The students in Mrs. Keffer's third grade classroom
are actively engaged in their Investigations lesson
on determining the weights of fruits and vegatables
using a pan balance. The students had to use unifix
cubes to balance the scales to determine the weight.
After completing the lesson, the students had to
predict if the fruits and vegetables would gain or
lose weight based on their background knowledge.
During the following lesson, the students reweighed
the fruits and vegetables and determined the difference
between the two weights.
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10/10/06
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- Favorite Books
The students in Mrs. Keffer's classroom are reading
their favorite books to a classmate to develop a
sense of community in the classroom and to enhance
their reading fluency. The students truly enjoyed
sharing their favorite books with their friends and
asking their classmates all about the story they
read to them.
Posted
10/10/06
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Pro Kids Program
On Tuesday, September 26, 2006 students at McAnnulty
Elementary attended "The Pro-Kids Show" which
was an exciting presentation filled with music, magic,
and fun with both student and teacher involvement.
Ralph (the presenter) had an unbelievable ability
to incorporate character building messages into the
performance. The daytime program was followed by
an evening event for all McAnnulty families. The
PTA was pleased to have a crowd of over 240 in attendance.
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10/10/06
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Animal Hibernation
Mrs. Urban's first grade are busy learning about
animal hibernation. As a culminating activity, everyone
made a teddy bear.
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10/10/06
MES-Johnny
Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed carried a large pack on his back
filled with apple seeds and his cooking pan on his
head. He planted his appleseeds everywhere he went.
On Friday, September 29, 2006 various classes at
McAnnulty Elementary enjoyed baked apples. Thank
you Johnny Appleseed!
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10/10/06
PES-Johnny
Appleseed
Second grade students celebrated Johnny Appleseed
Day by participating in rotating math, science, and
literacy stations in Paynter’s cafeteria. The
stations were organized by the second grade teachers:
Mrs. Noel, Mrs. Singleton, Mrs. Zamboni, Mrs. Myers,
and student teacher Miss Martin. Boys and girls created
cinquain poems, labeled and illustrated apples and
apple tree parts, sang apple songs, graphed apple
snacks, and listened to a biography on John Chapman.
Later in the day, students made homemade applesauce
and tasted a variety of apple products. It was a
fun and exciting day!
Posted
9/19/06
PES
- Anti-Bullying Week
Paynter Elementary held their Anti-Bullying Kickoff
the week of September 18th. Daily themes used to
convey a clear and consistent message of opposition
to bullying were: 1) “Be a Good Citizen to
protect against Bullying” on Monday by showing
school pride as a part of the Paynter Community through
the wearing of purple and white 2) “Be a True
Blue Friend” by wearing blue clothing on Tuesday
to signify a commitment to being a true blue friend
3) Taking our “Hats Off to a Bully Free School” by
wearing a favorite hat on Wednesday and submitting
Anti-Bullying posters and coloring pages to teachers,
and 4) “Don’t Sweat Bullies” by
wearing sweat clothes to school on Thursday.
Additionally, classroom talks were arranged with
each of the classrooms. These were held by the social
worker either prior to, during or following Anti-Bullying
Week and focused on the theme of “No Bullying
in Our School.”
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10/10/06
BHS
and Public Libraries Collaboration
The
members of the public libraries discussed with
Baldwin High School English teachers the following
ways in which the public libraries and the
high school library can work collaboratively
to meet the educational needs of the students
within the community.
Students can access the POWER Library
from home via the Internet, using their
library card. The POWER Library allows
students to access thousands of full text
periodical articles, newspapers, a major
encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures,
charts, maps, and reference materials.
An interactive calendar has been set up
online by the community libraries for teachers
to post school assignments in which the
public libraries may assist in providing
Joyce Chiappetta (Paynter
Community Library), Robyn Hammer-Clarey (Whitehall
Public Library), Licia Slimon (Whitehall Public
Library), Kristin Berniston (Paynter Community
Library), and Brigetta Hannah (BHS Library
Media Specialist).
books and other resources. Now students
and libraries will know objectives, deadlines, necessary
materials, and requirements at the click of a button.
Together, the school and the local
libraries want a library media program that is fully
integrated into the instructional program of the
school where teachers, students, and all library
media specialists become partners in learning. However,
remote access to electronic resources via the public
libraries can not occur unless a student has a library
card. The English teachers and high school library
media specialist encourage parents to obtain a library
card for the student in order to broaden student
access to library resources.
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10/10/06
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- Sharpie Hummer Visit
The Sharpie Autographs for Education program invades
Pittsburgh! Autographs for Education is a national
program sponsored by Sharpie. In exchange for 1 million
autographs, Sharpie donates 1 million in school supplies
to needy schools. Paynter students helped Sharpie
reach its goal by signing their names. For more information
or to view the virtual autograph wall, log on to sharpie.com.
