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This week East Ward opened their doors in the evening to a wonderful program for families that have students in the 5th to 8th grade. The program is called Strengthening Families, and helps students and parents learn to deal with peer pressure and stress as well as enhance family communication. For one night a week for seven weeks, there is dinner, family activities and fun. Eleven families are participating in this program that was researched and developed at Iowa State University. The Strengthening Families program is supported by COAD and Downingtown CTC.

Grade 1
First grade is practicing telling time to the hour and half hour.  We are also learning about the concepts of AM and PM and elapsed time.  The kids are also learning how to name and locate the 7 continents and 4 oceans on a map!

Grade 2
Students in the second grade reading club read over 20 Henry & Mudge books.  As a group they generated a list of common characteristics of the Henry & Mudge series.  Students used these characteristics to write additional adventures for Henry & Mudge. The students' published books are now part of our grade level Henry & Mudge collection.  

Students in second grade have also been learning about different types of technology. So far this year they have practiced typing skills, used Microsoft Office to create Power Points and Word documents, and practiced safe Internet browsing.  The students have loved using the iPads, learning new skills to navigate the iPads and practice math and reading with apps!

Grade 4
Fourth Grade students are beginning to learn about "Living Things"; a science unit which focuses on ecosystems, biomes, and habitats. Students will be conducting experiments and recording data through using the scientific method. 

In mathematics students are finishing up their Geometry units where they built Geodesic Domes that emulated the Epcot Center in Disney World.

In Being a Writer & Reading, students are starting their Fiction writing and are immersing themselves in many different types of Fiction Novels and picture books to help gain understating of what fiction writing looks like. As a culminating activity East Ward fourth graders will be creating their own graphic novels/fiction stories, which will be shared in a "Readers Café," classroom format.

Grade 5
Srinath Govindarajula won EW School Science Fair
Runners up:  Katherine Pan & Connor Fergus

Shamona Creek

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the fifth grade Spelling Bee: Grace Mucha, Sean Wang, Will Howard, Mia Zibello, Matthew Walter **1st Place, Sophia Alfinito, Jordan Lambe, Vishal Janapati.  

The fifth graders at SC love using technology. Students use iPods to listen to the stories in the Harcourt anthology as they read along.

Uwchlan Hills

Since the month of October, fifth grade students at Uwchlan Hills have dedicated their time inside
and outside of school to prepare for the Scrippts Spelling Bee. These individuals gave up one
lunch period a week to devote their time with Mrs. Irrgang and Miss George to study numerous
multilevel words ranging from third to eighth grade. Their hard work was finally put to use on
January 18th at our 5th Grade Spelling Bee. All seventeen participants competed head to head to
determine the winner who would move onto the National Bee to be held at the CCIU on February
8th. After twenty plus intense rounds with audience members hanging onto every letter, we finally
reached our winner, Sophie Fromal. In second place was Nand Vommi, and in third place was
Arushi Grover. The winning word was "pterodactyl".

The 2013 participants included: Alie Bendixen, Olivia Blevins, Laura Breslin, Francesca Chindemi, Megha Dhillon, Sophie Fromal, Arushi Grover, Nikolas Guidone, Celia Hadjin, Jimmy Hallinan, Drew Kalkiewiecz, Neha Kalebere, Lindsay Louis, Caroline Pfizenmayer, Aidan Sagherian, Grace Shaner, and Nand Vommi.

We congratulate all of our students for a job well done.

Downingtown Middle School

Sixty Downingtown Middle School representatives attended the 2013 Presidential Inauguration on Monday, January 21

Guys & Dolls
The Downingtown Middle School production of Guys & Dolls is scheduled for February 8th, 9th & 10th.  More information about the show and ticket sales will be available next week!  Directors and student performers have been hard at work getting 'stage ready' for this annual event!

Home & School Fundraiser
The DMS Home & School Association collected $500 from a fundraising drive held at Issac's of Lionville.  For every sale that was accompanied by a fundraising voucher, Issac's contributed %25 of the bill.  A special thank you to everyone who dined for DMS!