Eaton’s elementary students read the story “The Crayon Box that Talked” by Shane Derolf. They discussed being unique, tolerant, and working as a team. Each student made their own crayon to […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s eleventh grade students are reading The Scarlet Letter and were required to complete a project. They had to research an individual in society (past to present) who sinned […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s English classes discussed leap day and leap year and then created a leap day time capsule. After February 29, 2016, the next leap day will not happen again until […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s Film Studies class started second semester by talking about sequels and prequels–what this semester will be all about. Students created movie posters for their favorite movie series, presented […]
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Back in December, Ms. Ammendola and Mrs. Romero’s classes had a Grinch-filled week. They made Grinch Dust and dissolved Grinch rocks made of baking soda and water in vinegar to […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s sophomores are hard at work reviewing for their English final exam next week by completing their review packets and working on their final exam essay. They are ready […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s English classes took time out this week to contemplate what they are thankful for as we enter the holiday season. Students traced their hands and wrote things that […]
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Ms. Ammendola’s 5th grade social studies class creates a vocabulary web on Inspiration. The students first look up the words and their definitions in the textbook glossary.. Then they find […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s seniors finished reading Animal Farm by George Orwell and created a project to wrap up the unit. Students were asked to pick a dramatic or arts/crafts project from […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s 11th graders finished reading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and wrapped up the unit by completing a project. Students were asked to pick a […]
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Ms. Hrabosky’s English students started the school year by practicing their handwriting, manuscript and cursive, and learning why it is important to learn cursive even in our technology savvy world. […]
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Ms. Ammendola’s language arts classes are learning both the spelling of words and the meanings. They created a vocabulary set for their words in Quizlet to help them practice by […]
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