Our DES second-grade students recently read stories about pioneers in flight. We have been learning about Orville and Wilbur Wright, Amelia Earhart, Jamail Larkin, and Bessie Coleman over the past few weeks. To close out our unit, we designed and constructed paper airplanes and collected data on their flight distances using measuring tapes.
We are celebrating growth on the ATLAS Winter Interim!
From the ATL:AS Fall Interim to the ATLAS Winter Interim:
92% of students in grades 3-5 grew in one or more areas!
We’re thrilled by the dedication and effort demonstrated by these students.
3rd grade- 90% of students grew in one or more areas
4th grade- 95% of students grew in one or more areas
5th grade-90% of students grew in one or more areas.
Mrs. Jessica’s 1st Grade class recently celebrated the 100th day of school. The students brought collections of 100 items from home to share and to use as counting collections for the day. They worked with partners to practice counting, grouping in different ways and counting by 10's & 5's. What a great way to celebrate 100 days of learning and to add excitement to math!
Exciting things are happening in the library for Kindergarten. After learning about book care, kindergarteners are now checking out library books.
BIG things are happening in Mrs. Traci’s 1st grade class. We are adding BIG numbers, counting BIG collections and reading BIG words!
Mrs. Ashley's first grade class has been practicing place value using base ten blocks! This is a great way to incorporate kinesthetic learning in math by introducing a manipulative! Introducing a manipulative, like a base ten block, allows students to use their tactile senses and feel the information as well as see it and hear it!
Recently, Ms Lisa's 1st Grade class had the opportunity to go outside and work with a partner for a science lesson! The partners traced each others shadows and 2 hours later they went back out to observe what happened to their shadows. This activity led to lessons on light and shadows, translucent, transparent and opaque , and discussions about the Earth's rotation and orbit and also moon phases.
DeWitt Schools will return to regular hours on Friday, February 21, 2025. We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow morning!
The DeWitt School District will be closed again on Thursday, February 20th. Although roads have improved today, we still have roads in town and outside of town that are unsafe (especially with tonight’s low temperature). We are hopeful to be back on regular schedule Friday, February 21, 2025.
DeWitt School District will be closed tomorrow, February 19, 2025. This snow day was built into the 24-25 calendar and will not be required to be made up.
Last week students in K, 1st, 2nd & 3rd created Arkansas Wildflower Pollinator Seed Bombs during kindness week. They were learning to be kind to each other and to be kind to the earth.
Today some of our 5th Grade students helped package up all of the seed bombs and distribute them to the classes.
This spring the students and their parents will be able to plant the seed bombs and start their very own pollinator wildflower patches!
Thank you to Adam Davis and BG Calls for providing Duck Calls for the Outdoor Education Program in DES PE! With these calls, students will get to practice assembling Duck Calls.
Ms. Leslie's class had a chance to "Glow" Crazy to celebrate the 100th Day of school. They spelled sight words with glow sticks, stacked cups in the STEM center, used glow paint to make 100 dots, and ended the day with glow in the dark tattoos!
Mrs. Kylee’s Kinders kicked off Super Bowl weekend last Friday, with an afternoon of learning stations! 🏈❤️💚
Mrs. Alli’s class worked on the the word “is” and then used it in a sentence to describe friends in the classroom. Each student drew a name & then wrote a sentence about who they drew. They did such a great job, and each student loved seeing what was written about them!😊
Mrs. Megan’s Kindergarten class had the best time doing learning station Super Bowl Style! The best part was the “trophy” celebration at the end!
Congratulations to Adelynn Boothe for earning 1st Place in the Arkansas County Spelling Bee and John Winn Smith for earning 2nd!
DES artists have been busy working on a variety of different projects this week. Third, fourth, and fifth grade students have been studying ceramics and sculpting with clay. They are learning about the kiln and the firing process. They have also been creating a collaborative piece of artwork to be displayed during our upcoming STEM night. Using the aerial photography of Noah Ruffin as inspiration, students are painting the Arkansas River on a large canvas.
Kindergarten, first, and second grade artists have been studying pollinators and wildflowers. They have drawn bees, created butterfly collages, and painted specific Arkansas wildflowers.
Our goal is to learn conservation through art and earn the title of School of Conservation Leadership with Arkansas Game and Fish.
Parent Teacher Conferences are THIS Thursday, February 13th, from 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
This past week in PE, all students participated in an agility and climbing wall obstacle course!
