100th Day of School

The 100th Day of School is such a fun milestone to celebrate.  Students and teachers from grades Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth were happy to recognize that completing 100 days of a school year means that the year is more than half complete, students are '100 days smarter,' and students are well on their way to their next grade, which is the next step in their education.  

This year, students and teachers celebrated the 100th Day of School in many ways from creating crafts that represented 100 to wearing hats, decorating their room, putting 100 stickers on their shirts and more.  All over the school, students and teacher dressed to 'look' 100 years old, including using walkers, canes, dying their hair gray or adding other details to make them look 'aged.'  

It was a fun and exciting day of learning.

See more photos of the 100th Day of School at https://photos.app.goo.gl/kBhBJa85JWkCGRsM8

Dodgeball

The Incentive Team, chaired by Mrs. Ochoa and Mrs. Alvarez, planned a Dodgeball Tournament at the beginning of 3rd quarter.  One afternoon during Specials, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes met in the gym for a tournament of students against teachers.  Students signed up to play based on criteria they must have met based on the school-wide "PAWS" expectations.  

Grade Level teachers, assistants, language facilitators, the ESL and other staff members took turns on the faculty team playing against the grade level student teams.

Band teacher, Mr. Sigler, announced the games play-by-play and kept the crowd engaged cheering on each side.  

Games were neck-in-neck the whole time with teachers winning some rounds and students winning other rounds.

In the end, teachers won the most games, but everyone had a great time, used sportsmanship, encouraged each other, and enjoyed a well-deserved, hard-earned incentive for hard work and good conduct during class.

Youth Art Month Flag Contest 2020

Fourth grader, Jackeline Gomez, won the Youth Art Month Flag Contest for the state of North Carolina.  

Each year, the Council for Art Education (CFAE) celebrates Youth Art Month during the month of March. Youth Art Month encourages support for quality school art programs and is celebrated at a national level.  The program recognizes and celebrates visual arts, especially visual arts education for grades K–12.  

This year’s theme for Youth Art Month is “Take a Journey through Art.”  

One way that the National Art Education Association, along with the state level branches, celebrates Youth Art Month is to sponsor a flag design competition. Children from all over the state were invited to enter. 

We are very excited and proud to announce that one of our fourth-graders, Jackeline Gomez, was chosen as the state winner.  Her design will be turned into an actual flag that will represent the North Carolina Art Education Association at the National Art Education Association National Conference and will return to North Carolina to be displayed at the State Conference in the fall, which will be held in downtown Winston-Salem this year.  

Read more on the Winston-Salem Forsyth County News Headlines at:  https://bit.ly/3dtXYTN

Also see the Hola News story at https://holanews.com/jackie-gomez-referente-de-diggs-latham/

Magnet Schools Poster Contest

Magnet Schools of America designates February as an opportunity to highlight and promote magnet schools across the country. MSA invites all magnet schools to plan special events and activities during February to celebrate the success of magnet schools, students, and staff.

To help celebration, Magnet Schools of America sponsors its annual poster contest and accepts entries from all levels elementary, middle and high magnet schools.  This year is the 14th anniversary of the poster contest.  

Posters must illustrate, express or interpret one of all five of the 5 Pillars of Magnet Schools: diversity, innovative curriculum and professional development, academic excellence, high quality instructional systems, family and community partnerships.

We are pleased to announce that one of our 5th grade artists, Anthony Cornejo-Alvarez, will have his poster represent Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools at the National Conference for Magnet Schools of America this year.  The annual conference takes place annually during the month of April.  Anthony's poster was created in a Pop Art Style and symbolic of Magnet Schools and the 5 Pillars in General, but the Arts Education Icons illustrate more specifically the Pillar of Innovative Curriculum and Professional Development.