Heard during kindergarten library today...
"Tuesdays are my favorite day. We get to come to the library and it has a million books!" 📚 🥰❤️
Every day in the library is a good day.
The Cat in the Hat joined us today for our Dr. Seuss birthday party! We loved listening to him read his autobiography to us and we enjoyed the cutest Dr. Seuss treats you have ever seen! What a great way to end our week long celebration of Dr. Seuss and his books.📚📚
What a great ending to our Dr. Seuss week! We loved having the "cuz" to The Cat in the Hat as our guest today!
Talking and Reading, Interrupted?
A Closer Look at Children's Technology Use Is children's use of popular technology devices such as tablets/ smartphones taking time away from day-to-day activities that promote brain and social development, such as conversation and reading? Here's what a national YouGov poll-commissioned by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and Read Aloud 15
MINUTES-reveals:
2nd graders helped the 1st graders with their reading skills in a combined library today. It's so awesome listening to them help each other! 📚💛
Did you know that by reading aloud to your kids you grow your child’s brain, literally. The more you read to your child, the more the neurons in their brain will grow and connect together.
There are so many benefits to this 15-minutes-a-day habit! Want to know what else science says about reading aloud? Follow this link to learn more...
https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/raising-smart-kids/?fbclid=IwAR1LlULwfIDLD10aR8BrVwR3RNVBawRYFjePAX05beZEIYxEBo-S2EJiI3c_aem_AS7u_18940iW6aYnlR_EPhIBjteXcCbhr2RhVVap48mqkyZewjOGDyAYRJs6cN45rk4
Congrats to the Edmunds Central Oral Interp team on advancing to regions!
Alanna Wiedrich, Serious; Jillian Fischer, Storytelling; Grace Roth, Lily Roth, Theodore Haerter, and Jillian Fischer; Reader's Theater
The 9th graders in Intro to Agriculture had the opportunity to tour the Parkview Nursery & Greenhouse in the beginning of October to learn about larger scale operations, check out their tree nursery, and look at their greenhouse spaces. Thank you to Dana for the wonderful tour!
Good luck to the 2023 Oral Interpretation Team! Their first competition will be the District 10B competition in Mobridge on November 6th!
Congratulations to the North Central Thunder Cross Country teams on outstanding performances at the Region 4A Meet in Chamberlain yesterday afternoon. The boys placed 2nd as a team and the girls placed 4th. With their 2nd place finish, the entire boys team will be moving on the the State A Cross Country Meet in Sioux Falls on October 21st. Individual place winners for the boys are as follows: Gabe Johnson (9th), Anthony Miller (14th), Avery Wells (15th), Drew Arbach (16th), Aaron Ingerson (26th), and Jason Arbach (30th). For the girls team, Melanie Dallenbach (17th) and Grace Roth (19th) advanced to the State Meet with Top 20 finishes. Additionally, Theo Haerter and Noah Ingerson place 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the boys JV race.
6th- 8th grade music students attended the Northwestern Middle School Festival on Tuesday! EC had students in both the band and choir, making music all day with Edmunds Central graduate, Jared Opp, and his wife and fellow music teacher, Katie Opp! They ended the day with an awesome concert!
EC FFA members attended their first contests, Land & Range Judging, on 9/27 in Webster. Grant F, Krist S, and Anthony M competed in Land Judging; while Cash A competed in Range Judging. Both teams represented well, Cash earned a bronze rating at the contest.
Congratulations to those who competed, we look forward to seeing more successes as contests continue into the fall!
Continuing with our solar system theme, the first grade and fourth grade had a great time with their art hour projects this week!
Fourth Grade used sponges to paint their planets and first grade created planet Earth with baking soda and food colored vinegar!
If you visit E.C. soon, you'll see their fun creations in our commons.
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Continuing with our solar system theme, the first grade and fourth grade had a great time with their art hour projects this week!
Fourth Grade used sponges to paint their planets and first grade created planet Earth with baking soda and food colored vinegar!
If you visit E.C. soon, you'll see their fun creations in our commons.
🌏 🌙
Solar System was out theme for our Art Hour projects today!
Third grade used balloons to create amazing planets! This is probably one of the coolest projects we've done! We all loved it!
Kindergarten experienced the fun of vinegar and baking soda reactions with their fizzy moons! They loved using the droppers to creat the reactions!
Solar System was out theme for our Art Hour projects today!
Third grade used balloons to create amazing planets! This is probably one of the coolest projects we've done! We all loved it!
Kindergarten experienced the fun of vinegar and baking soda reactions with their fizzy moons! They loved using the droppers to creat the reactions!
The Edmunds Central School District is in search of bus drivers for the 2023-24 school year. If you or anyone you know is interested in driving bus, please contact Superintendent Kevin Kunz (287-4251 or kevin.kunz@k12.sd.us).
The district is in search of substitute teachers for the current school year. The position pays $100 per day ($50 for a half-day). The rate of pay increases to $120 per day ($60 for a half-day) after working for eight (8) cumulative days. Certified substitute teachers earn an additional $20 per day. If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about becoming a substitute teacher, please contact Superintendent Kevin Kunz (287-4251 or kevin.kunz@k12.sd.us).