The Press-Dispatch
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C-8 Wednesday, December 11, 2019 The Press-Dispatch SCHOOL Submit school news: Email: schoolnews@pressdispatch.net Deadline: Noon on Friday Otwell Miller Academy Winslow Elementary Above: Shawn Condra prepares the flag before hanging it. Left: Shawn Condra and Miranda Walker take pride when putting up the flag at Otwell Miller Academy. Right: Liam Fleming, Braelyn Turner and Bon- nie Pinney working into a project at JAM Club. Top right: Second and third grade students lis- tening to Becky Steinhart share 4H information. Stephanie Shedd's class did a STEM experi- ment to see who made the longest paper chain using one sheet of construction paper. The class shows all the chains they made. Front row: No- la Thompson, Daisy Williams, Abi Popp, Xavier Shelton, Aiden Dupont and Rayne Stafford. Back row: Maddie McCandless, Naomi Stafford, Sophia Branum, Kacee Mason, Kyleigh Schultz, Tuck- er Thompson, Jaxyn Barrett, Waylon Bigers and Brayleigh DeWeese. Xander Kendle, Wyatt Knight, Abi Popp and Nola Thompson work on a science experiment in Mrs. Shedd's classroom. The students made foil boats and tested them to see whose held the most weight. Waylon Bigers is excited about his STEAM experiment. Xzadria Fergeson and Erik Sanchez work on their tur- key trap. The students in Amanda Gonzales' classroom made turkey traps to go along with the book they read ti- tled "How to Catch a Turkey." Kyron Piersma, Riley Knight, Hunter Hill, Aik- en Boyd and Derbi Grubb are super sad that they did not breakout in time to rescue the turkey. Ms. Richardson's Spelling Bee win- ners: Fourth place Kylee Query, third place Daxyn Yon, second place Presleigh Pierce and first place Paisley Willis. Paisley Willis won the classroom Spelling Bee in Ms. Richardson's third grade class. Cheri Willis takes aim at "water- ing" Mr. Biesterveld. Pictured Daegan Fullington and Camden Wis- caver. Daegan spent his Chief tickets to work in Mrs. Vaughn's class. Mrs. Elliott's third grade classroom spelling bee winners first place Caleb McCain, second place Kasey Stevens, third place Morgan Martin and fourth place Hannah Lee. Petersburg Elementary Spell Bowl team fin- ished second place in the area competition at Ce- dar Crest Intermediate School on Nov. 18. They finished 19th in the state in their division. Team member Jacob Harker had a perfect score. Chan- ning Sorgius and Chloe Blades had a near-per- fect score. Ava Seger, in Michelle LeMond's class, works on her STEAM mystery bag challenge. CALENDAR Dec. 2-20 – Student Coun- cil Canned Food Drive con- tinues, canned meats Dec. 12,19 – J.A.M. third and fourth grades Dec. 12 – Home Ball Game, fifth grade girls and boys vs. Barton Township, 5:30 p.m. P TO Meeting, Cafeteria, 3:45 p.m. Dec. 13 – Ugly Christmas Sweater, Student Council dress-up day Dec. 14 – Robotics Team Competition at Petersburg Elementary Dec. 19 – Ball Game, fifth grade girls and boys at Bar- ton Township, 5:30 p.m. Student Council Meeting, 11:10 a.m., in Mrs. Scherer's room Dec. 20 – Student Coun- cil Winter Movie Day, mov- ie and hot chocolate, wear pajamas. P TO free popcorn School Christmas parties P TO Boxtops turn-in day End of second grading pe- riod (42 days), end of first semester (88 days) Last day of school before Christmas Vacation January 6 – School re- sumes Petersburg Elementary