These Bobcats showed PAWS to earn some extra recess FUN!! Jenni Southmayd

We walked in someone else’s shoes- literally! Then we read “Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome” & discussed social awareness. Ss put themselves in someone else’s shoes during scenarios. Then we interviewed a friend on Garageband to learn more about them & their perspective! Jenni Southmayd

Why does Loki hate the day after Wednesday?… because it’s Thors-day! 🥁These superheroes are rocking spirit week! Thanks to Jenni Southmayd PTO for making it such a fun week! 😁

A fun field trip at Trotter Hill Alpaca Farm— Spinning alpaca fleece, making a craft from alpaca material, making soap, feeding the alpacas, and more!! Love seeing life cycles and agriculture right in our West Chester community!🦙☀️ Jenni Southmayd

Special thanks to West Chester Fire Department for teaching us about fire safety today— such an important message!! 🚒 (Thanks to Christina Letrinko for organizing! 💙) Casey Kohlbrenner

After researching about influential people for Hispanic Heritage Month, Ss chose to present their work on posters, iMovie, Clips, or Keynote. We displayed our work in our museum! Ss gave feedback on what they liked best about each project— ❤️ed the creativity & encouraging words!

Apple-solutely so much fun with our Apple Volcano Experiment today! 🍎 Each scientist played an important role and worked together to form hypotheses, observe, and draw conclusions. 🥼Casey Kohlbrenner

Who doesn’t love center days?! 😁 These mathematicians are working hard and having fun! 🤩 Illustrative Mathematics

Look at those moves!! 👏🏼 Thanks MrsMize for running the dance party! 😁

Halloween Parade ✅ Halloween Party ✅ Math-or-Treat ✅ A fun-filled day for Queens of 2nd grade and their crews!! ♥️♠️♦️♣️ Casey Kohlbrenner

Slime time!! 👻 Today we read “Frankenslime” & then made slime! We used PicCollage to bring our slime to life to share the central message of the story & did a little app smash with Keynote! Many thanks to our amazing parents for helping make this possible! 🎃 Casey Kohlbrenner

Let’s raise the woof! Anything is paw-sible w/ this furry good pack! Been a wonder-fur 102 days!🐾🦴Design a Dalmatian STEAMchallenge, Mystery bag w/clues of 102 items, reading 🐶📚 on Epic for Kids, design ur own 🐶🏠 on Tayasui SketchesSchool, & Guess Who’s 2! Casey Kohlbrenner

It’s #STEMVision day for the #WCASD. Teachers and admin from all 17 schools are coming together to guide our future work. Challenge #1 - Save the animals!!!!! TY Ian Kerr & Dina Dormer for leading this work.

Do-nut be jelly 🍩 We read “Donuts: The Hole Story”. Then students used donuts and ChatterPix to share what they thought the author’s purpose was and how they knew. They were a-dough-rable! 😁 Casey Kohlbrenner

We love the work our Equity Team does to celebrate Black History Month and we’re so proud of all of the research our students did to create projects that showcase their learning! Tawana Rivera Mrs. Jordan West Chester Area SD

Happy Holi from Jenni Southmayd’s 2nd grade!! 🎉🌈🌟 After learning about Holi, we made our own gulal (colorful powder) and had our own Festival of Colors! Casey Kohlbrenner MrsMize

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Heritage Day continues to be a favorite day at Fern Hill thanks to the presenters who give their time to share their culture. Thank you to our Equity Advocates, Mrs. Jordan and Tawana Rivera for organizing a great day! West Chester Area SD Sara M. Missett

2nd graders had fun learning all about the WC Food Cupboard from Ms. Beth this afternoon! We also donated 5 bags of veggies AND showed her our garden! Can’t wait to make our BIG donation after our harvest in June!💚Mrs. Jordan Jenni Southmayd Paul Joyce Ian Kerr