South Elementary and 2nd grade enjoyed our 2nd Grade Farewell. Have an awesome summer and make 3rd grade great class of 2033!!
The Gratiot Community Foundation awarded the GSRP Preschool classrooms a grant to fund these materials, along with a slide, for expanding our Outdoor Area to include more Play-Based Learning through STEAM. The materials also allow students to learn based on the 5 principles of our HighScope Curriculum Active Learning Principles: "Materials, Manipulation, Choice, Language and Thought, and Scaffolding." These materials provide the opportunity for students to advance their growth by aligning with many or our curriculum's objectives too. The students enjoyed utilizing the materials, while learning, and we look forward to next year's students using them too!
As a reward for working so hard this school year, Mrs. Schaeding gave her students the opportunity to pie her in the face! Success never tasted so sweet!
2nd graders had a blast at Reed Park!
Field Day!! I loved seeing all the smiles and hearing all the belly laughs. Thank you Mr. Rayburn for organizing this fun day for our students! 😃 💦
A big thank you to Mr. Josh Rayburn & Ithaca High School student helpers for an amazing South Elementary Field Day! Water was definitely part of the theme for each of our kindergarten centers, but I don't think our students minded. After participating in all four centers, our Ithaca PTO had frozen freeze sticks for students to enjoy.
Thank you to everyone who made this a Monday to remember!
Happy Friday from Mrs. Hessbrook's Kindergarten Room.
After a week of learning it is time to practice words in shaving cream & do the "Dino-Stomp!" These fabulous kids have some great moves! Three & 1/2 days left next week!
Happy Weekend Everyone!
Hurrah for our South 2nd grade recycling helpers for May and June! Thanks for picking up our classroom recycling and helping to reuse our paper!
Our 2nd graders help with weekly recycling at South! These students helped during April. Thank you for volunteering!
Thank you March 2nd Grade Recycling Helpers! Volunteers to help our South community be green!
Congratulations to Cheyanne in Mrs. Groeneveld’s class. She submitted an entry in the Michigan Elks Americanism Coloring Contest. She placed 3rd in Alma, 1st in our area district and 2nd at the State level! Great job Cheyanne!!
South last day is next Thursday! Enjoy the weekend.
Mr. Whitford's classroom enjoyed a hands-on experience with farm animals, plants, and tractors today! Thank you to Mrs Siefka and the FFA students for sharing your love of farming in collaboration with all of our South Elementary! We love our school!
Second graders enjoyed learning about plants, animals and tractors from the Ithaca FFA members! Thank you for providing these engaging stations for our students! 🚜🌾🐄🦆🦃🐕🐇🐁🐑🐐
Thank you Ithaca FFA for bringing farm animals and more to South Elementary today! Mrs. Hessbrook's Kindergarten loved listening to FFA Members share information and fun facts about each station. A special thank you to their FFA Advisor Mrs. Leslie Siefka for allowing these amazing students to create this experience!
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Kindergarteners enjoyed building "life size" canoes with our fort boards after reading the story Canoe Days in STEAM! They had a choice to problem solve on their own or collaborate with a friend.
2nd grade students went to North Elementary for their transition visit. They met 3rd grade teachers, asked questions to current 3rd grade students, toured the building, ate lunch and went to recess with the 3rd graders. Thank you to the 3rd grade teachers and Mrs. Rayburn for welcoming our students to North! 😀
Our students enjoyed spreading mulch in front of the classroom on Friday… and maybe some didn't.😎
Thank you Mrs. Simcox for organizing this project and Mr. Eichorn for providing the materials. The classroom gardens look beautiful again!
GSRP had their last week of school, this past week! The students practiced for 3 weeks in preparation for their graduation. They did it! Students also took a field trip to the Ithaca Church of God, blue park for a last day celebration! Congratulations class of 2036!💙💛
A huge shout out to Michigan Farm Bureau for sharing their FARM Science lab classroom on wheels with South Elementary classrooms!
What a great outreach program that brings Michigan agriculture to the young ones! Thank you to Mrs. Henry and Mrs. Dowell for sharing your day with us. Mr. Whitford's classroom enjoyed assembling the "build-a-farm" packets and activity booklet to extend the lesson!
