As part of March is Reading Month, the Shiawassee County Farm Bureau, in conjunction with our OE FFA and Miss Sandy Maynard, came to Leonard and read us a story called How to Grow a Monster. This fun story is about a Zucchini. Students got a learn more information about zucchinis and was able to hold a small zucchini. As an extension activity, students were also able to plant green beans to take home! Students also received an information card on corn and a word search! Thanks FFA and the Shiawassee County Farm Bureau!
Last week Thursday, we had a Mystery Listener at Leonard for March is Reading Month. Miss Danielle came into our classroom and listened to kiddos read. That was a pretty BIG DEAL for our Kindergartners. They did a great job and Miss Danielle was impressed!
Last Friday, as part of our PBIS at Leonard, we had MAD SCIENTIST! Students worked in partners and placed 30 Skittles on a small paper plate. One partner added cold water to the middle of their plate and the other partner added warm/hot water to their plate. Students had many hypotheses. Check out our outcome! The kiddos had a GREAT time (and got to eat 5 leftover Skittles). Thanks for creating this fun lesson, Mrs. Snelling!
At Leonard, Jasper's Mom came into our classroom last Thursday as another Mystery Reader for March is Reading Month! She read Little Excavator, How to Catch a Leprechaun and Hello Ninja!
Please review a communication regarding the new school zone that will go into effect on April 1, 2024 on Hollister and Colony Roads https://5il.co/2gsds
Athletics - Week of 3/18/24.
Reminder to parents of high school seniors, senior portraits are due to the high school yearbook adviser April 1st.
michael.puffpaff@ovidelsie.org
Hello Leonard families! Our kindness challenge this week is "Bake a dessert for a neighbor." Be sure to post your photos to our Leonard's Kindness Page to spread your kindness to others!
https://padlet.com/katiewyn/leo-chooses-kind-x0sptnibg7qkges
We've had many Mystery Readers reading in Mrs. Sturdivant's Kindergarten class for March is Reading Month! This includes Jax's grandma, Jamie's mom and aunt, Charley's grandpa, and Sam's Dad! Thanks for reading to our class! We loved your stories!
Students in Mrs. Sturdivant and Mrs. Jones' classes put their hard work on display Friday and showed off their Leprechaun traps! All of Leonard was invited to check out the traps and ask questions including "did you catch a leprechaun?" Thanks for visiting, Leonard friends!
We had a special guest author visit Leonard on Friday! Thank you so much to Denise Brennan-Nelson for reading to us, sharing your illustrations and gifting each classroom a Buzzy poster! We had a great time!
☘️ Happy St. Patrick's Day from Mrs. Sturdivant's Class ☘️ We had a visit from the Leprechauns Thursday night and boy did they cause some chaos!! We had a crazy start to the day but we were so excited for our visit!
Middle school student council students and Dr. Petroelje were guest readers in the library this month. Students had a great time reading with and listening to our guests!
Students in Mrs. Roberts room completed a Shamrock Shenanigans Virtual Escape Room.
8th grade Language Arts students participated in the Grammar Olympics this week. They played games like spelling golf, subject-verb agreement bowling, context clue discus, punctuation long jump, infinitive/gerunds egg relay, and other fun grammar based games.
It is that time of year that we start to gear up for our Seniors to leave us and start their next chapter. The Counseling Department has a tradition of reaching out for letters and photos to be submitted to seniors that we can put in their Decision Day Swag Bags along with goodies from their chosen college/trade school/workplace and small gifts. If you know a senior (or 2 or 3!) you can submit letters to have put in their bags through a few avenues (please ensure it has the student's name on it!):
Email: autumn.winsor@ovidelsie.org
Mail to Autumn Winsor at the HS: 8989 E. Colony Rd., Elsie, MI 48831
Drop off at the High School office
Please have all items turned in by May 10th so we have time to organize and get them into the bags!
Six grade students finished their body systems unit on 3–6 in Mrs. Miller‘s classroom. To conclude this unit students dissected deer hearts that were donated from community members.
Based on the TV show The Amazing Race, 6th grade students in Mrs. Duckert's Geography and Travel class designed an Amazing Race stopping at 6 of the 7 continents and creating fun challenges at each stop. Here students are presenting their race details to the class.
OEMS is gearing up for our second whole school silent read! Let’s flood the school with green on March 18. ☘️
Today was bring your beach towel and read day from the March is Reading Month Calendar. Several kiddos brought in their beach towels and so we read books during tablet time today. Students read books from our Virtual Classroom, Dr. Seuss Library, Chick Library and Raz-Kids. Check out these happy readers! Keep up the GREAT work!
