On Friday, May 31, Myers Elementary School hosted its annual Parenting Appreciation Luncheon with 25 parents in attendance.
Marnise Roberts was the special guest speaker. She is an educational consultant and presented a program about the importance of investing in parenting. The presentation, titled "Parenting Matters," included plenty of group interaction.
Roberts is the co-founder and managing partner of Roberts & Limbrick Enterprises, LLC, a Michigan-based educational services company established in 1999. She and her husband, Byron, are Flint natives who offer motivational speaking on a varsity of education and character subjects and provide practical consulting and training in areas such as professional development, team building and parenting.
Marnise is known for being a "connector" with the ultimate purpose of leaving everyone she encounters in a better place than before she met them.
Lunch was catered by the Texas Roadhouse of Taylor.
Overall, the program was a great success, according to staff and teachers at the school.
Pupils at Myers Elementary School recently completed their final writing projects.
The children wrote and illustrated fantasy stories and then had a book reading for Mrs. Z and Mrs. Oswald.
Some of the project titles included "The Hoop Was Too High," "The Magic Horses Save The Day," "Where's My Crown," and "Rabbit's Birthday."
Seventh-grade students at West Middle School recently completed a 3D or edible food cell project.
The students learned the cell parts and functions -- and had fun eating.
Edible cells were enjoyed by all!
Pupils at Eureka Heights Elementary School recently traveled to the Taylor Conservatory & Botanical Garden at Heritage Park.
The fourth-graders attended the field trip June 3 and enjoyed an afternoon learning about bees, making lotion and tasting honey.
The conservatory is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization that was incorporated in 2005. Its mission is to create beautiful public spaces, promoting the arts and sciences and preserving out natural environment. The group promote positive, community outcomes with its programs designed for a multitude of social, educational and environmental needs.
The conservatory fulfills its mission by inspiring people to enhance the quality of their surroundings through cultivation and enjoyment of flora and the arts; educating children and adults with programs designed in a fun, interactive and informative way; promoting a beautiful and hospitable setting for the delight and inspiration of the public; promoting food security through community-garden development and education; and increasing public awareness about the fragility of our natural environment and providing information about ways to conserve and protect it.
The Taylor Conservatory & Botanical Gardens offers a large schedule of activities -- many for free or nominal fees -- during the summer months.
To find out more about it, click here.
In an effort to improve literacy, first- and fifth-grade classes at Taylor Parks Elementary School teamed up throughout the year to read.
Pupils in Mrs. Thompson's and Mrs. KC's first-grade classes partnered with pupils in Mrs. Zirkle's fifth-grade. The children read together on a regular basis, aiming at a strategy to increase student literacy.
And it wasn't only the young students who were learning. The fifth-graders focused on improving fluency as they read books to the first-graders. Meanwhile, the younger ones worked on decoding and using various reading strategies with positive reinforcement from their "reading buddy."
Last week, reading buddies celebrated their end-of-the-year successes by meeting up for an outdoor reading visit in the park.
The weather was beautiful, and the reading was fun.
The final set of photographs from the Hoover Middle School Pride program trip to Mackinac Island.
Here are more photos from the recent Hoover Middle School Principal's Pride program trip to Mackinac Island.
