Celebrity Spotlight: Ms. Dilla!
Ms. Dilla is our Bridges room teacher. She is starting her 35th year in teaching. Her hobbies include photography and bird watching. She help students learn not only the ABC's and 123's, but also functional living skills.
Tonight some of our 4th graders went to Phoenix Middle School to learn of all the exciting things about being in middle school. Some even won a prize! If you missed the event tonight, join us at Phoenix on Thursday, March 5!
Read Across America Week continues at Darien! Today (and the rest of the week) we welcomed guests at lunch time. We love sharing our school events with guests!
Congratulations to this week’s Dreambox top scorers.!
Fourth graders spent time yesterday visiting the state capital building, Veteran's museum and Historical museum. Here are a few photos (more to be added as they become available).
Here are random StarBuck and Dousman Dollar award winners! Congratulations to all!
Students in Ms. Dankmeyer's English Language Arts classes celebrated their publishing party at Camp Write A Lot today! Here they read their stories with a peer, shared feedback to a partner with Star, Star, Wish strategy and enjoyed a S'more's snack by the pretend fire.
Students enjoyed the Higher Impact Entertainment assembly held at Darien today. It had a very positive IMPACT on the students! Take a peak!
Here are our students from this morning's random StarBuck drawing! Congratulations to all!
This week we are spotlighting Ms. Dankmeyer, 4th grade English Language Arts teacher. She enjoys hiking, camping, doing art, knitting, reading, and baking. Ms. Dankmeyer joined us this summer and we are so happy she is here!
Congratulations kiddos! You were the top scorers in Dreambox last week
Some more random StarBuck winners were recognized at Darien. Most of these winners earned their StarBuck from their bus driver from Dousman Transport. Congratulations to all!
Our students enjoyed the fantastic performers from the Opera for the Young program this morning at Darien. Some of our honor choir students also had the opportunity to perform in the show. Thanks Mrs. Anderson for getting us prepared for the show!
We just can’t get enough of learning! Even during indoor recess we play school. They are simply adorable.
Today students planted Lima beans so they can observe the life cycle of a plant!
Last week there was a competition between the boys and girls in classes in regards to using Dreambox math program. Here are the winners!
These students were recognized by their teachers for the Perseverance Award for the month of January. Continue to keep working hard students!
Just an example of the expressions we've seen when kids have surpassed their MAP goals that they set with Mrs. Pickel recently! Hard work pays off!
Our 3rd grade engineers are planting seeds to observe the stages of a plant's life cycle. Feel free to ask them about the various stages that we have been discussing!
Third graders are seen here working hard on the life cycle of a plant.
