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April 2014
donelson elementary school
Jump Rope for Heart
Donelson Elementary 2nd – 5th
graders participated in Jump Rope
for Heart during P.E. classes February 24th – 28th learning how they
can help others as well as themselves. Students and teachers raised
over $4,580 for the American Heart
Association.
2nd Grade Service
Project
ment when they delivered goodies
to the firemen for their 2nd Grade
Service Project.
Kids Kan Week
Donelson Elementary students
donated 3,145 cans of food for the
Mid-South Food Bank (that's 1,066
more cans than last year.) 5th grade
Beta Club members collected the
cans from classrooms daily and
organized the cans in the gym. Mrs.
Williams' 3rd Grade Class donated
the most cans (252) and won a
Kroger gift card for a celebration
party. Mrs. Alberson's 2nd Grade
Class won 2nd place with 246 cans
and Mrs. K. White's 5th Grade
Class won 3rd place with 232 1/2
cans. Both of those classes win a
popsicle party.
Multi-Cultural Week
Second graders enjoyed getting
a tour of the Arlington Fire Depart-
In collaboration with Memphis
in May, Donelson Elementary students learned about the country of
Panama. Morning announcements
were presented by bilingual students
to introduce the student body to
some simple Spanish phrases, students made beautiful molas in art
class, learned how to play “leap
frog” in P.E., listened and sang
songs from Panama in music class,
and listened to the Panamanian
Folktale “Conejito” when visiting
the library. All students got to visit
the Panama Museum by looking at
artifacts from Pink Palace
(below). On Friday, staff and students dressed in “Panama's Bright
Colors” by wearing jeans, brightly
colored tropical shirts, and Panama
Jack hats.
Read Across America
Week
Due to inclement weather, the
Read Across America week was
shortened but students enjoyed
wearing green shirts and reading
Green Eggs and Ham on Thursday
and wearing hats (top right) and
reading Cat in the Hat on Friday. Students are also donated
books for Youth Villages. Thanks
to Parent Volunteer, Mrs. Bishop,
for help with the book collection.
Pastries with Parents
Families enjoyed breakfast together on Friday, March 7th. The
DES PTA provided donuts, milk,
and juice.
Community Readers
and Reception
Donelson Elementary welcomed
35 community readers, including
Tammy Mason, Arlington Community Schools Superintendent
(below), to school March 20, 2014.
Fifth grade Jr. Beta Club members
escorted the readers to classrooms,
and the students really enjoyed their
guest readers. The readers were
treated to a reception in the library
when they finished reading to their
class. We appreciate all the community readers taking time to come to
our school and spend time with our
students
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