Each month, some teachers or other staff at Barnett will be highlighted. This month, Mrs. Comte, Mrs. Kunz, and Mrs. Evans shared some of their thoughts about the other kindergarten teachers that they get to work wtih at Barnett.
Focus on--Mrs. Comte (Kindergarten)
This year we had the company, US Synthetic, come do various service projects for Barnett Elementary on September 11th, 2014. They refinished the outside picnic tables, bought new soccer goal nets and basketball nets, and did a fun reading and problem solving activity with every class. They also had a group of people who repainted the games on the blacktops by the playgrounds.
Please see the September 2014 Newsletter attached below.
Mark your calendars... Barnett School Registration is July 31st from 8:00-4:00. Come and register your children for the new school year, find out who their teacher is, and sign up for PTA and other school activities.
Click below for the letter that gives more details about Registration Day!
Several students from Barnett Elementary 6th grade classes were among the nearly 150,000 students worldwide to participate this year in the Math Olympiad program. They participated in a series of five monthly contests of five problems each, from November to March, and weekly practice sessions under the direction of Don Applegate. He worked with students in learning strategies to solve unusual and difficult problems by thinking creatively. Congratulations for a job well done!
Just a reminder about the Fun Run tomorrow morning! Students will not be allowed to call for their waiver slips in the morning so please make sure to have them bring them in the morning, if they haven't brought them to school yet. If you need another copy, just print off page 5 from the May 2014 Bulldog Barker (see attachments).
Thursday, May 15, 2014 was the annual 3rd grade Spelling Bee at Barnett Elementary. Three contestants from each of the third grade classes participated in the Bee. The participants did a fantastic job of spelling the words supplied to them by the proctor, Ms. Robyn Curtis. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner and Lexie Christiansen took the day at this Bee. The winning word was "squirrel." Wonderful job to all the Spelling Bee spellers!
Gwen Spencer has been teaching 6th grade for 7 years. She has been team leader for 4 years and does a fabulous job at keeping the 6th grade teachers cohesive, organized, and optimistic. She is a wonderful math and science teacher. She has been invited to attend PESTL (Partnership for Effective Science Teaching and Learning) for the last 4 years and continues to increase her knowledge anywhere she can. Gwen is always up on the latest research and attends conferences every summer to help her students reach their potential.
On April 30, 2014 the 5th grade students that had worked hard to have good behavior, got to have an assembly with Sub 0 Day Ice Cream. We learned about how liquid Nitrogen can boil at -300 degrees F. After around 10 minutes we started to see liquid oxygen drip off the bowl. Akadian and Blaze stood under it and the liquid oxygen burned a little because it was so cold.