000 photographs, 1,000 maps, and about 900 collections of diaries, papers, deeds, etc. On display for the students, in addition to the Archivist's tools of the trade, were 18th and 19th century augers, photographs, and letters, including the 1808 Jefferson embargo letter containing the signature of President Thomas Jefferson.

Piles of Flip Tabs!
Fourth graders in Room 207 recently completed the task of filling container after container of soda can flip tabs when they received an enormous donation of the tabs! Through their math skills, they discovered that they could fit 3,590 flip tabs in a one gallon jug with some room for more - if time allowed.

All of the funds raised from the collection of the can tabs are donated to the Ronald McDonald House Children's Charities! Ronald McDonald House is a place for parents to stay if their child is in a hospital far away from home.

This year, through the tremendous efforts of students, families and friends, Sacred Heart Elementary collected a record number of the flip tabs, filling 86 gallon jugs and raising $4,000 for Ronald McDonald House Children's Charities. Great job!

 

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