Pre-School Visits 3rd Grade
by Alison Winter
Last week Mrs. Cheney’s pre-school friends had the chance to come over to the “big” building and read with Miss Winter’s third grade students. The third graders got to pick one or two books that they thought their pre-school friend would enjoy. When books were finished the third grade students took their new pre-school friends on a . . . read more
Read Across America Celebration
Family Read-athon Part of Week Long Activities
Bennet Elementary students enjoyed a week of special events to celebrate Read Across America. Daily Dr. Seuss trivia, "Green Eggs and Ham" breakfast sandwiches, and a tasty "Cat in the Hat" cake were just a few of the attractions. . . . read more
Students Enjoy Hawaiian Day!
Students at Bennet Elementary enjoyed dressing up for a Hawaiian Luau on Thursday. The lunch room was all decked out in a tropical theme for a day at the beach. Students ate picnic style on the lunch room floor. There were . . . read more
Physical Education News
Physical Education News Physical Education classes at District OR-1 take two tests throughout the year to assess student health and fitness levels. These tests use a complete battery of health-related fitness items that are scored . . . read more
Gawk! Ork!
The 3rd graders have been studying penguins for the past week. The students got the chance to do various projects throughout the unit. They have enjoyed doing research on the Internet and writing a report. The students got to choose which . . . read more
Douglas/Palmyra Softball/Baseball Registration
Registration February 28th
Click on the link below to download a flyer with information about registration for Softball and Baseball in Douglas and Palmyra. Douglas/Palmyra Children's Softball/Baseball read more
5th Grade Haiku
Mr. Mac's and Mrs. Bahm's writing classes were honing their poetic skills in the third quarter by writing Haiku poetry in the Japanese tradition in which the young poets wrote three lines of poetry: The first line contains five syllables, the . . . read more
Winter Wonderland
How many different kinds of penguins are there? What does a penguin do in a typical day? The third grade class discovered their answers to this and many more questions this past week. We have been studying all about penguins and their . . . read more
Beautiful Butterflies
B week has been a busy time in Kindergarten. We talked about everything from big barns, bouncing babies, broken bats, bad bananas and blue balloons to bonging bells, bragging brothers and billions of body parts. But . . . read more
Mrs. Janssen's New Arrival
It's a boy!
On Thursday, January 21st Mrs. Janssen's family grew in size by 10 fingers and 10 toes. Jake Patrick Janssen was born at 2:14 pm. He weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and measured 22 inches in length. Jake was born at Lakeside . . . read more
Tale of Two Teachers
From picture stories to poetry and essays to anecdotes, students of all ages are writing every day at Bennet Elementary. But students aren’t the only people writing. Teachers write, too, and our school can now . . . read more
100th Day of School
The 100th day of school was February 2. My kindergarten students were asked to bring 100 things each for show and tell. At home and again at school they were to lay them out in rows of 10. Each . . . read more
What is a Groundbear?
Six more weeks ready or not!
Unadilla had Bill, Puxatomy had Phil and the preschool had Groundbear! When you are three, four or five years old it is kind of hard to wrap your brain around a furry little guy somewhere far away telling you . . . read more
Living History
Back in the "Good Ole Days
Second grade students entered an imaginary time machine and traveled back to the homesteading days in Nebraska. Our reading stories gave us an opportunity to take a covered wagon journey through the eyes of a . . . read more
A New Face at Bennet Elementary
Student teacher joins the second grade classroom of Mrs. Christensen and Pam Goodrich's special education classroom
Hello! My name is Nichole Schroder. I am very excited to be at Bennet Elementary as I complete my student teaching this winter/spring. Mrs. Christensen and Mrs. Goodrich have welcomed me into their classrooms and are graciously . . . read more
Elementary Staff
More than ever before, parents are the most influential partners in preparing our students for successfully meeting the challenges of the future. Each child is unique; each home is unique. There are no absolute answers; however, parents and . . . read more
First Graders and Math Computation
First graders have been busy learning and practicing their addition and subtraction facts. We do this many ways! Practicing flash cards, playing games, problem solving and daily mad minutes tests are a few of the ways these skills . . . read more
Bennet Winter Music Program
Pictures From Program
A full house was on hand Tuesday, December 1 st , for the annual Bennet Elementary Winter Music Program. Students in grades K-3 performed, “An All-American Christmas,” while grades 4-6 performed “Swinging Holiday.” In . . . read more
Halloween Fun at Bennet Elementary
Halloween is an exciting time at Bennet Elementary! As always, we had a large audience of parents, grandparents and community members on hand for our annual "Parade of Spooks" on Friday, October 30th. Click on each group of . . . read more
