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              • Field Trip-Movie Theater
              • "Quotable" Kids
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              • Harvest Party
              • Ice Cream Treats
              • Rainy Day Recess
              • Picture Day
              • Donut Party
              • Vision Screening
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                • Special Guest Speaker
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                • Reading Fluency Fun
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                • Christmas Sing-a-Long
                • "Stuffie" Day
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        • Hayden
        • Isaac >
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        • Lily >
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        • Natalia
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        • Sahara >
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          • Battle of the Books
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          • 3rd grade Volleyball
        • Taylor >
          • Dance
          • Leadership Team
          • Battle of the Books
        • Tosh
        • Vivian >
          • Battle of the Books
          • Skating Recital
          • Skating Practice
          • 4th Grade Volleyball
      • Beginning of the Year >
        • Friends
        • Our Class
        • November in the Grove
        • Meet the Stars of 2016-17
      • Amazing Kids >
        • Battle of the Books
        • Perfect Attendance
        • Leadership Team
        • Reading
        • Wise Owl & Funky Falcon
      • Special Days >
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          • Newport Aquarium Trip
          • Carnival
          • Spring Break-"eve"
        • Wonderful Winter >
          • "Ranger in Time" Day
          • Jump for Heart
          • Music Stars
          • "B.B.B. Day"
          • Christmas "Fun Stuff"
          • Reading with a "Furry Friend"
        • Fall Fun >
          • "nuF" Stuff
          • Donut Party
          • Harvest Party
          • Walk-a-Thon
          • Open House
          • First Day of School
        • Student of the Month
        • Miscellaneous
      • End of the Year >
        • Look at how we've grown!
        • End of Year Friends
    • Our Former Stars (15-16) >
      • Meet the Stars of 2015-16
      • Special Days >
        • Bubble Gum Fun
        • Gingerbread Houses
        • Stuffie & PJ Day
        • Valentine's Day
        • Walk-a-Thon
      • Recess with Friends
      • Busy Bees >
        • Book Reports
        • Dental Health
        • Math
        • Reading
        • Science
        • Writing
    • Our Former Stars (11-12)
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    • Geography
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    • Helpful Tools
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    • Keyboarding
    • Math >
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      • Math Helpers/Manipulatives
    • Need a Book?
    • Puzzles & Games
    • Reading & Grammar >
      • Reading Games & Activities
      • Friendship
      • Animals in Their Habitat
      • Money
      • Earth, Moon & Sun
    • Science >
      • Experiments, Games & Things to Learn
      • Mystery Science (Class Activities)
    • Spelling
    • Sports
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    • District Office
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Miscellaneous

Snow Day

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Snow days are always exciting... Especially the day after a day off to play in the snow!
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Breakfast at School

Cinnamon roll days are always exciting ones for our class!
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Vision Screening​

It sure doesn't look the way it used to!  
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Caren, Alex & Michael
​take their turn looking into the cool "camera."
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Rainy Day Recess

Oh, such fun!
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Duck Parade

Are you a Beaver or a Duck?  
Our fifth grade brothers, sisters, and friends helped us to celebrate!
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GlitterBuddy

"Can my hands really be this dirty?"  "I was sure that they were clean!" These comments were heard numerous times, along with sounds of disgust and/or laughter, when the students checked out their supposedly clean hands under the GlitterBuddy light that our school nurse brought in for us to use. Needless to say, many students will be changing their hand washing practices!
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Just Because We're Great Day

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During Walk-a-Thon week, we celebrated with several fun days. One of the days was "Hat Day". On this day, Aryona and her family shared a treat with us. Yum!!!
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Rainy Day Recess

Even though Oregon is known for rain, we seldom had rainy day recess. The students begged for them. Finally, their wish came true...
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Perfect Attendance

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