Book Fair Preview is this week for students. Book Fair will be open for shopping November 18-22.
Don't forget to set up your student's eWallet account for cashless, stress-less shopping. Friends and family can even contribute funds! Set one up here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/claysmillschool
As a reminder, all schools and offices will be closed Monday, November 11, 2024 in observance of Veterans Day.
Mrs. Harvey’s 4th grade students experienced what it was like to be colonists today. They were paid in candy that they then had to use to pay King George’s unfair taxes. Most of them decided they fully supported the Declaration of Independence.
Mrs. Harvey’s 5th grade science class did experiments today to test different objects to determine if they were insulators or conductors. What an electrifying class!
SAVE THE DATE! Clays Mill's Book Fair will be held November 18th - 22nd.
This year's Book Fair is going to be epic! More Books. More Choices. More Fun. Start exploring together on our school's Book Fair homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/claysmillschool
Clays Mill announces the Students of the Month for October. These students have actively engaged in learning, followed class and school rules and are honest, trustworthy, and respectable.
Lane Jennings, Logan Anderson, Harley Hutchison, Annabelle Martin, Saylor Henderson, Jesse Mills, Callum Crockett, Myla McDowell, Grayson Spencer, Jake Anderson, Ava Womack, Aiden Gomez, and Jason Landa-Aguilar, Kaori Carden, Collins Snead, and Eli Hammock.
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR CALENDARS, as dates have been tweaked!
We have added a third date!
Breakfast and Book Fair with Grandparents:
Tuesday, November 19: Pre-Kindergarten Classes
Wednesday, November 20: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Grades
Thursday, November 21: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades
Please Join Clays Mill Elementary School’s Title 1 Parent Advisory Committee
Your input and perspective is needed to help our Title 1 Parent Advisory Committee understand how to best serve our families.
We’ll work together in a positive group setting to:
1. Increase family involvement
2. Improve communication
3. Plan family activities
4. Share ideas and suggestions
Meetings: Held three times per year at a mutually convenient time for members
Contact: Elizabeth McLaughlin at emclaughlin@halifax.k12.va.us for additional information
Mrs. Grant took advantage of the nice weather and took her class outside to carve a pumpkin. They discussed the things they learned on their field trip to the pumpkin patch as they went through the process.
Clays Mill has started the Halloween festivities with parades and costume contests.
Mr. Martin's Halloween classroom
Thursday, October 24th, Clays Mill students enjoyed Steve Somers': The Amazing Teacher present his "Once Upon a Time" magic show. The show brought many fairy tales to life! He even brought along Hopper, his rabbit, to join in the fun. What a special treat for our school!
Students in Mrs. Harvey's 5th Grade science class did an experiment to observe the effect of temperature on light energy. Students made glowing ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, and Halloween monsters to compare the effect of water temperature on how intense and long the glow sticks shined.
Kindergarteners experienced the story "Froggy's Halloween" in the library this week. They discussed the character traits of the main character and made Halloween masks.
Stories are coming to life in the library!
Mecklenburg Electric’s Dustin Francis visited the 5th grade classroom to discuss electricity as we begin our energy unit. Students also had a chance to construct circuits.
Mr. Martin's class had the privilege of the representative from Mecklenburg
Electric to come in and talk about Circuits and electricity with his students.
They enjoyed building circuits and participating in the activities. The students
learned about Series and Parallel Pathways. Thank you to Mr. Dustin for
sharing with our kiddos.
As a reminder, Monday, October 21, 2024 is a Teacher Workday/Parent Conference Day. Students do not attend school.
COMING SOON! Clays Mill Book Fair: November 19-22
(Classes will have special times to shop.)
November 19 - Grandparents Breakfast for Pre-K through Grade 1 (8 - 9:30 AM)
November 20 - Grandparents Breakfast for Grades 2 - 5 (8 - 9:30 AM)
November 21 - Book Fair Extended Hours (3:30-5:00 PM)
November 22 - Book Fair closes at Noon
MORE INFO TO COME!
Students in Ms. Laughorn's pre-k class listened to the book Mixed and then completed an experiment to see what happens when two colors are mixed together. The students had so much fun doing this activity!
Ms. McCraw's PK students are harvesting memories at the pumpkin patch... where learning meets fun!
