Winter Break Begins

Our last day of the first semester was so fun!  Our attendance was down, but those who were there had a wonderful time!  We started our day with carols.  Our children can SING!  We said the pledge together too, which was so good to hear.

Photo courtesy of Juice Box News blog

Our students headed to class and then the parties started!  Crafts, games, treats, stories, music... all were present and accounted for!  Our parents did a great job and it was so nice to see so many come and support their children at school!

Due to the weather, our holiday concert was cancelled so we performed for the teachers in the afternoon. You can see us singing on another post!

Then we had our 600 band PBIS party!!  We watched Charlie Brown Christmas and old funny cartoons.  When we left, we all got our own candy cane!

Our students were delightful and the staff at East hopes all of you have a wonderful winter break!

What do Kindergartners want for Christmas?

Video courtesy of Juice Box News blog

Crazy Shoe Day!

Our students and their crazy shoes!

Elf Antics

Friday and today...

Tragedy at Sandy Hook

Dear God, I pray for the families of students & the teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary. May these children find peace during this tragic time. Innocence lost by fear is unacceptable. I pray for the wounded and I pray for those lost. Keep these families near your heart and help them find healing In Gods name we pray!! ♥ Amen ♥

saw this on Facebook and it expressed so well what I am feeling.  Hug your kids tight today!

Holiday Work Around School

Students have been busy producing work centered around the holidays. I love this time of year as they students see these assignments as vitally important so we see high quality work. When it's relevant they will produce!

Enjoy these scenes around our school!

Tired Elf

I guess all these antics have made our elf tired!! Which name do you think is winning?

Wednesday Elf

Today our elf was caught writing on the window with a marker. He was playing tic tac toe!


Here are some writings that spun off this latest antic!

We started voting for his/her name today! The money collected goes to help schools hurt by Hurricane Sandy.

Today's Elf Caper

How did this happen????

Chase thinks this is the answer:

Elf on the Shelf

Today the Elf on the Shelf made his presence known to our students by getting into Miss Lynn's candy. Naught elf!

The students here are asked to write about how he got himself into such a mess. They can come to the office and read their writings to me or Miss Lynn.

Our elf needs a name! We are going to combine this need with another one...raising money for Sandy's school victims. For a penny a vote, students can vote on a name for the elf and all money raised goes to a school devastated by Sandy.

Merry Christmas from East Staff and Teachers

Writers Workshop

I came into Mrs. Winklemann's class from the hallway because I heard the words, small moments, come from the room. I love observing writers workshop and the Lucy Caulkins model of writing is very powerful instruction. After discussing and reading about small moments, the students sat down to write. I am writing with them while they write and it is such a great feeling to be a part of a room of authors. You can hear the rumple of paper being moved, pencils sweeping across the paper, tiny voices stretching out a word to spell and the soft, grown up sound of teacher's shoes walking around the pods of desks. I hope we all get to share our work!

Happy Thanksgiving!

To you and your families, Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy this work produced by family and friends at East!

Thank you!

The students and staff made this principal's birthday a special one!

Veterans Day Assembly

Our students at WCEE have been working hard to present a great assembly for our veterans. The school is decorated with red, white and blue and so are the kids!

Election Day

Voting is a citizen's duty and here at East the students are excited to exercise that duty today. Teachers have created age appropriate lessons and opportunities for our kindergarteners and first graders to vote today. Many students were talking about going with their parents to vote. If you haven't yet, get out there and vote!