Posted
10/23/06
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- Kindergarten Sandwiches
To reinforce the letter “s” and its
sound, students in Mrs. Vu’s Extended Day Kindergarten
class made super scrumptious sandwiches for snacks.
The children enjoyed preparing their own sandwich
and enjoyed eating it even more!
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10/23/06
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- DARE
As in past years,
Officer Gazzo from the Baldwin Borough Police
Department visited students to discuss stranger
danger, alcohol and drug awareness and being
safe. Officer Gazzo shared ways that she stays
safe at home and on the job. Paynter Elementary
is very lucky and appreciative to have Officer
Gazzo as its DARE officer.
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10/23/06
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- Paynter Denim Day
Paynter Elementary faculty were part of the millions
of people nationwide donning their denim for a good
cause. For a donation to Lee National Denim Day and
to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, staff
members are permitted to wear denim to school on
Fridays beginning October 6th. Congratulations to
Mrs. Gorham and Mr. Iampietro for winning the “best
pink outfit contest.” Thank you Paynter Social
Committee for the bagel breakfast to start the day.
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10/23/06
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- Kindergarten Color Days
To reinforce knowledge of colors, Kindergarten
students and everyone at Paynter were encouraged
to wear the “color of the day” on designated
dates. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple,
brown and black – what a rainbow!
Posted
10/23/06
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- Community Project
Mrs. Shea's 3rd grade E.L.L. students at Paynter
helped to clean up the school community, in conjunction
with their Hampton-Brown reading unit. What a great
job done by: Najeeb Amanullah, Ben Durakovic, Senad
Hasanovic, Jana Nedic, and Jenefer Nyair.
Posted
10/23/06
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- Dandelion Deli Dunking Dip
Mrs. Vu’s
Extended Day Kindergarten students enjoyed
a sweet, healthy treat to reinforce the letter “d” sound
and to celebrate the color “brown” day.
The students helped prepare Dandelion Deli
Dunking Dip. After mixing cream cheese, brown
sugar, vanilla and chocolate milk together
they used pretzels and apples to dunk into
the delicious dip.
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10/23/06
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- Donuts and Dads
On October 13th, Paynter students were able to
invite a special someone to join them for Doughnuts
and Dads, which also happened to be a Black and Gold
Spirit Day. Through this annual PTA sponsored event,
students and their guests could enjoy a morning bite
before beginning their day. Those who were a PTA
member were entered in a drawing for a gift card.
Congratulations to Mr. Terry Linder who won the Home
Depot card and Mr. Gary Backo winner of the Sears
card. Thank you PTA volunteers and moms that helped
set up, serve and clean up.
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10/23/06
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- Sinking & Floating
“First we calibrated, then we weighed.” Those
are the steps that Mrs. Larson’s fourth grade
students took when they first discovered spring scales.
Students used bobby pins as a gram weight. With each
pin they added, they created a line on their scale.
Once their scales were calibrated they were able
to weigh their objects. Because spring scales aren’t
the most accurate, they weighed each object three
times and then found the mean, median, and mode of
each. This activity was from the Asset Sinking and
Floating module.
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10/30/06
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- Hugs Not Drugs Day
During October 23 – 27,
McAnnulty celebrated Red Ribbon Week, a national
campaign promoting a healthy drug-free life.
Of the many activities, students participated
in “Hugs not Drugs” day. Students
brought a stuffed animal to school to demonstrate
this idea. Each classroom discussed the importance
of living a happy and healthy life where hugs
are better than drugs. This is a fun way for
the students to make that vital connection.
Let’s all support this campaign in our
own homes.
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10/30/06
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- Seasons Song & Play
To show their knowledge
of the four seasons, Mrs. Gorham’s ELL
students entertained Mrs. Zamboni’s and
Mrs. Rellick’s classes with a fall song
and play. Mrs. Gorham’s students enjoyed
making the headpieces and performing for their
peers.
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10/30/06
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- Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week was celebrated at Paynter Elementary
October 23 – 27. Activities planned by Social
Worker, Reita Melvin, started on Monday with students
wearing red clothing. DARE Officer Gazzo and Canine
Officer Hagan held an anti-drug assembly. On Tuesday,
students were encouraged to dress in a Western theme
to “give drugs the boot!” and there was
a lively Captain Music assembly that had everyone
up and moving. On Wednesday, all were encouraged
to “give drugs the slip” by wearing slippers
to school. Thursday’s theme was “Don’t
Sweat saying no to drugs” and sweat suits were
worn. On Friday staff and students wore their favorite
sportswear with a team logo to “team up against
drugs.”
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10/23/06
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