I know every week I say there are a million things going on here at OHE. And this week was no exception. Each day we celebrate Red Ribbon Week. Monday was Crazy Hair Day. I don't know about you, but these are some crazy hair dos.
Thursday was "Put a Hat On Drugs".
Friday, "Come as a Book Character".
Bilingual Storyteller and Bluebonnet award winning author Joe Hayes visited OHE on Monday. Students enjoyed learning how he turned something he loved hearing and doing into a job that has lasted for over 35 years for him - telling stories. He left us with a good message of "You never know until you try!". Hopefully some of our young storytellers came home and retold the tales they heard to someone new to keep the stories going! If not ask about the ant (K-2) or salt (3-5) and sit back and enjoy the story!
First graders went to the Nature Center and Zilker Park. It was their first field trip of the year.
Digging for dinosaurs...
Second graders went to Inner Space Caverns. I think it is one of the favorite field trips student take,
Wednesday our Reflection Winners were announced.
OHE 2014-2015 Reflections Winners
LITERATURE AWARDS FILM PRODUCTION AWARDS
First……………………Emma
First……………………Miles
Second…………………Janani
Third……………………Sanmay
First……………………Norah
Intermediate Second…………………Brook
First…………………….Ali
First…………………….Sophia
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
First…………………….Reichen
First…………………….Raelen
First……………………William
Second………………….Nautica
Second…………………Christopher
Second………………….Kelly
Third…………………...Marly
Second………………….Richard
Second………………….Rebecca
First……………………Xander
Third……………………Rebecca
First……………………Raelen
Third……………………Rebecca
First……………………Richard
Third……………………Rebecca
First……………………Karina
Third……………………Rebecca
Second…………………Richard
Second…………………Nicholas
MUSIC COMPOSITION AWARDS
Second…………………Reichen
Primary Second…………………Kiara
First…………………….Annika
Third…………………..Jack
Third…………………..Oliva
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS
VISUAL ARTS AWARDS
First…………………….Amelia
Intermediate First……………………Lauren
First…………………….Raelen
Second…………………Emma
Third…………………..Torin
First……………………Aja
Third…………………..Eva
First……………………Arisha
Third…………………..Rebecca
First……………………Kelly
Third…………………..Rebecca
First……………………Taymour
Third…………………..Diego
First……………………Taymour
Third…………………..Angela
First……………………Robby
Third…………………..Nell
First……………………Katie
Third…………………..Mayah
First……………………Nicole
Third…………………..Atzin
First……………………Sophie
Third…………………..Anna
First……………………Alexix
Third…………………..Aidan
Second…………………Andrew
Second…………………Campbell
Second…………………Rodrigo
Second…………………Matthew
Second…………………Jesus
Second…………………Sophie
Second…………………Kiara
Second…………………Sophie
Second…………………Kate
Second…………………Claire
I am so proud of each of the students that entered. There were some great projects and tearful stories. A huge thank you to Shawna and Betsy for organizing the event!
In Mrs. Robert's Kindergarten class, they counted pumpkin seeds. The medium pumpkin had 418 seeds. Everyone estimated how many they thought would be in the large pumpkin. There were 480! The closest guess was 476! They counted by 10's and put groups of 10 cups of 10 into a 100 cup until we ran out of seeds. It was a fun math activity.
Third Graders have spent the past few weeks learning about Dia de los Muertos. The altars can be seen all over the school. Their culminating activity was to watch the new movie "Book of Life", which is based on this Mexican tradition.
Our Ballet Folklorico also performed a traditional Veracruz dance.
Did you know that some of our 5th grade classes "Buddy" with Pre-kindergarten students and help them read?
UNICEF boxes were sent home this week. This is an annual service project at OHE for our 5th graders. Their goal this year is $2000 so if you are Trick-or-Treating today, don't forget the UNICEF box!
Be safe and stay warm!
