Yesterday, Colden Elementary students in grades pre-K through 5 participated in the second annual Colden Turkey Trot! Just like in a real race, the students lined up at the starting line, waited for the air horn, and ran laps around the bike path. Everyone received a medal and a certificate with their time.
Thank you to the wonderful parent volunteers who set up, recorded times and passed out healthy treats!
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Attention Families: This year TeamSmile has expanded to include students from Springville and Colden elementary schools as well as Springville Middle School! Free dental care and dental education will be provided along with a fun day for students at the Bills' Field House. Families who are interested in signing up can contact their child's school nurse.
Mrs. Crosby's UPK class read about and explored the weather this week! First, they read the book "Cloudette," by Tom Lichtenheld. It's a story about a tiny cloud that wants to do big things! After a bad storm, Cloudette finds herself in a new place with unfamiliar faces. After some determination, she uses her cloud powers to create rain, helping a sad, muddy pond return to a place with plenty of water for the frogs to enjoy. After that, the students conducted a science experiment using shaving cream, water and food dye to see how clouds fill up and then produce rain! We also talked about what we should wear on a rainy day.
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Mrs. Harrtnett's and Mrs. Hall's UPK class found out that when it comes to carving a pumpkin, it's not just about what's on the outside! They also got to explore the insides of the pumpkin!
Our Ski Club is excited to once again be heading to Holiday Valley on Monday nights. Ski Club provides transportation for students in grades 5 and up. Holiday Valley has also made discount rates available to our families and staff.
Check out the flyer attached. Prices are valid through November 1st.
Friday was #BigAppleCrunch Day! The Big Apple Crunch takes place in October of each year, inviting everyone to take a bite out of a New York-grown apple to celebrate the apple harvest and inspire us to eat local! Springville and Colden Elementary students love taking a big bite out of their apples served at lunch by SGI Culinary!
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Colden Elementary is also celebrating Red Ribbon Week with dress-up days!
Monday - Support your favorite sport or team
Tuesday - Wear red
Wednesday - Mismatch day, Crazy socks and Crazy hair
Thursday - Wear purple and gold
Friday - Wear your Halloween costume!
Monday - Support your favorite sport or team
Tuesday - Wear red
Wednesday - Mismatch day, Crazy socks and Crazy hair
Thursday - Wear purple and gold
Friday - Wear your Halloween costume!
Mrs. Langworthy was the first Mystery Reader for Colden's second graders. Throughout the year, parents, relatives, and school staff can sign up to be a Mystery Reader. Students look forward to guessing who it will be, based on clues given by the future reader! Mystery Readers are a highlight of the week!
Colden Elementary students had a blast on their field trip to W&J Awald Farms! They got to experience all the fun fall activities, including a hayride!
This week, we are celebrating Fire Prevention Week! Thank you to Colden Fire Company and Colden EMS for teaching our students at Colden Elementary about fire safety!
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Recently, Colden Elementary students visited The Buleberry Tree House in recognition of demonstrating September's character trait of respect! In addition to the students, Mrs. Habermehl, Miss Imhoff, and Mrs. Mercurio were nominated by their colleagues to participate in the trip!
This week, our school resource officer, Deputy Pickering, read to first-grade students in Colden about school safety. Topics covered included school bus safety, lockdown drills, and the presence of police in our school. Thank you, SRO Pickering, for answering our young students' questions about safety!
To end School Safety Week, we will conduct a Go Home Early Drill on Friday, October 3 at all of our buildings. Students will be dismissed 15 minutes early. If you have any questions, please contact the main office.
Get ready for fall at Colden Elementary! Learn more about upcoming events in the Keeping Up With Colden Newsletter:
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Mrs. Crosby's Pre-K class made friendship bracelets and other crafts last week during Fun Friday stations! The themes of the week were friendship and kindness. After creating together, they read the book, Peanut Buller & Cupcake by Terry Border, also focusing on friendship!
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This week, we are celebrating our amazing art teachers across SGI during National Arts in Education Week. Please take a moment to thank an art teacher for inspiring creativity in our students! Thank you, Mrs. Komenda, Mrs. Rosenswie, Mrs. Szpaicher and Mrs. Jaeger!
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School spirit could be seen everywhere at SGI! Here is just a taste of the purple and gold spirit. Stay tuned for more homecoming content coming next week! Go Griffins!
As Spirit Week continues, Springville Middle Schoolers donned their class colors, Colden Elementary brought back looks from the past and Springville Elementary students lassoed their cowboy hats for Western Day!
The Springville-Griffith Institute Central School District has an opening for a full-time Teaching Assistant at Colden Elementary. This is a new position for instructional support. A NYS Certification as a Teaching Assistant is required.
Individuals interested in applying for this position should send an email with their interest to Brooke Langworthy at BLangworthy@springvillegi.org by September 11.
Individuals interested in applying for this position should send an email with their interest to Brooke Langworthy at BLangworthy@springvillegi.org by September 11.
On the first day of Spirit Week, students broke out their cardigans, flannels, lanyards and walkie-talkies to dress like their teachers!
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