HIGHLIGHTS What’s Up in Creative Arts? Grades 1-5 are creating art that has to do with the ocean. 1st grade is making an ocean filled with colorful fish by using a technique called crayon resist. 2nd grade is making sand dollar art and learning about overlapping by using chalk pastels. 3rd grade is learning about the architecture of SC lighthouses and creating a seascape of their own lighthouse. 4th grade is learning about texture by creating a seascape of either torn or cut old magazine pages glued into a collage. 5th grade is creating a 3-D piece seascape out of origami and other paper folding techniques. A Note from the Nurse: Don’t Let Summer Set You Back! Reading Kids spend a lot of time The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge™ is a free online reading outdoors, especially during the program for children. Students can summer. This means it is read and log minutes all summer, take important to make wearing weekly challenges and earn rewards, sunscreen a year-round habit. and help set a new world reading record. Register at to participate! Kids with any shade of skin are at Math risk for sunburns and skin cancer. There are lots of great websites for Being SunSmart today will protect math games and practice. has skills for every grade level. you from future skin cancer. Sweet Sentences for Marvelous Moms… From Mrs. Wilson’s K5 Class: I like when Mom plays with me. We like to play video games. DaZion Donaldson – I like when Mom kisses me. She is nice. Briana Fail – I like when Mom cooks cookies. We like chocolate chip. Adaya Jeffreys – I like when Mom loves me. It makes my heart go pitter-patter. Tagan Youngblood – From Mrs. Adcox’s K5 Class: I love my mom because she loves me and my mom cooks for me. I love your grits! Genash Dalien – Mom, you love me! Mom, you are funny! Mom, I love you very much! Mom, you are the best, the best mom in the world! Alyssa Tedder – Mom, you are my love. You call me all the time. You check the mailbox for my love letters. I love you! Hailey O’neal –
HIGHLIGHTS What’s Up in Creative Arts? Grades 1-5 are creating art that has to do with the ocean. 1st grade is making an ocean filled with colorful fish by using a technique called crayon resist. 2nd grade is making sand dollar art and learning about overlapping by using chalk pastels. 3rd grade is learning about the architecture of SC lighthouses and creating a seascape of their own lighthouse. 4th grade is learning about texture by creating a seascape of either torn or cut old magazine pages glued into a collage. 5th grade is creating a 3-D piece seascape out of origami and other paper folding techniques. A Note from the Nurse: Kids spend a lot of time outdoors, especially during the summer. This means it is important to make wearing sunscreen a year-round habit. Kids with any shade of skin are at risk for sunburns and skin cancer. Being SunSmart today will protect you from future skin cancer. Don’t Let Summer Set You Back! Reading The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge™ is a free online reading program for children. Students can read and log minutes all summer, take weekly challenges and earn rewards, and help set a new world reading record. Register at to participate! Math There are lots of great websites for math games and practice. has skills for every grade level. Sweet Sentences for Marvelous Moms… From Mrs. Wilson’s K5 Class: I like when Mom plays with me. We like to play video games. – DaZion Donaldson I like when Mom kisses me. She is nice. – Briana Fail I like when Mom cooks cookies. We like chocolate chip. – Adaya Jeffreys I like when Mom loves me. It makes my heart go pitter-patter. – Tagan Youngblood From Mrs. Adcox’s K5 Class: I love my mom because she loves me and my mom cooks for me. I love your grits! – Genash Dalien Mom, you love me! Mom, you are funny! Mom, I love you very much! Mom, you are the best, the best mom in the world! – Alyssa Tedder Mom, you are my love. You call me all the time. You check the mailbox for my love letters. I love you! – Hailey O’neal
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