Our fifth graders participated in a fun Fat Bear Week voting activity inspired by the annual tournament hosted by Katmai National Park! 🐻 Students reviewed the bracket, created creative campaign posters to promote their favorite bears, and voted daily- all while learning about the incredible brown bears of Alaska. 🏆Congratulations to this year's winner, Backpack!!
Did your student miss picture day, or are you hoping for a do-over? School Picture Retake Day is coming up on Tuesday, October 20!
North Campus had some special visitors today. The Fighting Irish Football team came to read to classrooms and joined some grades for recess too! We appreciate Coach Maxwell and his staff for providing this experience for our students. We loved having them here!!
The 6th grade science class is hopping into hands-on learning! Students are exploring the fascinating world of tree frogs native to our region, using these remarkable amphibians to investigate ecosystems, adaptations, life cycles, and the connections between living things and their environment. By studying a species right here in our own backyard, students are discovering that science isn’t just something found in a textbook—it’s all around us!
Wednesday, our 5th graders put their STEM skills to work by designing and creating their own apple pickers! Students had to think creatively, problem-solve, and test their designs to see which tools could successfully pick an apple. 🍎
7th graders went on a field trip to Feed My Starving Children, where they packed meals for people in Panama. They worked hard and made a big impact in the lives of others.
Students in fourth through sixth grade learned how to do the Turbo Shuffle to the song Stayin' Alive this week with Ms. Coop. 🕺🏼
Last Friday, 7th and 8th grade PE students wrapped up our Pickleball unit with our annual Pickleball Tournament. Congratulations to Sawyer Baima and Jocelyn Lee on winning this years championship!
This week at the Seneca library.
See the events calendar for more information:
https://senecalibrary.net/events/
See the events calendar for more information:
https://senecalibrary.net/events/
Our 5th graders had an amazing day at Mazon Creek Educational Center! Students dug for fossils, hiked the trails, observed and explored nature, and learned more about the fossils and environment. It was a fun, hands-on day of learning and exploring outside the classroom!
Fifth grade students are wrapping up a unit on prehistory in science and social studies. They built lego fossils, compared modern and extinct animals, proved the theory of mass extinction and explored cave paintings.
Seneca Grade School is once again using Hudl to live stream our athletic events that take place @ South Campus!
You can access all SGS live streams at the link below:
👉 https://fan.hudl.com/.../organ.../192712/seneca-grade-school
Be sure to bookmark the page so you don’t miss any action. Thank you for your continued support of our students and programs—Go Raiders!
7th grade science students are learning the engineering design process, where they design and build a product to solve a problem. They are currently building boxes to safely ship a fresh flower. The challenge is to keep it alive and beautiful!
8th graders are reviewing the engineering design process in science class. They are building self-propelled cars, and they will test them and make improvements on their designs before the final competition.
The SGS Marching Raiders were all over the community this weekend bringing the music and energy! 🥁✨
Friday night football halftime show with Seneca High School Marching Irish🏈☘️
Grundy County Corn Festival Parade on Sunday 🌽🎶
Dolly Day was a huge success! Thank you to our guest readers and the Seneca Public Library for sharing books with us. As Dolly says, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
Ottawa YMCA After School Care information
Starting this week, Ms. Bolin will be host to a student teacher, Ms. Coop, for the next five weeks. Today she introduced herself to the 5th and 6th grade students and told about her time in the Gamma Phi Circus at Illinois State University. Ms. Coop is very excited to get started with the 3rd through 6th grade students before she moves on to K-2 P.E. with Mrs. Yerly.
Voices are sponsoring a back to school movie night this Friday from 3:00-5:00. Students will be watching "Leo" rated PG. Concession stand items will be available for $1-$2. Students need to return the permission slip to the office and have a ride home on Friday at 5:00.