Red Ribbon Week

This week we celebrated being drug free with Red Ribbon Week. Sydney was the winner of our paper bag decorating contest. Thank you to Micah and mom for making us red ribbon cookies. They were delicious!

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

The theme of our day today was pumpkins! After we read about "Pumpkin Festivals" is California, we enjoyed carving our own jack-o-lantern. The students had a great time as you can see! Happy Halloween!


Mia starts us off...

Camron thought the pumpkin was "gross!"

Noah had fun!

Morgan and Taylor get dirty!

Taylor digs in!

Look at Molly's expression!

Who will get the most seeds out?

Sydney looks like she is having fun!

Kylie is working hard!

Paige shows how clean we got our pumpkin!

We voted on a face... and here is our final product!

A New Member to our Waterville Family

This is Sara, the newest addition to the Waterville Primary family. Waterville was chosen to receive a therapy dog to come and be a part of our school. Sara will begin coming to school on Monday November 3rd. We are very excited to have Sara with us, and feel it will be a wonderful opportunity to help our students.

Halloween Fun!

This week our class enjoyed a fun filled week of Halloween activities. Each day the students had to look for a clue to figure out what our day would be about. These boys and girls enjoy creating a follow the direction scarecrow made up by one of their classmates.

Family Fun Night!

On Thursday, we spent the evening with our families participating in many fun musical activities. Mrs. Dentel did a fabulous job of putting the evening together for us. Everyone had the opportunity to be a kid again and have ball! It appeared to be a terrific evening for everyone!

The Journey North

The second graders are participating in a program called The Journey North. This is a program around the country that provide tulip bulbs for us to plant in a grid and track the progress of their growth. On Thursday, we spent the day observing and dissecting tulip bulbs. Then we made our way out to the Land Lab and planted our bulbs in our grid. The students enjoyed learning which way the bulb had to be in order for it to grow.

Sydney making some observations.

Justin using his senses to observe the tulip bulb.

Maya deep in thought.

Camron recording his observations.

Mia and Noah planting in our grid plot.

A Fun Filled Day of Field Trips

Today we spent a day learning new things out in the real world. We started our morning off by visiting The Toledo Museum of Art. The students were very engaged in learning about all the amazing art work, including pictures, decorative art and sculptures. Then, we traveled to MacQueen's Orchard where we had a picnic lunch and learned about how apples are grown and the process it takes to get the apples and cider to the consumers.Talking with the docent in one of the galleries.

Beginning our tour at the orchard.

Anna and Paige picking some apples.

Nicholas picking apples with his mom.

Zach and his mom smile for a picture after picking their apples.

The apple bag that is used to pick the apples.

Watching the apple on the sorting belt.

The machine that heats the apple cider.

A look in the freezer where the apples are stored.

Watching the apples being weighed and bagged.

Taylor, Alyssa, Lilly, and Matthew enjoying some doughnuts after the tour.

Paige, Mia, and Mrs. Siravo

Mrs. Siravo's Class at the end of the day.

Nature's Nursery

Today, Nature's Nursery held a program for our students to meet some of the animals the children will be helping out. This was an amazing experience for all of us, and got the children motivated to read! :)


Feeding Opal some cherry tomatoes.

Icerus The Great Horned Owl

A close up of Icerus

Learning about a Hawk's foot.

Getting out a special visitor

Adobe The Desert Tortoise

Opal the Opossum

Opal loved eating cherry tomatoes. She even has thumbs like us to grip food!