Due to our snow days this year, our last day will now be May 28th with an 11:30 dismissal. Pre-school's last day will be May 27th.
Thanks to the generous support of Seneca Casey's, our first graders got a delicious, hands-on lesson in fractions! Students explored halves, quarters, and more by dividing and sharing pizza - making math both meaningful and fun. We appreciate Casey's for their donation, and for making learning fun!
Want to see menu options for the entire month? Go to the "menus" button at the top of the website and scroll to the bottom of the page for a link to our monthly menus!
This week's events
Voices sponsored our annual SGS Fun Night last Friday after school. We had 126 students attend and numerous staff members were also there to help supervise and have fun with the kids. The kids played games, ate pizza and some even showed off their talents in a talent show!
Good afternoon Parents!
We are looking for help in celebrating our great teachers and teacher aides. We are asking for parents to sign up for a breakfast item throughout the week or an item for a Cinco de Mayo taco bar. If you have any questions please let me know.
Your participation means so much and we can not thank you enough!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XF-sLPzb2Bml5MCScvdbEE2k8_eFdOvSTkx_eu1xyto/edit?usp=sharing
We are looking for help in celebrating our great teachers and teacher aides. We are asking for parents to sign up for a breakfast item throughout the week or an item for a Cinco de Mayo taco bar. If you have any questions please let me know.
Your participation means so much and we can not thank you enough!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XF-sLPzb2Bml5MCScvdbEE2k8_eFdOvSTkx_eu1xyto/edit?usp=sharing
In our Sixth-Grade March Madness Interdisciplinary Unit , students explored colleges in a fun, competitive, and creative way. Each student was randomly assigned a college and followed its progress through a classroom-wide bracket, making predictions and tracking results as the tournament unfolded.
In ELA, students strengthened their writing skills by creating acrostic poems about their assigned colleges and composing a road trip narrative. In their stories, they planned travel stops and included a detailed campus tour, using descriptive language to bring their colleges to life. They also completed a career quiz to research a potential future career connected to their college, based on their strengths and interests.
In Math, students worked with real-time data from the March Madness bracket, tracking matchups and outcomes. They also designed school pennants, blending creativity with visual design to represent their colleges.
In Geography and Social Studies, students mapped all class colleges to develop a sense of location and distance. They created bar graphs comparing distances from home to campus and built timelines highlighting key historical moments for each college, connecting geography, data analysis, and historical thinking.
The unit culminated in a large presentation in the library, where students shared their research with peers and their team of teachers. They did a fantastic job!
In ELA, students strengthened their writing skills by creating acrostic poems about their assigned colleges and composing a road trip narrative. In their stories, they planned travel stops and included a detailed campus tour, using descriptive language to bring their colleges to life. They also completed a career quiz to research a potential future career connected to their college, based on their strengths and interests.
In Math, students worked with real-time data from the March Madness bracket, tracking matchups and outcomes. They also designed school pennants, blending creativity with visual design to represent their colleges.
In Geography and Social Studies, students mapped all class colleges to develop a sense of location and distance. They created bar graphs comparing distances from home to campus and built timelines highlighting key historical moments for each college, connecting geography, data analysis, and historical thinking.
The unit culminated in a large presentation in the library, where students shared their research with peers and their team of teachers. They did a fantastic job!
Seneca Grade School Community!
Help SGS 170 plan for our future! The district is looking to hear from the community to help us create our five-year strategic plan. Please consider completing the following quick survey so we can take your feedback into account during this important time for the district.
Go Raiders!
https://forms.gle/TfFszcxrNb9KmXWE8
Help SGS 170 plan for our future! The district is looking to hear from the community to help us create our five-year strategic plan. Please consider completing the following quick survey so we can take your feedback into account during this important time for the district.
Go Raiders!
https://forms.gle/TfFszcxrNb9KmXWE8
This week's events
SOCU visited our kindergarten students on Thursday afternoon to talk about the importance of saving money. Students listened to a story and decorated their own piggy banks. Since the penny won't be in circulation much longer, the kindergarten teachers wanted to make sure each student had one to keep in their banks! 🪙
The 8th graders spent some time building parachutes for Peeps! They had to work within the project criteria and constraints to build a parachute that slowed down the fall of the Peep as much as possible.
Congratulations to Elly Thompson, our recipient of the LaSalle County Schools Committee Student Excellence Award.
The 8th grade students were able to attend a dairy presentation by Southwest Dairy Farmers at the SHS Land Lab today. It was a great opportunity to learn! Thank you to the SHS Ag Department for including us!
Happy School Librarian Day.! Thank you Mrs. Lain and Mrs. Mancuso!
We are looking forward to meeting our incoming kindergarten students!
Paraprofessional Appreciation day was April 1st. As we return from spring break we would love to acknowledge our wonderful paraprofessionals here at SGS. Thank you for all you do, we are so lucky to have you!
7th and 8th grade started their spring break with their annual badminton tournament. Congratulations to Sawyer and Liam for being crowned this year's champions!
SGS kindergarten students were excited to get a special visit from the Easter Bunny this week! 🐰
Our 5th graders wrapped up the week before spring break with one of our favorite annual traditions—the Connect 4 Tournament! There was lots of strategy, friendly competition, and plenty of excitement as students battled it out for bragging rights. Such a fun way to celebrate all of their hard work and head into break!
