Washington Junior High School students from Mrs. Tatum's Advanced Art classes gifted Miss Trolinger's 2nd grade class stuffies they made from the 2nd grader's drawings. In January the 2nd graders will write stories about their stuffies and share them with the WJHS students!
To celebrate the last day of school before Winter break, all of our Apple Glen Grizzlies are enjoying a variety of fun winter themed learning activities, yummy treats, and holiday movie brain breaks.
Mrs. White Eagle's 2nd grade class received a very special and festive surprise from Dream Big Tents! Each student gets to spend their day in a tent complete with bright lights, a comfy mat, and lap desk.
Thank you to Jennifer & Eliza Power from Dream Big Tents for making today a memorable end to 2023!
This month our staff has been celebrating "December to Remember". Each day during morning announcements, there has been a fabulous prize to win by being a certain number caller. This was such a fun activity for our staff!
Today - our final day before break, Mrs. Dunn's class won a Qball microphone! They were so excited, the entire class came to the office to collect their prize. Congratulations to her and all of our winners from each day!
Today, Apple Glen held our annual spelling bee which consists of students from 3rd & 4th grade. Congratulations to our winner, Tommy , and our runner-up, Nikolai!
Also, great job to all of our participants because you persevered to get to the final rounds!
#agegrizzlies #visiblelearner
Student Council represented Apple Glen at the Bentonville holiday parade. The theme was "Merry and Bright" and our students made their own costumes! They dressed as light bulbs with battery operated lights and our announcement at the parade was: "Apple Glen Elementary Student Council members are feeling MERRY to represent their school! Apple Glen is the only Visible Learning school in the state, and they shine BRIGHT!" They did a great job :)
Apple Glen Elementary will be a Visible Learning parent choice school starting in the Fall of 2024! Parent choice schools represent an evolution in the education of our students. These settings offer students and parents an opportunity to choose a learning environment that best suits their goals and interests.
We invite you to learn more about the parent choice model schools at one of our community meetings. The first will be held on December 18th at 6:00 pm at the Administration Building at 500 Tiger Blvd.
The remaining two meetings will be held at Apple Glen Elementary located at 1801 NE Brave Lane on January 9th and January 25th, 2024 at 6:00 pm. #whereexcellencelives #agegrizzlies #visiblelearningschool #visiblelearning
This is the start of something big in Bentonville! We celebrated the launch of two parent choice schools this morning. In the fall of 2024, Apple Glen Elementary is excited to be a Visible Learning parent choice school! Parent choice schools represent an evolution in the education of our students. These settings offer students and parents an opportunity to choose a learning environment that best suits their goals and interests.
As a Visible Learning school, our motto is "Visible Learning empowers every student to lead his or her own learning and share their levels of understanding through a culture of perseverance, problem-solving, curiosity, and collaboration."
Find more information at https://www.bentonvillek12.org/page/parent-choice-school. #whereexcellencelives
Ms. Walker's 4th grade class setup an experiment to show how energy is transferred through a roller coaster. #agesgrizzlies #visiblelearning
Thank you so much for promoting and supporting the food drive for The Samaritan House! Check out all of the non-perishable food items our students brought in! As a school, we donated over 1,938 items! Special shout out to the following classes, who had the most donations:
Kindergarten: Anderson
1st: Reynolds
2nd: Graf
3rd: Thayer
4th: Herm
The total of items received by grade are as follows:
Kindergarten: 182
1st: 648
2nd: 543
3rd: 262
4th: 303
2nd Grade completed their Greek Civilization and Mythology Units so they celebrated with edible Cheeto torches and competitions in discus throw, chariot and foot races between all city states! In the end it was a tie! #agegrizzlies #visiblelearning
Our staff was surprised with Tropical Smoothie Cafe gift cards from First Baptist Church earlier this week. Thank you FBC Bentonville for loving on our staff and showing them appreciation!
First graders celebrated Egypt day on Wednesday to celebrate the end of their Ancient Civilizations unit of study. They broke hieroglyphic codes, wrote their names in hieroglyphics on real papyrus, created clay tablets, played a mummy wrap game, made a 3D sphinx, danced to Egyptian-themed brain breaks, built 3D pyramids, and more. #agesgrizzlies #visiblelearning
Samaritan Center Food Drive - please help us collect non-perishable food items for the Samaritan Center. Donations will be accepted until 11/16 and they need to be dropped off in each classroom. The grade with the most items donated will receive an ice cream party!
Currently 1st grade is in the lead, however 2nd and 4th aren't far behind! Let's see who will win?!?!
Kindergarten: 21 items
1st Grade: 331 items
2nd Grade: 249 items
3rd Grade: 73 items
4th Grade: 126 items
During Apple Fest, these 3rd graders won their gift of time auction items to join their teachers at Osage Park for some pickleball fun! Thank you to our teachers and staff that give their time to make memories with their students! #AppleFestgiftoftime #AGEGrizzlies
Our AGE 3rd graders have been working hard in class! We love seeing all of our students working to problem solve and persevere to learn new material. #AGEGrizzlies #VisibleLearning
Mrs. Bridges class learned about problem solving using number lines.
Mrs. Dunham's class spent some time writing multi-paragraph essays describing the important systems in the human body. Students learned to write paragraphs with topic sentences, conclusion sentences, and supporting details. They are also practicing giving their writing partners feedback about their writing according to the success criteria.
3rd graders are also learning about Ancient Roman gods and goddesses!
Please help us show appreciation to Ms. Baylee Inman - ESE & AGE School Psychology Specialist. Ms. Inman we are so incredibly thankful for you and all your do for our students!!
Choose Love 2023 - This morning Apple Glen students were greeted by the WJHS band, balloons, and the AGE mascot Grizzly! Today is going to be fun filled day and a way to remember that we should always CHOOSE LOVE every day! #AGEGrizzlies #ChooseLove2023 #whereexcellencelives
Fall Picture Retake Day is scheduled for Thursday, November 16th!
If you purchased a package previously and would like to have retakes, please return the package on 11/16.
If missed the first picture day, you may pre-purchase a package, add personalization, or choose a background option, please visit the link https://www.strawbridge.net/
AGES Students were treated to a guest speaker during the November Grizzly Gathering in honor of Veteran's Day this month. Marine Veteran Aaron Mankin shared his story or overcoming the odds and encouraged all of us. Thank you Aaron for your service to our country and for sharing your story!
Mrs. Rankin's first grade friends are getting so good at sharing their math strategies! They are using relational thinking and what they know about addition and subtraction to find the missing number in equations. #AGEGrizzlies #whereexcellencelives
