Happy 2013 from Team Triton!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2013! This year has already been jam packed with lots of NEW and exciting things and it is only the beginning of January! The students jumped right into Math with Order of Operation! Look for our video coming soon with our new song! If you haven't already heard them singing or seen the motions...ASK! You don't want to miss this!

 UPCOMING EVENTS:

Friday is the Annual NSIS Geography Bee! Congratulations to Liam and Jonathan! They will be representing Team Triton! Good Luck Boys!

Tuesday, January 15 - Former Penguin and Hall of Fame Hockey Player Bryan Trottier will be visiting our school, along with author Sigmund Brower. We are very excited about what they have planned for our students! Check back for pictures and more information next week!

Wednesday, January 16 - 5th Grade Field Trip to the Carnegie Science Center!

Friday, January 18 and Monday, January 21 - No School! Enjoy your long weekend!

Wednesday, January 23 - Kids of Steel Program

Holiday concert

REMINDER:

The NSIS Holiday concert is Wednesday, December 12. All students in Chorus and Band must wear a white top and black bottoms - please see letter that was sent home today for additional information. Please contact Miss Hickman or Miss Grisso with any additional questions.

My Bike program

Kody C. recently received a specially designed bike from Variety Children's Charity. The My Bike program makes adaptive bikes for children with special needs.  Check out Kody's new bike!

Native American Home project

Students will be completing a Native American home project. They were given the project requirements and rubric on Friday, November 9. The project is two parts - the construction of the home, and the research about the Native American tribe that lived in that type of home. For example, if I was making a teepee, I would research the Lakota tribe.  Remember, be creative with your materials! Try to incorporate as many natural materials as possible!

The project is due Wednesday, November 28, 2012                       FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012

We will be gathering information while at school, although students may also use the links below for research as well. Please only use the links provided, as well as the others listed (Grolier Online, Power Library/ Searchasaurus) on the requirements page.

Native American research links:
Kid Facts - Great Site!
Navajo
Arts and Crafts
Native American info
Kid Friendly Native American links
Index of Native American tribes

Scholastic Book Club

Scholastic Book Club orders will be due on Friday, November 16. Please see the following link for more information and to place an order online. Only online orders will be accepted.

https://clubs2.scholastic.com/about/parents/choosebooks.shtml

Look for MRS. BLUM and please use this code when placing an order -  H7W8N

NSIS Election 2012

Recently, we have been learning about the presidential candidates and the election process. Today, Team Triton cast their votes for the next president of the United States! NSIS conducted a mock election in which all students voted for the candidate of their choice. We set up our own polling place in the classroom where students voted on a link through the NSIS website. At the conclusion of the day, all the votes will be tallied. Who will win???

           Sierra and Camryn cast the first votes

   Our private polling stations

              Caleb and Logan F. getting ready to vote

                             Lauren and Rachael voted. Will you?