Hello! We hope you enjoyed the holidays and are feeling rested from a long winter's nap! We are looking forward to seeing everyone back at school and wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2019! Following are some highlights of our week at Dryden right before the winter break.
Cardboard Challenge! Our students came up with so many creative and innovative ideas of toys, games, architectural designs and space crafts out of cardboard and duct tape. They had to work cooperatively, combine ideas and make compromises on these projects. Impressive work!
Math Stations! This was a very fun and engaging way to review all the skills and strategies students have learned about multi-digit multiplication. There was an interactive game or activity at each station involving finding errors, identifying multiple ways to solve the same problem and recording a video explanation of how to solve a specific problem.
Student Leadership! We are so proud of these students for their compassion and initiative in coordinating a toy drive for Lurie's Children's Hospital! They had a goal of collecting 100 toys from Dryden, and far surpassed it! Over 170 toys were collected in all!
More student leadership! It's always impressive to see our students taking the lead in explaining information to the class or even facilitating the participation of their peers in lessons.
Winter Wonderland! We thank our awesome PTA volunteers for coordinating this fun even on the day before winter break. Teachers get the gift of a bit of free time while students make crafts and have a dance party in their pajamas!
An attitude of gratitude! Our first grade students have been writing many thank you letters throughout the month of December. Our administrative assistants were so touched by the detailed, heartfelt letters these young students wrote.
Cookies! My oh my! We are thankful to the PTA for so many delicious cookies for our staff. What a sweet holiday indulgence!
Mr. Bob Day! Mr. Bob was our Facilities Operations Manager. He worked in our school district for 40 years up until his retirement on December 21. The students thanked him with many songs, poems, cheers, and letters. The PTA presented Mr. Bob a 500-page book in which every student wrote and illustrated a page thanking Mr. Bob.
Music! Our multiage and second grade students shined at their winter musical performance, and the fifth grade band spread joy throughout our school with their carols. On the coldest and darkest of days, their music is sunshine for our souls!
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