Morning Greeters at Assembly

Good morning!

"Uno, dos, tres, cuatro...

Come on 2A PARENTS hit the floor.

We are so glad you are here today!

Hurray!  Hurray!  Hurray!"

We had an great time greeting the school during Thursday's Lower School assembly!  Above is our greeting to start the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month!

Mrs. Mason described our presentation as "AWESOME!"  Mrs. Barren and Mrs. Parker agree!

Enjoy your weekend,

Mrs. Barren and Mrs. Parker

2A Happenings

Mr. Jarrett J. Krosoczka visits Columbus Academy!

A very entertaining author and illustrator, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, visited our school on Wednesday, October 2nd.  We had an awesome time listening to the history of how he became an author and illustrator.

If your child is looking to know more about Mr. Krosoczka, he or she can visit his website at 

www.studiojjk.com

The Columbus Academy Lower School Library also has his books readily available for your child!  A list of his books include (but are not limited to):

Punk Farm
Baghead

Max for President

Good Night, Monkey Boy

Giddy Up, Cowgirl

Lunch Lady Series

We hope that they enjoyed learning about Jarrett J. Krosoczka as much as we did!

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Your 2A Fireworks may have mentioned that it is Hispanic Heritage Month!  Your child will have the opportunity to participate in Zumba classes at recess during the week to celebrate and then celebrated a lunch with family shares about their heritage and a festive lunch.  They will also be participating in the "Morning Greeting" during assembly tomorrow!  Be sure to ask your child how he or she greeted the school!  All Fireworks had a big part in this activity.

Photos are from Zumba and lunch celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month!

See you soon,

Mrs. Barren & Mrs. Parker

Community Field Trip

On September 20, 2013, the second grade went on a field trip at Columbus Academy.  We met important individuals in the Lower, Middle and Upper schools, and we even met people in special departments such as college counseling and technology!  We reviewed how to properly ask questions to interview each person we met. The second grade also used their note taking skills to help fill in our Community Books.

We had a picnic for lunch with all the second grade classes.  It was a great day.  Here are some fun photos from the day.

Community Field Trip - slideshows

Our Class "Gooney Birds"

We have been reading Lois Lowry's book, Gooney Bird Greene, in class this week.  The book is about an eccentric young girl with a unique sense of style who is quite the elaborate story teller.

Gooney Bird - slideshows

We hope you enjoyed their outfits as much as we did! 

Mrs. Barren and Mrs. Parker

2A and Pre-K Buddies

We had the awesome opportunity to meet out Pre-K buddies last week!  We were able to play on their playground last week, and we introduced the Pre-K students to our playground this week!  It was a very exciting time for our 2A Fireworks!  Be sure to ask them about it.

PreK - slideshow

Happy Birthday, Mikey!

We celebrated our first birthday of the year on Thursday!  Happy birthday, Mikey!

Mikey's mother and sister were special guests in our classroom.  They read our class one of Mikey's favorite books, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett.

We had a great time celebrating with Mikey!

"Me in a Bag"

Our "2A Fireworks" were asked to create "Me in a Bag."  The students were asked to bring in two to three items that were special or represented themselves.  Below you will find a slide show of their "Me in a Bag." 

Me in a Bag - slideshow

We hope you enjoyed learning about our "Fireworks" as much as we did!