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WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WOODLAND HILLS FOUNDATION.
Edgewood Kindergarten Explores a Busy Pond By R. Frederick, J. Liberati, and L. Walter
Kindergarten at Edgewood Primary is excited to be participating in The Busy Pond Project. Due to the generosity of the WH Foundation in past years, Kindergarten students in Ms. Walter’ s, Mrs. Frederick’ s, and Ms. Liberati’ s classes will have the opportunity this year to become scientific observers and master gardeners! In the fall and winter the children met and studied a toad, fish, mice, a turtle, Madagascar
WH Academy Students Shine in National Parks Postcard Contest
By Cathie Pearson
Beckett Ciocco-First Place K-2 category
Ja’ Niya Townes, Camden Evans, Alayah Barlow, Makayla Burks, Damiyah Craig, and Karter Jackson
hissing cockroaches, a tarantula, and bearded dragons. We hatched a monarch butterfly from a chrysalis and sent her on her way after learning about the monarch butterflies’ great migration. Each animal afforded us the opportunity to diagram its anatomy and to learn about its habitat and diet. The pets that stay in our classrooms help us learn responsibility and compassion. In the spring we are looking
forward to working in our Kindergarten native plant garden while studying bees. In anticipation of this activity, we are making our own dirt! Using the leftover fruits and vegetables from a school-sponsored grant, we are composting in the classroom using a worm farm. We will also hatch a variety of insects as well as a mystery pond inhabitant while completing an extensive unit on oviparous creatures.
Jeriah Green, Javone Champine, Jada, Best, Taymeir Jones-Marshman, Grace Conner, Carlos Thomas, Conner Meuser, Jalil Lee, Giavonna, Graziano-Toth, Ms. Fifi, Ms. Ginger
Duncan Hubble, Kallie Kristian, Caden Ferita, Beckett Ciocco
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Geography Education sponsored a National Parks Postcard Contest to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the US National Parks. Over 1,000 students in the state of Pennsylvania participated in the contest. We are pleased to announce that four Academy students received awards for the postcards they created. Honorable Mention Awards went to: Duncan Hubble in the Kindergarten through second grade category, Kallie Kristian in the third through fifth grade category, and Caden Ferita in the sixth through eighth grade category.
A very special congratulations goes out to Beckett Ciocco who won first place in the Kindergarten through second grade category.
Beckett and the Academy will receive framed copies of his postcard and he will receive a year-long subscription to National Geographic Kids magazine. The honorable mention winners will receive atlases.
We are so proud of the fabulous postcards all of the Academy students created to celebrate our National Parks!
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