Staff helping student make snowballs.

Happy Winter!

Ms. Colleen, Ms. Sarah, and Ms. Alissa’s class came together to celebrate some winter fun! We had a Snowman Day, and did activities relating to snow and winter. We had a science group where we made “snow” out of shaving cream and baking soda. We worked on measuring, following directions, and taking turns. Then we … Continued

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Caldwell Alt students volunteer to be bell ringers for the Salvation Army.

Salvation Army Bell Ringers!

Caldwell Alternative students used their outgoing personalities to interact with holiday shoppers as Salvation Army Bell Ringers! It is a simple job but a really important one. The Fitchburg Salvation Army needs 2,000 Bell Ringers to make their Red Kettle campaign a success. Every year, the Salvation Army helps families right here in North Central … Continued

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Class trip to the library.

Christmas trees on display

Mrs. Gaidanowicz’s class took a trip to the Townsend Public Library to see the Christmas trees on display. Each tree was decorated based off of a children’s book. A few of our favorites were United Tweets of America, Star Wars, Strawberry Shortcake and One Starry Night. After looking at the trees, the students played with … Continued

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Students making holiday english muffins.

Holiday cooking…

This week the Elementary DD classroom enjoyed making Holiday English Muffins during their cooking group with Ms. Deb.         

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Student making slime.

Making slime is fun…

Ms. Alissa and Ms. Sarah’s class had fun today making Galaxy Slime! We read our weekly current event article about the new Star Wars Movie , learned some new vocabulary, and answered some wh- questions. We then got together to make some slime! We used our measuring skills to made a glue mixture and chose … Continued

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Student making music with bells.

Classroom caroling!

Everyone in our DD Elementary classroom is hard at work spreading some holiday cheer. Thanks Ms. Jess for playing the guitar while we practice our caroling!     

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Student celebrating Veteran's Day

Thankful for Veterans

This November, Mr. O’Dell’s high school class wrote a song in appreciation of our veterans.  Each student contributed one line, and a copy of this song was printed and signed by all students and presented to several veterans as part of a gift for the Veterans Day assembly at the high school last Thursday.  With … Continued

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Turkey Art

Turkey Art

Ms. Sarah’s class is getting ready for Thanksgiving with some fun turkey marble painting.         

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Students on a nature search.

Fall science lesson

Ms Jen and Ms. Meaghan’s class have been learning about changes that happy during fall in science. Today we went on a scavenger hunt and found items like yellow and red leaves, acorns, birds, and even some bugs! The kids really enjoyed getting to go outside and find the changes happening during fall in real … Continued

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