East Dale Elementary School

Stinger Store Lunchtime Activity -> “Getting Hosed…” The CHALLENGE: In a one-minute time period, remove 4 pennies from the leg portions of a pair of pantyhose WITHOUT touching the nylons. The winner of the challenge is determined by the person who has the most pennies out of their pantyhose at the end of the timeframe.

Stinger Store Lunchtime Activity -> “In the Air Tonight” The CHALLENGE: In a one-minute time period, keep as many balloons as you can afloat in the air. The winner of the challenge is determined by the person who has the most balloons in the air at the end of the timeframe.

Santa Workshop with the help from our PTO and families! Thank you to all of the volunteers that came out this week to help our learners shop!!!

1st Grade Family Night incorporating STEM into reading and problem solving skills

Please remember at 8:30am instruction begins. If you arrive at 8:30am or after then you MUST walk your learner to the front door and sign them in. Please do not drop off your child with no adult outside.

Stinger Store Lunchtime Activity -> “Apple of My Eye” The CHALLENGE: In a one-minute time period, build a tower using apples. The winner of the challenge is determined by the person who stacks the most apples within the timeframe.

Stinger Store Lunchtime Activity -> “Going Fishin’” The CHALLENGE: In a one-minute time period, “fish” for goldfish using only a straw. The winner of the challenge is determined by the person who “catches” the most fish.

Math Field Day Practice... Ms. Merendino has been a "busy bee" preparing our mathematicians for the Marion County Math Field Day Competition. We wish them the best of luck in the competition!

"BEE Our Guest"... Mrs. Kellar, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Parrish, and Ms. Rakocky hosted a Family Night, "Third Grade Has a Need - A Need to Read", which interwove social-emotional learning with reading strategies utilizing literature as the medium.

Mrs. Ridenour and the 2nd grade team at East Dale Elementary presented classroom supplies to Mrs. Cook the school intervention specialist at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital that will be used to help children keep up with their studies while in the hospital.

More “Wicked” Fun from Trunk or Treat Night… Our staff had a “howling” goodtime handing out candy to our “ghouls” and “goblins”.

A “SPOOK-tacular” Trunk or Treat Night… Some of our local businesses had a “howling” goodtime handing out candy to our “ghouls” and “goblins”.

More “Hauntingly” Good Fun from Our Second Grade… Our Second Grade “Ghouls” and “Goblins” did a wickedly good job of decorating their pumpkins to represent their characters from their “Pumpkin Patch Book Report”.

"Hauntingly" Good Fun... Our Second Grade “Ghouls” and “Goblins” did a wickedly good job of decorating their pumpkins to represent their characters from their “Pumpkin Patch Book Report”.

"BEE our GUEST"... Our Second Grade Cluster hosted a visit from Mrs. Lynette Swiger, proprietor of FernFaye Farm, a local farm on Bunner Ridge specializing in cut flowers, herbs, fruit, local beef, and honey. During her visit, Mrs. Swiger modeled for the young gardeners how to harvest seeds from fading blooms. After modeling the process, our learners “rolled their sleeves up” and harvested some seeds from the withering flowers that Mrs. Swiger brought with her from her farm.

Psychedelic Day... For National School Lunch Week, our learning community was “tied and dyed” with excitement to see what was on the menu.

Flower Power… East Dale Elementary School “blossomed with flowers” to launch Day 1 of their celebration of National School Lunch Week.

Kindergarten Chromebook Distribution... Ms. Nichols and Mrs. Casto distributed Chromebooks to our Kindergarten Familys during our recent Parent Teacher Conference Night.

Academic Coaching Sessions... Mr. Olsen, Learning 360 Guru, provided coaching sessions to our Professional Staff to ensure a "winning season" for our learners.

East Dale is looking for parents and grandparents to become read-aloud volunteers. If you can donate 15-20 minutes we would love to have you. Please contact Debbie Wilson at dwilson@k12.wv.us or call the school (304)367-2132 and leave a message and Mrs. Wilson will return your call. Thank you for helping our learners develop a love of reading!!