Dear Parents/Guardians,
This is your weekly update from Matthew Paterson Elementary School. Please make sure to read the reminder section below!
School Highlights
Last week was another great one at MPES for our students, staff, and families! Thank you to the PTO for organizing a school spirit day in connection to National Panda Day. Many of our students showed off their creativity and critical thinking skills in designing leprechaun traps. There was evidence of wee visitors to MPES but no capture.
Upcoming Events
Week of March 20th
Monday March 20th – Day 5 – Spring Pictures
Tuesday March 21st - Day 6 – One School One Book Assembly
Wednesday March 22nd – Day 1 – PTO School Store, GFMS Music Department to Meet with fourth grade students.
Thursday March 23rd - Day 2
Friday March 24th - Day 3
Information/Reminders
Have a great rest of your day!
Sincerely, Mr. Michael Kirk Principal
It was a fun afternoon of assembling and disassembling, constructing and deconstructing, and putting together and taking apart – all in the name of creativity and science for second-grade students in Mrs. Vickery’s class at Matthew Paterson Elementary.
Working in small groups, students had a chance to construct different figures using clay and toothpicks. As one student constructed, the others sketched the result, each taking turns as the lead builder.
Read a full story and see more photos of our engineers in action.
Local veterans received Valentine’s Day messages of thanks from district students this year and some cards included a special video message!
With assistance from RTI Reading Teacher Janine Avitabile and Instructional Technology Coach Michele Love, a group of third-grade students at Matthew Paterson learned how to create short video messages using graphics, music and voiceover audio as a supplement to their hand-crafted cards for veterans.
See Valentine's Day video messages created for veterans by our students!
Challenge accepted! Matthew Paterson Elementary students kicked off the annual Kids Heart Challenge with the American Heart Association last week and they are already busy learning about heart health and raising funds to help protect hearts.
A fun experiment with textures and designs created some savory results for third-grade students at Matthew Paterson Elementary School. Under the instruction of Art Teacher Alex Lombardo, the students used simple materials to make creative and eye-catching salt art.
Read about the Salt Art projects and see photos of our students' work!
America's oldest sport, lacrosse, has origins that date back to 1100 A.D. and was played by Native American nations with matches sometimes including 100 to 1,000 or more men. The matches were often used as a social event or to help settle disputes and utilized wooden sticks with net baskets or pockets attached along with small balls wrapped in deer hide.
Fourth-grade students in Mrs. Zulauf and Mrs. Adam's class at Matthew Paterson Elementary School learned about the Native American people of New York, specifically the local Carmel area, and the perseverance, ingenuity, and creativity they showed as people in so many things, including the game of lacrosse!
Through a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) cooperative activity, our students tested their own perseverance, ingenuity, and creativity by creating lacrosse sticks using recyclable materials. The goal: to catch and toss a ball.
The tradition continued for third-grade students at Matthew Paterson Elementary School this year with the annual Thanksgiving Celebration. For more than 45 years, third-grade students and teachers have been gathering for a fun-filled day of seasonal activities, academic lessons, crafts, food and more – and this year was no different. See photos from the annual Thanksgiving Celebration.
CCSD is hosting the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Majors Instrument Festival event for Zone 10.
CCSD is hosting the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Majors Chorale Festival event for Zone 10.
