Hoover Middle School students worked during their Enrichment classes to depict parts of the book, "The Cay."
They posted their finished products on doors in the school, and various judges graded the work on creativity, neatness and participation.
After Hoover students recently finished reading "The Cay," actor Langston Fishburne visited the school to read it aloud to the students.
Ms Betke of Hoover Middle School, last seen reading with author Langston Fishburne, found herself in yet another host's role recently at the school, this time with the mascot of the Detroit Tigers, none other than Paws!
Paws came to introduce the next book in the school-wide reading program, "The Batboy." It's a fictional story about a batboy for the Tigers and the lessons he learns about heroes.
The book comes with perfect timing since Opening Day is right around the corner.
Paws, who is not stage shy, jumped right into the event with the help of some Hoover teachers, who collectively danced their way into infamy during the 2013 Hoover Idol Assembly (eventually more to come on that one ...)
And, of course, there was also a little time to play some baseball. Batter Up!
The Eureka Heights Elementary School PIE group sponsored egg hunts for pupils during the week before the Easter break. Two hunts were offered, one including kindergarten through second grade and the other third grade through fifth.
All students were able to pick eight prize-filled eggs from the field. Some contained a special ticket, and those ticket-winning pupils are pictured above. They were able to pick out prizes from a cache that Principal Hall offered.
By the way, that "man" in the photo above just happens to be Principal Hall, who dressed as a man as a reward for the student council's efforts earlier this year, when they raised $500 for playground improvements at the school.
Parents at Eureka Heights Elementary School celebrated March is Reading Month by spending time doing just that with their children. Principal Hall was very happy with the participation of the parents of the first-graders.
Earlier in the school year, West Middle School incorporated a walk-jog marathon into its intramural sports programming.
Students, staff and parents met twice a week for a period of time in an attempt to meet their goal of walking, jogging or running 26.2 miles, which equals a marathon distance.
West had an outstanding turnout of 62 total participants. Members of the group moved around the perimeter of the school when the weather was nice and took their work inside on bad days.
Eventually, 37 members of the group reached their goal and earned a T-shirt, thanks to Renaissance Chiropractic Center, located on Wick Road in Taylor. The T-shirt ran: "We Run This School."
As a group, the effort covered over 950 miles.
It was busy at McDowell Elementary School right before the Easter break.
Fifth-grade pupils in Mr. Tomassion's class set a March is Reading Month goal to read 6,000 minutes outside of the classroom. As of the last count, they had read 6,419 minutes ... and were still reading.
Meanwhile, pupils in the classes of Mrs. VanDerworp and Ms. Bochenek received a visit from The Fur Angels, which shared dog safety tips and spent time reading with the third-grade pupils.
The Fur Angels reading program is the inspiration of former Taylor reading teacher Kate Capion, now a volunteer trainer with the Taylor Reading Corps, and Fur Angels founder Martha Hall. It is a program that uses the combination of dog therapy and reading as a way to entice learning in a positive, safe environment.
Increased reading fluency usually results in:
- Decreased absenteeism
- Improved self-confidence and self-esteem
- A sense of pride
- Students become interested in other school activities
- Improve hygiene
- A gentler and more respectful interaction with animals
- Students participate more in class
- Students check out more books and ask about them
Pupils at Blair Moody Elementary School can qualify as members of the "100s Club" by meeting certain criteria while doing multiplication problems.
In order to qualify, a pupil must complete 100 multiplication problems within a set time frame. Third-graders have six minutes, while fourth-graders have five and fifth-graders three.
Once a pupil completes the task 10 times, they qualify for the club and receive a fabulous "100s Club" T-shirt.
