Game On…Finish Strong!! So much excitement for family engagement night tonight! 🤩 #bettertogether

We had so much fun at Field Day today!! 😎🌟💛 #BetterTogether

These sweet girls created the kindest message for me today! ♥️🥹 #BetterTogether

Jump Start week one is complete! We had so much fun learning our letters, numbers, classroom expectations and making new friends. Can’t wait for another great week! 🤩 #SMSDJumpStart2022

We played on the new Rising Star Elementary ⭐️ playground for the first time today and had so much fun!! ☀️ #SMSDJumpStart2022

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thanking my lucky stars today for this crew! ⭐️💛#youbelonghere #Team5ONE2 Rising Star Elementary ⭐️

Our first two days of kindergarten have been so much fun! First day hats, lunch with new friends, indoor recess, play-doh names and much more. It is going to be a wonderful school year! ⭐️🤩⭐️ #YouBelongHere

We started our Color Unit today with RED day! We read Clifford books, colored things that are red, sang songs about the color red and much more! ❤️ #YouBelongHere

math talk EVERYwhere! Love seeing routines shared during @icoachRoche PD last week showing up all over Rising Star Elementary ⭐️ #youbelonghere

This week in Writing we brainstormed ideas for our “favorite activity” writing. Then, we drew our favorite activity with a pencil and added color and details. Today, we got to share our writing with the class! ✏️ #YouBelongHere

These sweet kindergartners rocked reading centers today!! ✏️📚🤩 #YouBelongHere

These cuties loved dressing up and getting their picture taken today! 📸😀 #YouBelongHere #Kindergarten

On Friday we had some extra fun when Ellie got to visit our classroom! We practiced our skill of asking questions vs. telling comments & were so excited to get to pet her! @MissWallace_5 thanks for taking the time to come visit us and making our day 💛 Rising Star Elementary ⭐️ Elizabeth McHugh

We had SO much fun playing in the leaves at afternoon recess! 🍂 #YouBelongHere #fallfun

We learned all about positional words in Math today! Our classroom stuffed animals helped us practice in front of, above, below, behind and next to. These sweet mathematicians rocked it! 🤩 #YouBelongHere

We had so much fun at Kerby Farms Pumpkin Patch this morning! It was such a special day! 💛#YouBelongHere #kindergarten #fieldtrip

A little Rising Star school spirit on the way back from our field trip!! 🤩💙⭐️ #YouBelongHere #kindergarten Erin Stout

Thank you so much to Lenexa Fire Dept. for visiting Rising Star yesterday! 🚒We learned about recognizing firefighters as helpers, all about firefighters’ gear and stop, drop, and roll. The kids absolutely loved it!! ⭐️ #YouBelongHere Erin Stout

My students and their families surprised me with the sweetest baby shower at school today! Baby boy and I are feeling very loved! ☺️💙 #YouBelongHere