Roanoke - October 2009 Archive
Roanoke presents School House Rock
By Lamont Neal on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Thursday night the Roanoke 3rd and 4th grades presented the “School House Rock” directed by Mr. Barry Jamison. It was a fun show that brought back many memories of Saturday mornings.
The kids kicked off the show with “A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing” with solos by Samantha Smith and Lauren Carmichael... Read More...
Roanoke releases honor roll (updated)
By HFP Reporter on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
(Updated on November 2nd) Roanoke has released its honor roll for first nine weeks for third, fourth and fifth graders. Listed are the students with all A's and students with A's and B's. Open the attachment below for the listing of students... Read More...
School House Rock Live
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
On Thursday, October 29th, we had an awesome music program entitled "School House Rock Live", which was put on by our 3rd and 4th grade students under the direction of our wonderfully talented music teacher, Mr. Barry Jamison. They sang a lot of the all time favorite School House Rock songs such as "Just A Bill", "Conjunction Junction" and "Interjections", among others... Read More...
Pumpkin Patch Math
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The fifth graders here at Roanoke Elementary School did some "Pumpkin Patch Math" this week at school. Students measured the circumference of their pumpkins, they measured the diameter and radius of their pumpkins, they used estimation skills, they made some predictions, they counted seeds and they weighed their pumpkins... Read More...
Walk away from drugs!
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
This week at Roanoke Elementary School, we celebrated Red Ribbon Week, to make a stand to be drug free. Each day we had a different activity to do, or something to wear. On Monday, all students and staff received a red ribbon to wear. On Tuesday, we wore team jerseys to show that we "Team up Against Drugs"... Read More...
Download Roanoke's November Calendar
By HFP Reporter on Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Roanoke Elementary School has released its November calendar so if your child forgot to bring it home from school, download it now.
Howdy Partner at Roanoke Elementary
By Tammy Winans on Monday, October 26th, 2009
The Kindergartners at Roanoke Elementary School had Western Day on Friday, October 23rd.
They read the story "Bubba, the Cowboy Prince (A Fractured Texas Tale)", they rode their ponies to the song "My Pony Stop 'n Go", which caused the kindergartners to crawl under furniture and jump tables... Read More...
5th graders making Canopic Jars
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
The 5th graders at Roanoke Elementary School have been studying the Egyptian culture and their art while in art class with Mrs. Cindy Callison.
One of the projects that they worked on was a Canopic Jar which is "a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain the entrails of an embalmed body... Read More...
A Visit to Drennen's Pumpkin Farm
By Tammy Winans on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
The Kindergartners at Roanoke Elementary School visited the Drennen Pumpkin Farm on Tuesday, October 20th. They went for a wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch to pick their very own pumpkins, were educated on how pumpkins grow, played games, visited the animal petting area and found their way through the corn maze... Read More...
Grandparent's/VIP Day at Roanoke
By Tammy Winans on Monday, October 19th, 2009
Grandparent's/ VIP Day was held at Roanoke Elementary School on Friday, October 16th.
The theme this year was "Honoring our Heritage". A committee of 10 members from our PTO (Amanda Williams, Sherina Hewson, Jennifer Bickel, Jennifer Bonewitz, Linda Brown, Tammy Gass, Deanna Henline, Amy Riggers, Holly Tester and Nikki Turner) did a wonderful job organizing this event for us... Read More...
Don't Get Burned!
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 8th, 2009
On Wednesday, October 7th, the third graders at Roanoke Elementary School were taught some fire safety tips from the Roanoke Fire Department.
They received a tour of the fire truck, learned some safety tips by trying out the smokehouse, and were able to try on some firemen's gear.
Porridge cookies at Roanoke Elementary
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 8th, 2009
As part of Mrs. Courtney Wennemar's fifth grade gender language class (all girls) at Roanoke Elementary School, they read the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
They then discussed chronological order/sequencing and looked at transition words.
They then followed directions within their group to make "Momma Bear's Porridge Cookies"... Read More...
Donating to the local Food Pantry
By Tammy Winans on Thursday, October 8th, 2009
The first graders at Roanoke Elementary School from Mrs. Joyce Roth's class and Mrs. Stacie Gass' class are helping out the community by donating some much needed items to the St. Joseph Catholic Church Food Pantry.
After collecting the items needed, the first graders walked to St. Joseph Catholic Church to donate their items... Read More...
