Elementary Students Help Celebrate National Nursing Homes Week
Students' "Family Game Night" Artwork on Display at South Haven
5th grade students at Wahoo Elementary will help residents, employees, and visitors at South Haven Living Center in Wahoo celebrate National Nursing Homes Week this year.
The theme of the celebration this year is “Family Game . . .
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Mrs. Rezac's Class Connects Live to Washington D.C. for Lesson Enhancement
Students Receive Revolutionary War Lesson in National Archives Videoconference
Wahoo’s Close Up students weren’t the only Wahoo students to visit Washington D.C. last week!
On Wednesday, March 23, students in Mrs. Rezac’s 4th/5th grade class participated in a live videoconference with David . . .
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5th Graders Learn about Life in Haiti
Amy Bruce Shares Her Experiences & Photos
Amy Bruce, mother of 5th grader Savannah Bruce, recently spoke to all fifth grades about her trips to Haiti.
Bruce's first trip to Haiti was with a church group when she was 17. Most recently, she traveled to Haiti with a . . .
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Wahoo Elementary 5th Graders Attend Presentation on Soldiers’ Duties in Afghanistan
Local Soldier Shares Experiences Before Re-Deployment
On Tuesday November 23, the 5th graders at Wahoo Elementary welcomed CW3 Michael Harrell to speak about his experiences and duties performed while serving in Afghanistan.
CW3 Harrell explained to the kids the details of guarding a . . .
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5th Graders Experience New Drawing Technique in Art
Students Attempt to Emulate Style of George Bellows
Wahoo Elementary fifth grade students experienced drawing from a new angle last week.
Students were introduced to examples of artwork from Ashcan School artist George Bellows (1882-1925). His depictions of American life from the 10’s . . .
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Kindergarten Class Uses Technology to Enhance Pen Pal Experience
Students Skype with Other Students in St. Joseph, MO
Students in Mrs. Gregg’s kindergarten class are taking pen pals to a whole new level!
We have asked a St. Joseph, Missouri kindergarten class to be our “Skype Pals!” Their teacher, Mrs. Hamilton, went to college with Mrs. . . .
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Wahoo Elementary Students Make Their Contributions to "Celebrating Youth Art Month"
Student Artwork Displayed in State Capitol Rotunda & Wahoo Public Library
March is Youth Art Month in Nebraska!
To celebrate, Wahoo Elementary students have been displaying their artwork for the public. Two students, fifth grader Matt Dobesh and fourth grader Madilyn Larsen, were chosen to participate in a . . .
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Mrs. Pearson's 4th Graders Conclude Novel Unit with Group Castle Project
Student-Created Castles Now on Display in Library
Mrs. Pearsonʼs reading group has just finished reading the novel Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop.
It tells the tale of William, who receives a beautiful castle from his housekeeper. Even though William is sad sheʼs . . .
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Wahoo 5th Graders Use Skype to Experience a Foreign Culture
Students Learn About Life in Mali, Africa
Students in Mrs. Verna Rezac’s fifth grade class recently had the chance to mix technology and world studies.
Rezac’s husband went to Mali, Africa, with a group of men from their church to do construction. While he was there . . .
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Fourth and Fifth Graders Ride the Orphan Train
NHC Speaker Teaches How Life as a Child was Very Different in Recent History
Fourth and fifth grade students recently had the chance to learn
about the Orphan Train in a school assembly.
The Orphan Train was a social experiment that transported
children from crowded coastal cities of the United States to . . .
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Wahoo's 5th Graders Get Up Close and Personal with Anatomy
Students Study Optics and Dissect Cow Eyes!
Students in Mr. Iversen and Mrs. Rezac's fifth grade classes
recently completed an optics unit in science class.
Students learned about many kinds of eyes: simple (the kind that
worms have), compound (the kind bugs have), and of . . .
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Wahoo Elementary Fifth Graders Study the Burning Effects of Smoking
UNMC Staff Offers Hands-On Proof of the Dangers of Tobacco
Smoking
cigarettes? A 10-year-old? According to a nationwide survey
conducted by tobaccofreekids.org ,
13 percent of eighth graders had reported trying smoking by the
fifth grade.
If only
someone would take the initiative to . . .
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Wahoo 5th Graders Experience a Foreign Culture through E-Mail Pen Pals
Students Communicate with Classroom in Thailand
Students in Mrs. Nancy
Teetor's 5th grade are e-mail pen pals with 5th graders at Wat Get
Pra Pa School in Lum Luka, Thailand.
Their American teacher, Vic
Plessner, who is teaching them English, thought it might help if . . .
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At Wahoo Elementary, Clowning Around Leads to Learning
Professional Clown Visits Mrs. Teetor's Fifth Graders
“What kinds of clowns are there?” “How long does it take to put
the paint on?” “What does a clown do?”
These are some of the questions that fifth graders in Mrs. Nancy
Teetor’s class asked during their study of clowns. . . .
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Wahoo Kindergartners Get Schooled on/by Justice
Justice the Drug-Sniffing Dog Visits Mrs. Britton's Class
October 11, 2006 was an exciting day for Wahoo Elementary School
kindergartners in Mrs. Britton's class. Three visitors--Detective
Jeff Britton, K-9 Officer Lucas Bates, and Justice, Bates'
drug-sniffing yellow lab--came to give a . . .
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