Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Kindergarten students helped to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday last week. Each day students were encouraged to dress up in ways that related to many of our favorite Dr. Seuss' books. Monday was silly socks day from The Foot Book. Tuesday was hat day for The Cat in the Hat. Wednesday was mixed up clothes for Wacky Wednesday. Thursday was green day for Green Eggs and Ham. On Friday, the teachers wore "Thing One" shirts. It was a fun way to celebrate a favorite author.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Harris' AM and PM classes celebrated Valentine's Day with friends. Students enjoyed sugar cookies, carrots with dip, strawberries, and cheese cubes. Passing out valentines to friends was one of the best parts for students.

LEX 18 News Classroom of the Day

Thanks to one of our morning kindergarten parents for submitting our picture to LEX 18. We were named Classroom of the Day on February 7th!!

Click on this link to check it out!!

http://www.lex18.com/videos/sunrise-classroom-western-elementary-school

Happy 100 Days of Kindergarten!

Our kindergartners were so excited to celebrate the 100th day of school! Students worked with their families to decorate an article of clothing with 100 items. Everything from stickers to buttons to cereal and pasta were used. Our kindergartners showed off their projects for all to see. Students from every grade came out from their rooms to watch our fashion show. Thank you to all the parents and special guests who were able to come to our fashion show!

Pajama Day!

After many weeks, we were super proud to fill up our compliment bucket. Students worked hard to earn compliments for good behavior, kind manners, and trying their best on their work. To celebrate, students enjoyed a pajama day at school. On this day we also said goodbye to our student teacher. Ms. Haders came to us from Georgetown College and became part of our kindergarten family. We wish her luck!

Zambo Visits

Kindergarten student enjoyed a visit from Officer Greathouse and Zambo, a K9 police dog with the Lexington Police Department. Office Greathouse shared with us about how he trained Zambo to search for people and drugs. When Zambo performed his duties as a police dog he would often get a special treat - a hamburger from the drive-thru! It was a real treat for our students to get to learn about police dogs from a real police officer. Thank you Officer Greathouse!

Family Night 2011

Last week we were thrilled to host our first Kindergarten Family Night. Students were invited to Western with their siblings and parents to participate in various reading and math activities. Students created a turkey craft while parents gathered with classroom teachers to learn a variety of ways to work with students on reading and math skills. Parents walked away with new ideas and even a few door prizes! =)