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120 Fourth Grade Strings students perform in their first ever Strings Concert for their parents! With only one whole group practice, these students performed fabulously and made beautiful music!

One class of Kings Glen students participated in a project based learning experience to plan and prepare lunch for the homeless at a local hypothermia shelter. Their demonstrated eagerness to help others was inspiring.

Kings Glen is full of joyous sounds this time of year. Strings, Chorus and Band classes provide music to students and parents at Winter Concerts. Small break out groups sing in the halls, play students into the building in the morning and visit the local high schools to share their talents with everyone. Check out some of the views and sounds.

Fifth grade science students pickled cucumbers to learn all about mixtures and solutions. They washed and chopped cucumbers. Then they measured and added all the right ingredients. After more than 6 hours they were treated to homemade pickles. Tasty science project!

Today at our annual fourth grade Colonial Days, visitors bearing drum and fife, wearing Colonial garb, shared information about the culture of the time. Students learned about and experienced activities from stringing beads to fighting with swords. The girls practiced etiquette with fans, shooing and acknowledging would-be beaus. Everyone wrote the alphabet with quill and ink.

Sixth graders explored clay use, ceramic glazes and sculpture to create adorable bobbleheads in art class.

Students blended knowledge of anthropology, computer programming, geology, and writing to do explorations of Native American cultures in the United States.

Kings Glen strategies lab provides opportunities for students to experiment and think. Putting ideas into action is the hallmark of the class; having fun is the reward. Mrs. Agner encourages persistence with trial and error, then reflection and growth. Every corner has a different opportunity and students work diligently to meet with success.

Kings Glen students participated in Walk to School Day. Walkers of any distance were treated to a banana (thanks to our local Giant Grocery) as a healthy snack. Many teachers joined in the walk. Lots of pictures.

Kings Glen is very happy (and a little sad) to promote our 6th grade students. We are so proud of their accomplishments and excited for their futures. We send them off with the reminder that with hard work they can do anything.

5th graders held the Annual Market, today. It was the end of a learning experience that featured all the aspects of being entrepreneurs. Students first worked in teams to plan, design and create items to sell at "the market". They incorporated personal skills and interests in their work. Items they made included origami, bath salts, jewelry, games, drawings and stories and many other unique clever gadgets.

Once created, they were on to the marketing step. Posters were developed and hung about the school and on sales stands (their desks). They were allowed to both hawk their wares and buy from peers. Many employed clever sales techniques like "two-fers", discounts or bonus games. One team even successfully sold "bags of nothing".

When the market closed they shared experiences and discussed income vs expense and profit. The lessons students learned in this fun experience will carry over into many of life's future endeavors.

Mrs Fitzgerald, the art teacher at Kings Glen ES helped students create fun visual food chains representations out of construction paper. Students were delighted to share clever ideas about animal creation and why each animal was where it was.