Newsletter No. 16

Sharon Elementary School

Issue 16

December 8, 2023

Sharon Elementary School

Mark Your Calendars!

Tuesday, 12/12- Special School Board Meeting for Building Project, 5:30 PM

Tuesday, 12/19- School Board Meeting, 5:30 PM, See Website for Agenda

Wednesday, 12/20- Winter Concert, 5:30 PM

Thursday, 12/21- Early Release

No School December 22nd - January 2nd

School Resumes Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024!

Letter from Principal Haley

Families,

I’d like to thank everyone who attended the recent building project forum. I believe our school board heard a lot of useful information and feedback from folks. Please be on the lookout for more meeting dates concerning this project. If you have any questions concerning this project, feel free to reach out to me or the school board members. You can also visit the Proposed Building Project Website which is linked on the SES Website.

Please mark your calendars for our Holiday Concert on December 20th at 5:30 pm. The teachers and staff have been working with the children to learn songs and readings to share with all of you. I want to take a moment to thank the staff for doing this. As many know, we are without a performing arts teacher this year. Stephanie Jarrait has been filling in wonderfully, but for this event, we needed some extra time and support from the teachers to pull it off.

I will be at the Sharon Trading Post this coming Tuesday from 8:00 am until 9:00 am to meet with folks if they wish. This is an attempt to meet outside of the school, in a less formal way, to discuss school-related issues. This is NOT a time to talk about individual students or classrooms, but to have a general conversation as it relates to education. Feel free to stop by!

I hope everyone has a restful weekend. We have one more full week of school and then a shorter week before we start our holiday break!

Respectfully,

Keenan Haley

Principal

Sharon Elementary School

Class Highlights!

2nd Grade

Market Day was amazing!

The class started in groups, coming up with an idea they wanted to create. They solved many math problems that had to do with the difference and figuring out change. They had to strategically plan their product/service.

After, students created a poster to “sell” their product, and if they had the same product as another group, they had to decide how they would be different from the others!

I then had a “business meeting” with each group as they described exactly what they would need to create their product.

They created their products using measurements, fine motor coordination and teamwork.

The market opened and they watched a shark tank snippet that showed them how to present their product. They presented and then the market opened. Half of them started behind the table being sellers, and half of them were buyers. Then we switched. Then, the market opened to everyone, teachers came in and bought items, and then they were free to visit other booths.

They really worked on their subtraction math skills and got a taste of what buying looks like in today's society. They realized that they could use the money they earned from selling their products could be used to buy more of others products.

4/5 Art with Mrs. Libby

Fourth and Fifth grade art students looked at Van Gogh's iconic painting, 'Sunflowers'. They have been learning about the elements and of art, including line (contour) and shape, as well as talking about the principles of art, such as creating space, balance and proportion. They used oil pastels to draw their own Van Gogh-inspired bouquets.