Sully is settled in this summer with the Wimpy Kid! This is the goal of every teacher...to create an independent reader! Oh the places you will go! ~Sully, Age 8
Alexis is using her math skills to manage her store. I'm confident we will see her with her own business on Main Street one day! ~Alexis, Age 7
John took his love of maps to the next level by designing his own. ~John, age 7
Email from student: "I am making this book during my free time during... spring break!" ~Gianna, age 9
Keira learned about issues with animals around the globe and pitched the idea to support the WWF as a way to help resolve some of these issues. This led to a school wide WildLife Wednesday during Earth Week that raised $200 for WWF!~Keira, age 9
Ellie and her dad used code.org to code with dad. She was happy to learn something her Dad does every day! ~Ellie, age 9
Autum was all heart when she decided to take on the promotion of the NASH FM 100,000 thank you challenge! Hearing the commercial on the radio last year gave Autum the drive to promote (with the signs she is making) and encourage Hubbard School students to say THANK YOU to our troops! Autum loves helping others. She is also currently looking for a children's hospital to collect and send stuffed animals too. "It's so easy to help. If everyone just took like 10 minutes to write a card or more than one we would have so many. I would be so happy! I wish I could deliver them!" ~Autum, age 8
Inspired by dancing robots seen at a pumpkin farm, Preston gathered up materials like cans, wires, batteries to invent his own robot that dances to music! "I am going to draw the scene and attach the paper onto cardboard. I need to get some wires and batteries and electricity to make them dance. I am going to get different songs so they can dance to them." ~Preston 5 years old
Ava created a company called Crafty Cool, to make and sell crafts! "Anyone can do something fun if they put their mind to it!" ~Ava, age 8
Alex loves to create with whatever materials he can get his hands on! "This is the best one I have made yet! I want the next one to be even better." Alex, 6 years old
Liam takes out books about Slovakia to learn and tries to learn the language himself! He forces his parents to go to the library to take out Marine Biology books to learn about animals in the ocean. He uses youtube tutorials to make origami and to learn to make duct tape figures. ~Liam, 8 years old
Anthony loves building everything from anything just like in a book : Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty! ~Anthony, 9 years old
Rhett loves learning about shapes and after he brought his shape worksheet home and we played the game on the back of it, he asked for scissors and used them to cut a piece of paper into the shapes he learned and used them as game pieces for the worksheet game. "I did it mommy! I played my shape game!" ~Rhett, 5 years old
Belle has been very interested in drawing shapes (in part because her brother is learning about shapes!) She asked for a notebook and a proper pen and spends her free time drawing shapes. "Look mommy, I made a circle around a triangle!" ~Belle, 3 years old
She has started looking at books on her own and picking out words and practicing spelling and reading. She does this whenever she is around any books or when the family is out driving she'll be aware of the street signs etc. "I love finding new words to try to read!" ~McKayla, 5 years old
Ryann has a strong imagination and consistently uses that to create her own stories, plays, dances and songs. She asks for help turning her stories into comic books and then wants to set up a business to sell her books. ~Ryann 5 years old
Grace always takes the initiative to practice her writing by herself - writing little notes to family members and writing birthday cards etc to friends and family without any help from adults. ~Grace, 7 years old
Jake is always building. Using materials from around the house....boxes, furniture, sheets, chip clips, etc., he builds forts, places to sit and draw and houses for small stuffed animals! He's learning to experiment with different methods of building and materials. ~Jake, 8 years old
Chloe made an adorable little flower pot craft using a Pom Pom making tutorial she had seen on YouTube and her imagination. With a Pom Pom maker for another craft, she was able to create her own by recalling the video she had watched. Her Pom Pom was way better than the one made with the store bought maker! ~Chloe, 8 years old
Emilia independently practices writing the alphabet, numbers 1-10 and beyond. She creates booklets where she illustrates a story with all the parts, and then works with her parents to help write out the words. ~Emilia, 6 years old
