On Wednesday our KKids volunteered at the Purcell Lights from the Heart! Thanks to Mrs. Sheehy for being there with her kids, the parents who brought their kids to volunteer and thanks to all the visitors that donated!!! If you haven't been out to see the lights, you should check them out. Completely free, donations welcomed!
Dear Purcell Public School Foundation,
Thank you so much for your generous grant! With your support, our 5th-grade scientists are now able to explore the microscopic world using new microscopes and specimen slides. These tools have truly brought science to life in our classroom!
We’re incredibly grateful for your investment in our future scientists!
With appreciation,
Mrs. Jones & the Purcell 5th Graders
In PE, we played Winter Wonderland Games from OPEN and Physed Games including Feed the Reindeer, Polar Express, Pass the Snowball, and Snowball Relay Races! Mystery Number Tag was also a big hit this week! Students worked together in teams to accomplish a goal and demonstrated our word of the week-EFFORT! #perocks ⛄️❄️ 🦌🎄
We had an awesome evening handing out gingerbread kits made by the public library and seeing so many families in our community at the Purcell Lights from the Heart at the lake! ❤️🎄
If you're able, please consider donating to the Purcell Intermediate K-Kids holiday sock drive!!
Our goal is 300 pairs of cozy socks. These would go to all Purcell residents and most Lexington residents as well!
“Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.” ❤️ – Giada De Laurentiis
Thank you to our amazing PTO officers for organizing and arranging the Thanksmas meal and to all the wonderful parents and community members who graciously gave of their time to prepare and bring food to our school! It was an awesome abundant meal making us feel loved!
This was the perfect event to do just before fall break! Third grade participated in a fun Harvest Hoedown! Each class rotated through the third grade classrooms and the library, engaging in fun activities, such as balloon decorating, bingo playing, directed drawings, food tasting, and enjoying the company of a special guest speaker! Our guest, Nahinli Billy, graduated from Purcell in 2015. He did a fantastic job at engaging the students and helping us make memories with them! Thank you Nahinli Billy!!
To all the staff who participated, we appreciate everything you did to support the students and help make their experience memorable!
This week Mrs. Sweeney and Mrs. Winters 4th graders learned about planning, the importance of details, budgeting and tried their hand at cartography with a unit over Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!!
Today they were able to create their own Macy's Parade balloons!
Look how much effort they put into these. Way to go 4th graders!!!
After harvesting fresh carrots from their school garden today, Mrs. Jones' 5th-grade science class returned to the classroom to fix their own delicious salads using the radishes, lettuce, and carrots they had grown from seed! This hands-on experience not only reinforced their understanding of ecosystems and food webs but also allowed them to combine nutrition and creativity in a fun and educational way!
We had so much fun in PE playing Gratitude Games from OPEN and Thankful Tag by the PE Specialist! We worked together to stuff turkeys and pick up feathers! I made a list of some of the things your kids are grateful for! 🦃🧡❤️💛🤎🦃
In Mrs. Arnold's Social Studies classes, students have been studying the fascinating topic of Native American agriculture, specifically the "Three Sisters" gardening method. The students learned how corn, beans, and squash are interplanted to support each other's growth, and we discussed the important role Native Americans played in assisting the early colonists when they arrived in America.
Today, we were fortunate to have Laura Vandaveer from OSU Extension's AG in the Classroom program, who conducts monthly lessons on the connection between agriculture and history. The students enjoyed a hands-on craft activity, illustrating how corn grows tall, beans wrap around the stalk, and give nutrients and squash is planted at the bottom to protect the roots from the sun.
The National Weather Service has advised that severe thunderstorms with the potential of high winds, flooding, lightning and a risk of tornadoes will come through our area between 4 a.m. to 9 a.m on Monday, November 18th. This is when we have students waiting at bus stops and parents dropping students off.
Out of an abundance of caution, the start of school day will be delayed until 10 a.m. Buses will run on this delayed schedule at 9 a.m.so please plan accordingly. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served as usual. Schools will release at normal dismissal time. Parents may also elect to have their student complete the day virtually. Thank you for your understanding and commitment to student and staff safety.
This week has been filled with many learning opportunities for Ms. Windham's third grade class! They learned about the different branches of military in honor of Veteran's Day. There were two branches highlighted each day and the students were tasked with different jobs that would be expected when serving in the military. Some challenges were not pictured, such as decoding cryptic messages, navigating with maps, and engineering structures. In the pictures below, the students are participating in vital communication skills, model satellite building, and boat construction. So much fun!
In PE, we are practicing our basketball skills. Dribble Knockout and Dribble Tag are always engaging for students and help with control under pressure. Using BEEF as a reminder for shooting technique is so effective, too—it’s easy for kids to remember and puts the focus on fundamentals. Students worked together in teams playing Hotshots to practice their shooting! Here are a few pics of our Hotshots Champions! #perocks #dragonpride #ignite
Did you know smoking is the single largest preventable cause of death and illness in the world? November is a great time to talk about the dangers of tobacco and to live tobacco free! In PE, we will be discussing the dangers of smoking and practicing the skills to say no to peer pressure.
🌟 What an amazing Literacy Night we had! 🌟
Our 4th grade hall was glowing with excitement as students dove into three fun, glow-in-the-dark activities designed to boost their reading and writing skills!
✨ Synonym & Antonym Scavenger Hunt – Students searched for matching words to help them master their vocabulary! 📝 Sentence Sort & Parts of Speech – Kids worked together to sort sentences and identify parts of speech, all while having fun with glow-in-the-dark Tic Tac Toe! ✍️ Glow Rice Cursive Writing – Practicing cursive has never been so fun, as students traced letters in glowing rice!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this glowing night of learning. We love seeing our students engaged and excited about literacy! 📚💡
Thank you to all of the parents and students who joined us in the third grade hall for Literacy Night! We loved seeing everyone come together to celebrate reading and learning through fun games and challenges! Families were able to combine word parts through bowling, create words with jumbo scrabble, practice parts of speech with a basket toss game, brainstorm words using digraphs with cornhole games, take pictures with props, and participate in fun prizes. We appreciate you all for the support and fun memories that were made!
The Escape Room at Literacy Night was a big hit! Kudos to the smart parents and kids who stayed the course and cracked the code! From everyone in fifth grade, we would like to say thank you to all the parents and students who joined us for literacy night! Your participation helped make the event a success and together, we were able to celebrate the joy of reading! In the fifth grade hall, families worked to complete various escape rooms. The challenge seen in the pictures was to solve five different puzzles in order to open the locked box. Thank you to everyone who participated and also to those who helped the students get to that box!
Yesterday on Wednesday, November 6th, third through fifth grade experienced a literacy presentation hosted by Caradith Craven. Caradith works at the Purcell Public Library and utilized book donations from Best of Books. She did a phenomenal job at engaging the students with activities, such as role playing! Thank you for allowing our students to have this enriched experience and bringing literacy to life for them!
In the pictures, you will see third grade enjoying one of the role playing activities that were used alongside a book about gravity.
Purcell Intermediate K-Kids are hosting their Thanksgiving Food Drive! We hope you are able to join us in helping our community in need.
Drop Off Location: Purcell Intermediate School
When: November 7th-13th
*The grade level that brings the most donated items will be given EXTRA recess*
