Franklin Elementary School - Gr. K-4 |
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February was "I Love to Read Month". Throughout the month, we had four guest readers who made a video of themselves reading a book for all of the students to watch.
Jon Hoel read "Benny's Pennies". Jon is the president of Miner's National Bank in Eveleth, MN.
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Melissa Lautigar read "Somebody's Hero". Melissa is not only a fourth grade teacher at Franklin Elementary, but she also wrote this book! |
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Abby Pontinen and Lou read "First Dog". Abby is a veterinarian at Northland Animal Hospital in Virginia, MN. |
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Emily Hadrava read "Froggy Goes to the Doctor". Emily is a nurse practitioner at Scenic Rivers in Cook, MN. |
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Parkview Learning Center - Gr. PreK-2 |
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Mrs. Orso's second-grade class enjoyed interviewing Mary Casanova! After reading a few of her books, our class compiled a list of interview questions to ask. It turns out, Mrs. Casanova lives in Minnesota, not far from the Iron Range! We discovered that she had written 38 books for different age groups. Our favorites include Some Dog, One-Dog Canoe, and Utterly Otterly Day. |
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Mrs. Kemen’s Pre-K class answered the essential question, “What is an engineer?” The class read the story Rosie Revere, Engineer and worked on a class engineer project to invent, design and build a robot.
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Gilbert Campus - Gr. PreK & 5-8 |
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Also at the Gilbert Campus of Rock Ridge Schools, February was "I Love to Read" Month"! The entire campus, grades 5-8, read the book, "Night of the Spadefoot Toads" by Bill Harly. Many activities on campus revolved around the book. In Junior High Science, students created posters that went along with the book and its ecology themes. Classes also read and wrote about the book in English. There were weekly winners of trivia questions and the book made connections across our campus. Displays were put up in the main foyer area recognizing themes and trivia winners! Great work organizing, Mandy Brunfelt, and she gives credit to the entire staff and school for all of the support!
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Roosevelt Elementary School - Gr. 3-6 |
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February was a fun filled month for Roosevelt Elementary students. Mrs. Morley's 4th grade class completed their "Genius Hour" projects. Genius Hour is self-directed, inquiry-based learning where students research a topic they are interested in learning more about, construct a project, and then present their information to the class as an expert on the topic. Kids love Genius Hour! |
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Mr. Cremers' (6th Grade) and Mr. Little's (5th Grade) classes, with the assistance of Mr. Casareto, took the opportunity to spend part of the day outside on Bailey's Lake in Virginia. The students were able to try different outdoor activities, such as snowshoeing, ice fishing, and dog sledding. After they came back to school, the students enjoyed s'mores and hot chocolate as they reflected on the day. In one class alone when asked if they were able to try something they had never done before, all but one student raised their hand. This counted as a great day in education and exactly why teachers do what they do! |
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Mr. Little and his dogs giving this student a ride like no other! |
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What a wonderful day for all...
even the dogs!
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Eveleth-Gilbert Senior High - Gr. 9-12 |
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SOAKED FOR STORIES
During February's "I Love To Read Month", EGHS celebrated with Read and Dunk! Deb Zasadni, who works in the Eveleth-Gilbert Media Center, headed up an initiative to get our students reading! She first asked staff to identify two of their favorite books, then created a display and a poster so that students could see which books their favorite school personnel love. For every recommended book a student read, they earned a chance to dunk that teacher in a dunk tank coming this spring! It was a great motivator to pick up a book and read!
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Freshmen Prince Gunnar George, Princess Julia Lindseth
Sophomore Prince Jared Delich, Princess Anna Heinonen
Junior Prince Isaiah Erickson, Princess Lauren Lautigar
Sr. Queen Candidates Justine Schunk, Ava Thompson and Amara Wilcox
Sr. King Candidates Cole Buatala, Cameron Peterson and Michael White
Snow Week King and Queen Sam Nelson and Cadyn Krmpotich
Emcees Addison Johnson, Ellie Jankila, and Dolce Everson
This year's Snow Week Coronation had to be a bit different. So, why not add taping a teacher to the wall to it? Students who had participated in this fall's YIA Food Drive were able to help tape Mr. Ufford to the wall.
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Virginia High School - Gr. 7-12 |
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WARMING HEARTS AFTER A
DEEP FREEZE
What better way to celebrate the return of above zero temperatures than getting out with your friends for some good old fashioned snowman building fun?! That's exactly what Morgan Harvey did with fellow Leo's Club members. On Wednesday, February 24th, the Virginia Leo’s Club made a trip to the Watering Pines Nursing Home and Care Facility. They went there to build snowmen as a way to put a smile on the residents’ faces during these hard times. Unfortunately, the snow didn’t cooperate very well as it wasn't sticky! They had a good time despite Mother Nature’s uncooperative behavior, attempting to make their own versions of snowmen, or rather, snow sculptures. Along with the snow sculptures, the Leo’s Club made snow angels in the snow.
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The snow wasn't exactly sticky, so the kids improvised and made a chunky snowman! |
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Leos Members (left to right): Jack Elliot, Lexiss Trygg, and Ryan Scherf. |
Mariele Paulsen and Ava Fink found a comfortable spot to take a break! |
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CAREER PLANNING DURING COVID |
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COVID-19 may limit students ability to do in person job shadowing, but it has not stopped them from learning about possible career choices. Earlier this week, several students from Virginia High School attended a Virtual Legal Panel where they were able to hear from numerous staff in the legal profession ranging from lawyers, judges, probation, legal aid, and various court administrators. “This was a great example of a creative way to introduce students to different career fields,” says Michelle Ufford, School-Business Coordinator, “We could easily replicate this model for other career clusters because it makes it easy for professionals in a variety of locations to participate.” As a result of this experience, Rock Ridge will be exploring the development of other virtual career field panel discussions for students in preparation for the new career academy school. Sophomores Wade Harsila & Kathan Hedin were both glad they attended the panel. Wade is interested in law and thought the panel was cool and informative. |
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We welcome back all students in Grades 7-12
for in-person learning beginning Monday, March 8!
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