We’re springing into action at W.D. Hall!  Students are engaged in hands-on and personalized learning experiences through STEM units, Genius Hour projects, and blended learning classrooms.  With the help from volunteers and donations from Home Depot, our first graders built and planted a garden which has been a beautiful addition to our campus.  Third graders have investigated the migration and threats to Monarch Butterflies.  They wrote letters to the Water Conservation Garden and Ms. Smartyplants herself responded to their letters by providing an assembly for students. They also built butterfly gardens to help expand the Monarch Butterfly population.  Fourth and fifth grade students are investigating topics of interest during Genius Hour and are coming up with incredible solutions to problems such as pollution and hunger.  They even have a 3D printer which is helping to make their ideas and creations a reality.  Second graders are using tools such as Google Draw and digital newsletter templates to develop animal habitats.  Kindergarten students, along with others, are learning to use the Engineering Design Process through which they ask, imagine, plan, create and improve.  Student collaboration has been a focus at Hall this year and it’s amazing to see their growth and development. These kids know how to work together!  Our teachers and classified staff have all worked together to embrace numerous changes this year and to continue to make this an incredible place for students to learn. Way to go Hall!

 

Colleen Newman, Principal

W.D. Hall Elementary School