Students and staff at St. Helen School celebrated Catholic Schools Week the first week in February...
First Responder Recognition
Students and staff at St. Helen School celebrated Catholic Schools Week the first week in February. Students participated in activities that allowed them to have a special and fun week. In addition, they showed their appreciation of Geauga County first responders for the tremendous job they do to keep everyone safe. Students wore red, white and blue and made signs of appreciation that were given to the various fire departments, police departments, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center and the Geauga County Sheriff’s Department along with a special treat.
Students 100 Days Smarter
Kindergarteners and first-graders are 100 days smarter. To celebrate their 100th day of school, students “aged” over 95 years to become 100 years old. They arrived dressed as 100-year-old students beaming with wisdom and excitement for the day.
Kindergartners have been anticipating the day not to just celebrate their ability to count to 100, but also all of their learning. They used the time to celebrate their progress, growth and achievements after 100 days of exploration and learning. The students wrote 100 words together, analyzed the cause and effect of licking a lollipop 100 times, shared personal collections of 100 items, held a 100 Hershey Kiss classroom hunt, had a competition of how many times they could write their name in 100 seconds and finished with a sorting and enjoying a snack of 100-piece trail mix.
First-graders did many activities that revolved around the number 100 as well. They made Fruit Loop necklaces, painted groups of 10 to make 100 gumballs, counted by 5’s to tally to 100, wrote 100 rhyming words using short and long vowel word families, built structures with 100 cups and exercised in sets of 10 to complete 100 exercises.
