Journey Elementary

This young lady was nominated for the Good News Call of The Day by Ms. Julius for working hard and making decisions that positively impact her learning. She is using her Habits of Mind and maintaining a positive attitude and mindset every day! #OurLearners #BetterTogether

Get your tickets for the NMS production of Beauty and the Beast. Tickets are limited so buy your tickets TODAY: https://www.vancoevents.com/TBV.

These young men were nominated for the #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay by several parents for their hard work on the Garden Workday. They exceeded expectations and had great teamwork on the project. #OurLearners #BetterTogether

What an incredible day we had at Journey getting the garden beds ready - we moved a lot of dirt and shared a lot of smiles! Many thanks to our amazing PTO and Parent Volunteers for helping today! Get your sneak peek TONIGHT: KSFY: 5:00 PM KELO: 6:00 PM KDLT: 6:30 PM

Garden Workday is here! Staff and students are excited to see this come together. If you're coming to help today, stop in to visit the Parent Library and Lost and Found while you're here too!

4th graders at Journey were able to check out pelts and skulls from beaver and other aquatic mammals, a chiseled tree piece and bark strips. They even dressed a learner up like a beaver to show their many adaptations-paddle board for the tail, goggles for the eye membranes!

Learners in MakerSpace are learning about electricity and today made “Squishy Circuits” with PlayDoh! #MakerSpace

This young man was nominated for the GoodNewsCallOfTheDay by Mrs. Peterson for his positive and hard-working approach. He is a friend to others, and works on his Habits of the Mind every day. #OurLearners #BetterTogether

Come to the NMS Performing Arts Center to see the musical BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on November 5 (@ 7PM) and November 6 (@ 2PM & 7PM). 5 and under FREE, K-8 $5, Adult $7. See you at the show! Tickets can be purchased at: bit.ly/HSDFineArtsTickets.

Our 4th graders have been studying Native American History and the connection to SD. This week was all about the Plains and Sioux tribes of SD and how they used all parts of a bison. They gained understanding; and are honing their skills at deriving information from objects.

Active COVID Cases: HHS : 1-3, North Middle School : 0, South Middle School : 1-3, Adventure Elementary : 0, Endeavor Elementary : 0, Explorer Elementary : 0, Freedom Elementary : 0, Horizon Elementary : 0, Journey Elementary : 1-3, Liberty Elementary :0

Active COVID Cases: HHS : 1-3, North Middle School : 0, South Middle School : 1-3, Adventure Elementary : 0, Endeavor Elementary : 0, Explorer Elementary : 0, Freedom Elementary : 0, Horizon Elementary : 0, Journey Elementary : 1-3, Liberty Elementary :0

Our Teaching Garden is ready! Gardens will be located outside the library, and November 3rd is our garden workday. We need your help! Please use this link to sign up for a time to come: https://bit.ly/3GvoLNS . We also need empty ice cream buckets to help move soil and compost.

MakerSpace is in need of more boxes! They are reading "Not a Box" and using their imagination to make "Not A Box". They are in need of boxes of all sizes and shapes. You can drop them in the front office anytime. See a reading of the book here: https://bit.ly/3jG4dbX

The Boo Bash was a HUGE success! Special thanks to the PTO for putting on an amazing night for the learners at Journey!

This young lady was nominated for the GoodNewsCallOfTheDay by Mrs. Schoenefeld for staying focused, on-task, and asking follow-up discussion questions during paired reading. #OurLearners #BetterTogether

This young man was nominated for the GoodNewsCallOfTheDay by Mrs. Schoenefeld for staying focused, on-task, and asking follow-up discussion questions during paired reading. #OurLearners #BetterTogether

A reminder we will have an Early Release on Wednesday, October 27th. 🐾

Join us TONIGHT at 6:30 PM for the Boo Bash! Families are welcome! We encourage costumes, but no blood, weapons or masks. Parents will be required to stay with their learner(s).

These young ladies were nominated for the GoodNewsCallOfTheDay by Mrs. Wieking for taking to heart the lesson of ‘one small effort can make a big difference” by picking up litter at recess and keeping the Journey playground clean and safe! #OurLearners #BetterTogether