4th and 5th grade students love having the opportunity to participate in our Battle of the Books competition yearly. This afternoon, the two final teams competed to be Central's champion. Tomorrow, the champs from each elementary will battle it out for the district wide Battle of the Books trophy! Good luck to all teams!
Did you know that when students celebrated their 100th day of school for this school year that the 5th graders were also attending their 1,000th day of school?! Our 5th grade students and teachers had so much fun with this special day just for them.
Our kindergarten and first grade students loved celebrating the 100th day of school recently with so many fun activities!
3rd graders enjoying their January Odyssey to The Imagination Lab. Students enjoyed the #HRH Health Lab where they worked on making an Integrity bracelet, solving a Health Heroes crossword puzzle, and writing about their Health Hero!
We love our Hendricks Regional Health community partner!
3rd graders are learning about forces and motion throughout January. Students created a "hopper" and practiced using pushes and pulls to see how high they could get their hopper to hop!
5th grade enjoyed their trip to JA Biztown yesterday!
Have a fun and safe break!
Monday was Ugly Sweater Day at Central!
Today we celebrated elf day at Central! This tradition was started many years ago by former elementary principal, Mr. Underwood. We (and all of the elementary schools) love continuing the tradition every December.
The Grinch even made an appearance at lunchtime today!
Congratulations to our November value of the month winner from Mrs. Riester's kindergarten class!
Every year at the end of November, 1st graders at Central read "Balloons Over Broadway" and learn about the history of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Students then have the opportunity to create their very own balloon for their Parade Walk through the halls of Central.
Here are just some of the creations from their special hallway parade the week of Thanksgiving.
5th grade designing shelters for colonists and Native Americans that can withstand wind, rain, and snow! Supply and time constraints add a challenge to this STEM activity!
5th grade is busy prepping for Biztown already! Students have learned about banking, writing checks, balancing a checkbook, and using different types of payments on different goods and services!
CSI: Roanoke, America's First Mystery being solved in 5th grade Social Studies!
3rd graders collaborating together with their monthly STEM kit from a community partner!
5th graders at the Imagination Lab making invisible ink and learning how it was used during the Revolutionary War!
After reading "Below Deck: A Titanic Story" students in Mrs. Johnson's 3rd grade class enjoyed a Titanic tea with different types of foods from the different classes of the ship. Cheers!
5th Grade applying their fraction skills in order to complete the recipe for slime!
Mrs. Todd's 3rd grade class recently celebrated a Tied Together with Kindness day! Students were encouraged to wear tie-dye to celebrate.
4th graders did such a great job of showing their knowledge of the Scientific Method today at their Science Fair! Lots of great experiments!
