Lincoln High School Marching Band completed an outstanding season with their show titled “Take A Moment”. This season the band brought home several wins and a 13th place finish out of 65 bands at the Super Regionals in St. Louis, MO.
EFA+ members include: James McCormack, Keenan Poppe, Eli Welsh Okawa, Max Miller, Tysen Ulmer, Porter Altena, Eliot Gongopoulos, Micah Griner, Clarence Oroceo, Dagny Vondra, Memphis Altena, Derick Allen, Chloe Pliska, Awab Eltayeb, Lucy Ellefson, and Amery Burtnett. Not Pictured Lilli Bohlen.
Inspired by Diego Rivera’s “The Alarm Clock,” 5th graders created collaborative art pieces representing fractions on clocks. Students used clocks to identify fractions, find equivalent fractions, find common denominators, and add fractions.
The 73rd South Dakota All-State Choir & Orchestra concert was held in Sioux Falls on Nov. 1st.
Pictured next to classmate Will Raether are former EFA+ Eagles, Chloe Pliska (12), Leah Hill (11), & G'Avoni Motley (12). Also selected was Porter Altena (11), and alternate Max Miller (12).
Eagle members selected for the All-State Orchestra included (not pictured) were James McCormack (12), & Carter Schochenmaier (10) on viola, and Zachary Sandlin (11) on violin.
Congratulations! We are so proud of you!
On Friday night EFA+ hosted the Science Fair. Students presented their science experiments, and many special guests joined us to view their discoveries!
2nd graders read the book "A Spoonful of Frogs" in the library. Then they tried their best to get little frogs to "jump" into mini cauldrons. They practiced working together, estimating distance, and making adjustments to find success.
Veterans from the VFW visited 4th graders share about the American flag and the symbolism of the different parts of the flag.
2nd graders worked with visiting Artist in Residence, Lawrence Diggs, while using visualizing strategies and observation techniques with visual art. They then made their own art pieces with overlays to tell a story.
Students in K01 did a pumpkin investigation to answer:
Do pumpkins sink or float?
What is inside a pumpkin?
Using analogous color schemes, fifth graders created arrays inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s “Color Study. Squares With Concentric Circles” and Carl Strommen’s “Like an Eagle.” Students identified fractions and equivalent fractions using their arrays.
Volcanoes, moldy food, and ferrets, oh my! The EFA+ Science Fair is happening on Friday, November 7, and we’d love to see you there. Get your entries in by Tuesday, November 4, and get ready to show off those science smarts. Even if you’re not doing a project, join us to check them out and enjoy the Zoomobile and Scholastic Book Fair.
Our Spirit Wear store closes tonight!
This is your first chance to get one of these limited edition 25th anniversary of EFA+ designs made by 2 of our 5th grade students.
Classic designs also available.
Click the link to shop:
https://mrghauff.chipply.com/efa/
5th graders gave and received feedback on their personal narrative drafts by using a Pair Conferencing strategy. During the process, these writers also take on the role of editor, helping to make their partner’s work better.
Our quarter 2 cupcake is:
Lava Supreme by Aurelie
This is a red velvet cupcake, topped with vanilla buttercream, crushed Oreos, white chocolate curls, and red sprinkles.
It will be available for sale the evening of the 2nd grade vocal music concert at EFA+.
It will also be available at both Oh My Cupcakes locations the week of December 1st-5th.
Today we had MI Exchange! Students met with the MI Family groups and learned about Eugene Field...the poet!
They listened to a reading of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field. While listening they used their visualizing skills. Then they made an artist trading card to show what they visualized.
5th graders work together in Dance to create choreography to the song, Goo Goo Muck.
The EFA+ Spirit Wear store is open now through October 28th!
This time we are featuring two new designs created by two of our 5th grade students in honor of the 25th year of our A+ program! These limited addition designs will only be available this year.
The store also includes our classic designs.
Click the link to shop:
https://mrghauff.chipply.com/efa/?action=viewall&apid=19117740&acid=2148340
Several of our EFA+ OSO students participated in the Native American Day parade.
Happy Native American Day!
Go vote for the EFA+ plow at The Great Plains Zoo today from 9-3.
The plow that receives the most votes will be featured in The Parade of Lights!
🐟The 3rd graders are hard at work preparing their mini musical: Disney's Finding Nemo Kids!
🐠This integrated cross-curricular learning experience will allow EVERY 3rd grader to experience preparing for and performing in a musical.
🐡In Music and Drama they are learning the songs, lines, and blocking.
🐟In Art they are creating set pieces and costumes.
🐠In Dance they are learning choreography.
🐡In their 3rd grade classrooms they are reading scripts during independent reading time.
