Friday, March 26, 2010

Third grade recognizes the librarian and principal...

Last Tuesday at An Evening With the Arts, the third grade students honored our librarian and principal with a fantastic song for each of them. Enjoy a video snippet of each performance.




Second grade salutes the counselor and bus drivers...

Last Tuesday at An Evening With the Arts, the second grade students honored our counselor and bus drivers with a great song for each of them. Enjoy a video snippet of each performance.




First grade celebrates the secretary and custodians...

Last Tuesday at An Evening With the Arts, the first grade students honored our secretary and custodians with a song of appreciation for each of them. Enjoy a video snippet of each performance.


Kindergarten honors the cooks and the nurse...

Last Tuesday at An Evening With the Arts, the kindergarten students honored our cooks and school nurse with a lovely song for each of them. Enjoy a video snippet of each performance.



Thursday, March 18, 2010

PAT Easter Egg Hunt!

Kirbyville Parents As Teachers will be hosting a community Easter egg hunt for families with children under the age of three. The event will take place on Thursday, April 1 at 5:00 on the baseball field at Kirbyville Elementary. Children will enjoy finding colorful eggs filled with prizes! Child development handouts and coloring pages will be distributed. Please bring an Easter basket for collecting eggs! Refreshments will be served.

For more information concerning PAT contact Jamie Bogacz, parent educator, at 334-2537 or jamie.bogacz@kirbyville.k12.mo.us Or click on the PAT web page

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Missouri State Representative visits Kirbyville...

State Representative, Maynard Wallace, was a guest in the Kirbyville School District last Thursday. He addressed the entire district with congratulations for earning the Distinction in Performance Award for the seventh time in nine years. He encouraged the district’s students to keep up the good work as they entered this year’s state testing season. To qualify for the award this year, K-8 districts had to meet 6 of the 7 performance standards that apply to these districts, including all of those based on the results of MAP tests. Representative Wallace presented a proclamation from the House of Representatives to Carless Osbourn, superintendent.



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Saturday, March 13, 2010

That's what it's all about!

Passport to Success was all about students taking ownership of their learning and explaining the "hows" and "whys" of various projects and artifacts. The following video is one example of a family learning with their child. This scene was repeated with different families in different classrooms throughout the student-led conferences.


Fairy Tale News by Mrs. Ernsting's Class

A popular feature at the student-led conferences was The Fairy Tale News by Mrs. Ernsting's class.