The Franklin Cup Race

On Friday January 31, Heritage Elementary joined together with Newlonsburg Elementary for a rubber band powered car racing competition. The final racing car designs were the result of a final project the students completed for the Motion and Design science unit. The final race came down to Heritage vs. Newlonsburg.  This year, the Heritage car edged out Newlonsburg by hundredths of a second.  Congratulations to Heritage, and the winning team from Mr. Mausser’s class.  This is the first of an annual event.  This year the trophy went to the hosting school of Heritage.  Next year, the students of Newlonsburg will host the event.

5th Grade Expository Book sharing with 2nd Grade Friends

5th grade students from Miss Calfe's class wrote expository books and shared them with Mrs. Calfe's 2nd grade class.  They did such a great job and the second graders were very attentive! One of the 2nd grade students had his interest sparked so much that he started making his own book already!

First grade-special holiday themed events

First grade students participated in some special holiday themed events in the week leading up to the winter recess.  Students created Gingerbread Houses with the help of parent volunteers on Monday.  During Polar Express day on Tuesday, students read this story, sequenced the events of the story, enjoyed hot chocolate and compared/contrasted the book with the movie.  On Friday, the students celebrated Grinch Day.  They read the story How the Grinch Stole Christmas, followed oral directions to create a Grinch craft, wrote about how they would make the Grinch smile and enjoyed some special Grinch themed cupcakes and Grinch “juice”.