March Parents as Reading Partners (PARP) Program a Big Success
PARP is a national at-home literacy incentive event, which we celebrated in March.  As part of this effort, we held  an evening program for families in our gymnasium on Thursday March 22.  There was face painting, Olympic Bingo, a tabletop curling game, Make-a- Marshmallow snowman skier and make an interactive snowboarder craft.  We also had a reading/coloring nook for youngsters - and our Scholastic Book Fair. 

Rhiannon Sandiford paints Rylie Forkey's face
Declan Farr shares a project that he worked on



        Sye Fisher takes a bite out of the snowman he created
 
Elementary Students "Go for the Gold" for PARP
Our elementary classrooms learned about the Winter Olympics as part of our March PARP "Go for the Gold Reading" event.  

Our elementary Math teacher, Mrs. Harkness, did a ratio project featuring Olympic sports which was awesome!  
 
The K-6 students went ice-skating at the Geiger Arena.  This was a place-based learning opportunity about winter sports.  A big thank you to the Town of Long Lake and Geiger Arena attendant Sam Keller for welcoming our students for outdoor fun at the Geiger Arena. The kids had a wonderful time and we are so grateful for this community resource.
Anthony Mandel at the Geiger Arena.
Jayden McIntyre on the ice.



Long Lake parent Steph Hample shows K-6 students how to use a skeleton sled
 
Students also had the opportunity to learn about the winter sport of skeleton.  LLCS parent Steph Hample shared her experience with the sport.   In skeleton, a person rides a small sled known as a skeleton bobsled down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first.  The students learned many fascinating facts and even had the opportunity to lie in racing position on Ms. Hample's skeleton bobsled.