Reach For The Stars...

S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School

Where children, “Reach for the Stars”



McAuliffe School Vision

The S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School community strives to educate the whole child intellectually, emotionally, culturally, socially, and physically by offering rich and engaging instruction in a safe, respectful, and caring environment. Our students and staff strive to be independent thinkers and life-long learners. We believe that collaboration among school, home, and community is essential in ensuring students meet our high academic and behavioral standards and achieve their fullest potential.


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

MCAS KICKOFF BREAKFAST

Our fabulous PTO threw us an amazing kickoff MCAS breakfast on Tuesday to start the 4th graders off on their Long Composition. We can't thank you enough for all you do for us. The breakfast was delicious and we were ready to write!

We would also like to thank Mrs. Murphy & Mr. Ducharme for throwing us a pep rally on Monday to kick off MCAS week for 3rd and 4th graders. We were given special TEAM T Shirts as 3rd and 4th grade teachers and we wore them proudly this week to show our love to our students.

Great work 3rd and 4th graders. You work hard all year, now is your time to show it all off! Keep it up!!









Springtime Fun

We are gearing up for spring with all this beautiful weather we've been having! Here a few fun photos recently!


We made yummy Shamrock Shakes in room 005 on St. Patrick's Day!



Mrs. Murphy and two of her pals, Luis and Colin.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Photos from around the school...



Mrs. Murphy loves walking around and seeing all these wonderful things happening in our school. She took these photos on her travels. Stay tuned for more!





Above, 2nd Graders from Mrs. Lebron's room are doing a special project on the 7 continents. 



Mrs. Weintraub's class does something called "The Vote" every day. The vote incorporates many different challenging strategies that students have to accomplish! Way to go 2nd grade!



WOW! Look at all this hard work!


A special visitor for Mrs. Weintraub! Patrick Hamilton came back to say hello! He's all grown up!
We love when they come back to visit!

Helping Hands



The 3rd graders made a donation to the Lowell Humane Society last week. Here are some photos from Mrs. Moulton on their visit to the McAuliffe School. Stay tuned for an interview by Fanitsa Comtois in room 004.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Citywide Art Show Happening Now!!



We wanted to let you know that the McAuliffe is one of 24 schools participating in a citywide art show.  We had four students who had their work entered at the Brush Art Gallery.  All artwork will be on display from March 10th - April 21st at the following locations:
    
Elementary School - Brush Art Gallery, 256 Market St.
Middle School - Lowell Telecommunications Corp Gallery, 
246 Market St.
High School - Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthern St.


All of the galleries are free and hours vary. 


I hope some of you will be able to stop by and look around.  We have a lot of talented kids in this city, you will be amazed at their work! 
Mrs. Dixon

Monday, March 12, 2012

Extra Extra! Read All About It!


Tristan Johnson was the winner of the raffle from the Winter Carnival who got to go to McDonald's with Mrs. Moulton and a friend! Way to go Tristan! We bet you had a blast!

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Origami Anyone?


Origami is not an easy thing to do!! Olivia was looking for help making her Origami giraffe from her new origami kit and Ramon was the only one who could make it for her! Nice job Ramon! You have a talent there.