Veterinarian, Dr. Rod Riewer, came to speak to Ms. Houseman’s fifth grade STEM class and Ms. Wood’s eighth grade college and career readiness class. GFW students enjoyed his presentation about being a “cow doctor” and learning about veterinarian careers!
We had great participation at this week's community engagement meeting where members of our community got to learn more about a future-focused school and share their priorities. Thanks to all who attended!
March is “Music in our Schools” month! Students at GFW Elementary have music three to four times per week. In addition to learning all of the basics about music, singing, and dancing, they get the opportunity to play recorder, ukulele, bells, percussion instruments and spend time in our piano keyboard lab.
In STEAM Class last week, Noah built a table and chairs. Alex and Dawson built a tower and when creating the roof they watched for spots where the tower was weak and supported it throughout the whole process. It was quite the balancing act!
Mr. Werner stopped by Ms. Houseman’s 5th Grade STEM class last week to explore how technology has changed and what changes could come in the future due to motivated students like them.
Film strips, floppy disks, Speak & Spells, vintage Technology magazines, and discussions about Christa McCaullife and the Space Shuttle program were all topics of discussion. Students watched Archival footage of Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster where he stated, “The future doesn’t belong to the faint hearted; it belongs to the brave.”
GFW Elementary Students created some amazing art in after school enrichment classes!
Congratulations to the students at GFW Elementary for reading throughout the month of February and raising $11,700 for their school!
To celebrate their achievement last week, Mrs. Thompson and Mr. Goodall ate a mashed potato concoction created by students. The bowl contained mashed potatoes, sardines, oysters, ketchup, mustard, horseradish, chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup, sour patch kids, peanut butter, sprinkles, and a cherry on top. A drawing had Mr. Goodall taking three bites of the concoction and Mrs. Thompson taking four bites.
Eighth grade students got to hear some words of wisdom from Mr. Werner during College and Career Readiness class!
There's lots of learning and creating going on at GFW Elementary School thanks to enrichment classes. What was your student's favorite project?
Students at GFW Elementary have been learning new skills and creating amazing things during their after school enrichment classes!
Students in Culinary II class at GFW High School are learning new skills and tasting the results of their hard work. These photos suggest that panini day was a success!
FFA hosted a breakfast this morning for staff at GFW Middle School and High School!
The Celebrate Reading activities at GFW Elementary may be wrapping up, but it's always a good time to get excited about a great book!
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Nothing goes together quite like books and basketball! GFW Elementary students cheered on the basketball team last night and got to take home basketball themed books.
Staff at GFW Elementary had a great time dressing up for dress up days to celebrate reading. Things got especially stylish on animal print day!
Students at GFW Elementary celebrated the end of the annual Read-A-Thon with a campout day where they read while camping out in the classroom!
Due to uncertainty with the weather today, we are postponing Kindergarten Kick Off until Tuesday, March 7th.
If you already signed up and are unable to attend on March 7, please let us know. If you are able to attend, you do not need to do anything, we will see you in March!
If you have a child who will be in Kindergarten next year and are interested in finding out more about GFW, please contact the elementary office at 507-834-6501.
We are excited to be able to offer a dual immersion (Spanish and English) opportunity to our Kindergarten families next year. More information will be available at Kindergarten Kick Off. An English only option is also still available for students.
Ms. Houseman’s 5th graders took a field trip to the Science Museum in St. Paul today. Everyone had a great time!
At GFW Elementary, authors are the T-bird way February real-life heroes! Minnesota author Kevin Lovegreen met with our elementary school heroes of the month to talk about being an author.
