When spring was just a thought in everyone’s mind Mrs. Biggs, School Nurse and Mrs. Scheetz, School Secretary organized and took orders for the American Cancer Society’s annual DAFFODIL DAYS.  Twenty-four orders were placed totaling $671.25. 

On March 18th when so many were looking for signs of spring DAFFODIL DAYS arrived with boxes full of the orders.  “The daffodil is the first flower of spring and is the symbol of hope, a hope that a cure for cancer will be found in your lifetime.” Carol De Mets, Schools Coordinator wrote in her letter.

Thank you to Mrs. Biggs and Mrs. Scheetz for organizing this event at Ada B. Cheston Elementary School for the 9th year.  Thank you also to those who generously supported DAFFODIL DAYS, which raised $52,1138 last year in Lehigh Valley Schools.

Ada B. Cheston Elementary School Supports

EAHS Chamber Singers

The Easton Area High School Chamber Singers performed at St. Peter’s UCC Church in Allentown on Sunday, March 22.  The group will also be performing at the Annual Spring Choral Concert on Wednesday, May 6th at 7:30 PM.  The Chamber Singers will be having a Madrigal Feast on Tuesday, May 12th at 7:00 PM.

Tracy Technology Updates

Natural Disaster Podcasts

Students in Mr. Boandl's 3rd grade class created informational podcasts on natural disasters.
With the help of Mr. Durie, students worked together using the MacBooks to research a natural
disaster. Students created written scripts with the information they researched. Using the
program Garageband students recorded their voices as they began to make their podcast. In
addition students added sound effects, music and pictures they designed to their podcast.
Listen to this great podcast on earthquakes. All of the podcasts can be found on the Tracy
Podcasting page below.

http://www.eastonsd.org/tracy/podcasting/Podcast/Podcast.html

4th Grade PSSA Poster Winners

The results are in and the winners have been selected. All the students in 4th grade created PSSA posters using the program Printshop. Posters were displayed around the hallway for students to read and study. Students selected winners from each class and then a winning poster from all of 4th grade. Congratulations to Anna and Mackenzie,  creators of the 4th grade winning poster and congratulations to the following classroom winners: Casey and John from Mrs. Manchester's class, Avery and Kaitlyn from Miss Getz's class, Maria, Brooke, and Gracie from Mr. Cinoa's class, John and Bobby from Mrs. Metzgar's class.  Lacey, Kaitlyn and Ashley from Mrs. McCauley's class and Darin and Miara from Mrs. Fritz's class. All of the students did a great job. Check out the winning posters on the Tracy page. http://www.eastonsd.org/tracy/PSSA_Poster.html

Team 7-1 Update:  Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies

Mr. Altimare's Classes are celebrating Black History Month with our study of African History as well as the slave trade and African American History.

Mrs. Rittenhouse’s classes are starting a unit on bacteria.  Look for us… we will be swabbing an area near you and growing it.  Fun, Fun.

Mr. Lucchetti's classes are continuing their exploration of poetry by both reading and writing a wide range of poets and poems. 

Ms. Shipley's classes are pulling from their toolkit of reading strategies to apply what they've learned with high-interest literature.  They are exploring and analyzing real-life mysteries and using active reading strategies to infer possible solutions.

Mr. Woodring's students are working on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers. Honors classes are working on volume and surface area of geometric figures.

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