Roanoke

Art in Motion at Roanoke

By Tammy Winans on Friday, March 12th, 2010

On Wednesday, March 10th, Roanoke students were able to experience a hands-on program entitled "Gallery on Wheels".

The presenter was Joslyn Elliott and she brought along a collection of "Movement in Art" pieces.  After Joslyn made her presentation of the pieces, the students were able to create their own "Movement in Art" pieces... Read More...

Works of Art

By Tammy Winans on Friday, March 12th, 2010

At Roanoke Elementary School, they have several Spring Enrichment classes.  One of those enrichment classes is entitled "Plaster Fun Spot".  In this enrichment class, students are able to choose a seasonal plaster ornament, plaque or figurine and paint it.  The items are then sealed, sparkled and returned to the students... Read More...

Download Roanoke's March schedule

By Jeff Hoover on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Roanoke Elementary School has released its March calendar so download it now.

 

Roanoke students have 'Egg Drop'

By Tammy Winans on Monday, March 8th, 2010

The 4th graders at Roanoke Elementary School had an "Egg Drop" on Friday, March 5th. 

The students were to design a container that would keep an egg safe after being tossed off of a ladder by one of our 4th grade teachers (our official egg dropper), Mrs. Kristin May... Read More...

Poetry Cafe at Roanoke

By Tammy Winans on Friday, February 26th, 2010

Students in 5th grade at Roanoke Elementary have a "Book of the Month" that they do each month.

For the month of February, the "Book of the Month" was to present a poem to the rest of the class.  Each student was to memorize the poem word for word and present it to the class during their "Poetry Cafe"... Read More...

Some cool projects in 2nd grade

By Tammy Winans on Friday, February 26th, 2010

The second graders at Roanoke Elementary School just recently finished projects on the Arctic and Antarctica, and these projects were on display during our recent "Science Experience Night".

Students made informational posters,  dioramas, clay sculptures of arctic animals and sculptures made from other materials, and games relating to the Arctic... Read More...

Science Experience Night in Roanoke

By Tammy Winans on Friday, February 26th, 2010

Roanoke Elementary School held their "Science Experience Night" on Thursday, February 25th.

Each grade level had different activities in their classrooms which included such things as hands-on measuring and solar system related activities, making seed books and doing seed activities on the computer, creating a penguin, playing polar plunge and doing other activities that pertain to the Arctic and Antarctica... Read More...

Could You Have Been a Minuteman?

By Tammy Winans on Friday, February 5th, 2010

Fifth graders at Roanoke have been learning about the Revolutionary War.  As a fun activity to go along with this unit, the fifth grade teachers had the students see if they could get dressed as quickly as the minutemen of the Revolutionary War.  The minutemen were men that "had to be ready to fight on a minute's notice just before and during the Revolutionary War in the United States"... Read More...

Dino-Mite

By Tammy Winans on Friday, February 5th, 2010

On Wednesday, February 3rd, Mrs. Cathy Geyer's kindergarten class had Dinosaur Day.  On Dinosaur Day, students were involved in many activities such as weighing and measuring dinosaurs, graphing dinosaurs, making fossils, digging for dinosaurs, and they even had a Dino-Store, where students could pretend to purchase dinosaurs with their money... Read More...

Fort Wayne Philharmonic comes to Roanoke

By Tammy Winans on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Students had the privilege at Roanoke Elementary School to see the Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Brass Section.  They told about the various instruments that they brought along with them, such as the trumpet, the French horn, the trombone and the tuba. They also named the various parts of each instrument for the students... Read More...

Download Roanoke's February schedule

By Jeff Hoover on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Roanoke Elementary School has released its February calendar so download it now.

 

100th Day of School

By Tammy Winans on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Some Roanoke classrooms recently celebrated the 100th day of school.  In Mrs. Cathy Geyer's class, students were able to bring in collections of 100 items to display, and then other classes had a walk through to check out their collections.  They also had a little fun in the gym with a game that Mrs... Read More...

Me-Ow from Roanoke

By Tammy Winans on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

From December 7th –18th 2009 Roanoke Student Council sold a favorite to their school, Santa Suckers!

The funds raised went to the Huntington County Humane Shelter. As a thank you, shelter employee Dee Hoffman came to the school to give members a certificate. She came with shelter dog, Sandy, to represent the animals that Eoanoke Elementary School helped... Read More...

Roanoke Tea Party

By Tammy Winans on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The fifth grade students at Roanoke had there own "Boston Tea Party" as part of studying the American Revolution.  During the tea party, students wrote letters to the King of England asking him to quit taxing colonial items.

Spelling Bee held at Roanoke

By Tammy Winans on Friday, January 15th, 2010

On Thursday, January 14th we held our Spelling Bee here at Roanoke Elementary School.

We had 39 students participate in the Spelling Bee.  The runner-up was Jacob Bickel.  Jacob's parents are Matt and Jennifer Bickel of Roanoke, Indiana.

The winner of the Spelling Bee was Shafer Garrett... Read More...