Summer Reading

Now it's my turn to read the books that I couldn't read earlier because our students kept checking them out! I've got enough to keep me busy for a while!

Happy summer reading, y'all!

International Fun Day

Our school PTA, and especially Mrs. Letitia Johnson, planned a wonderful International Fun Day last week. The 3rd-5th graders upstairs were so excited to be through with the MCT2 and the lower grades were glad to not have to be so quiet while the upper grades were testing that the festivities were especially appreciated and enjoyed. Thank you PTA for being so committed to making Davis a wonderful place to be for all!

Students rotated through stations about Pakistan, Israel, Russia, Argentina, Ethiopia, China, and India. They all enjoyed listening to guest speakers, making music, playing games, tasting food, and dancing. What a great time to discover the diverse population of cultures of our school! Check out my pictures to see the fun we had!

Even WAPT came by to see what was going on at Davis!

Additional note added June 15:

Check out the link on JPS's web page about our International Fun Day. The "facepaint" they mention wasn't face paint at all... it was mud from the Dead Sea! And the students LOVED the way it felt on their skin! Davis International Fun Day

MCT2 Pep Rally

Boy did we have some fun at Friday's MCT2 pep rally! The drumline started the show with some cool rhythms. The 3rd - 5th graders were then cheered on by some energetic kindergarteners, funky first graders, and jumpy second graders! Then they encouraged each other through dance, rap, and song! What a fun time! Thanks to Senorita Broom and the classroom teachers for helping pull all of this together! What a great team we have at Davis!

Those 4th grade boys put on quite a show!

5th graders dancing to the drumline.

Gabrielle and Elka had some fun at the pep rally!

Treasure's fired up about the MCT2!

These guys are feeling confident!

Chris says he's ready to be advanced on his MCT2! No problem!

We also recognized our new Duke TIP scholars. Congratulations on your achievement!

NBC Learn K-12

I hope that you all have heard about this and are beginning to use this as a tool for research. NBC Learn has been made available to our school district by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (have you read the book in our library titled The Cornflake King: Mr. W.K. Kellogg and His Amazing Cereal?) and NBC Learn. It is an excellent source for videos from current events to historical information and all in-between! Follow this link to the JPS archive page announcing the news: http://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/content.aspx?url=/page/press&nid=1448.

Here's the link straight to NBC Learn: http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12.

Enjoy!