2025 Open House Recap🌟

Open House was such an amazing night for the bees🐝🐝

Families filled the halls, students lit up with pride, and every classroom was bursting with creativity.

It was amazing to see all the hard work our students have done this year, from colorful art and cool science experiments to thoughtful writing and fun group projects. Each grade brought something special, and we loved getting to share it all with you!

Transitional Kindergarten (TK)

TK students had a blast exploring science with hands-on projects! In Mrs. Ross’ class, students became plant scientists. They carefully planted seeds, added soil, and gave them water and sunlight. Every day, they checked on their plants and shared their observations. They made guesses (called hypotheses!) and practiced using big observation skills and strong writing. They also read Charlotte’s Web and created spiders using their own handprints! In Ms. Andrew’s class, students practiced counting and matching numbers by making caterpillars out of colorful pom-poms.

Kindergarten

Kindergarteners were busy being creative thinkers and helpers! In Ms. Ouellette’s class, students learned about the greenhouse effect by growing seeds inside a plastic bag taped to a sunny window. They also made a packet about how to take care of the Earth by coloring the planet and writing ways to help it. In Mrs. Rivas’ class, students painted self-portraits with watercolor and wrote kind words to describe themselves. They also wrote short stories called “One Rainy Day” using the words “first,” “then,” and “last” to show how stories have a beginning, middle, and end. In Ms. Simon’s class, students made science journals and learned about creatures like snails and worms. They practiced drawing and writing what they noticed, just like real scientists!

First Grade

First grade classrooms were full of color, curiosity, and creativity! In Ms. Crystal’s class, students explored the phases of the moon using clay and paint. They also created amazing eye art inspired by the artist René Magritte, drawing a day or night sky inside the eye and writing about why they prefer day or night. In Ms. Dobbertin’s class, students learned about pointillism and used this method to paint sunny garden. They also learned about the solar system and made colorful collages of Earth out of paper. In Mrs. Varma’s class, students worked collaboratively to brainstorm facts about the moon using their research from Epic Books. After working as a group to create a final paragraph, they felt confident writing about the moon independently. They also built rockets out of LEGOs during a fun STEM challenge!

Second Grade

Second grade students explored history, science, and art! In Mrs. West’s class, students made arrowheads out of clay and learned how they were used in the past. They painted them black, then added a special glaze that revealed a surprise color after baking! In Ms. Peacock’s class, students made rainbow art showing their names as clouds and their best traits as the colorful rainbow below. In Mrs. Gregorczyk’s class, students learned about erosion and how the Grand Canyon was formed. They then wrote about their findings and painted their own Grand Canyon scenes. In Ms. Lindner’s class, students explored how natural events and human activities affect ecosystems. They made drawings to show these effects and wrote about what they learned. They also made beautiful art on graph paper inspired by artist Lois Mailou Jones.

Third Grade

Third graders showed off their knowledge and creativity! In Mrs. Boylan’s class, students used engineering skills to build paper treehouses. They also made colorful art out of origami they made. In Ms. Terrell’s class, students became ocean researchers and wrote about the squid’s habitat and adaptations. They also learned about Native American culture, wrote poetry, and created yarn weaving art inside glass casings. In Mr. Vaden’s class, students made stunning silhouette art showing a wolf on a mountain with the Northern Lights glowing in the background. In Ms. Thompson’s class, students used geometry to create Kandinsky-style art. They practiced using parallel lines, line segments, and many more geometric elements. They also studied the Tongva/Gabrielino people and explored their food, tools, shelters, and more.

Fourth Grade

Fourth grade students explored space, science, and teamwork! In Mrs. Edmundson’s, Mrs.Bell, and Ms. Wannenwetsch’s classes, students took on a marble roller coaster challenge! They had to build a track that was 12 inches long and 10 inches tall and the marble had to finish the course in under 5 seconds. It was all about creativity, planning, and problem solving. Ms. Wannenwetsch’s class also learned about the rock cycle by drawing rocks and arrows to show the changes. In Ms.Hans’ class, students learned about our solar system and built models of the solar system using painted foam planets and labeled each one. They also made “Our Garden is Diverse” art using paper flowers to represent how diversity makes us beautiful.

Fifth Grade

Fifth graders went deep into science, history, and art! In Mrs. Love’s class, students made clay lanterns with tiny holes that let light shine through like stars. They also asked questions about the solar system, then researched the answers and wrote reports. In Mr. Warner’s class, students became publishers from the 1800s! They wrote articles on history topics like Abraham Lincoln's election. They also created podcasts on fun topics like sports and space. In Ms. Kalcoff’s class, students created impressive portfolios that blended history, science, and art. Students explored major topics like American history, the solar system, and poetry, and gathered their work into a collection that showed just how much they’ve learned. They also studied famous artists and used what they learned to make their own colorful Matisse-inspired collages, showing how art and creativity connect to the world around them.