We had a wonderful week back at school after the February break. Check out the photos of some of our learning fun! Grow Food Northampton has been coming to classrooms to do some cooking with classes. Director Michael Skillicorn is seen working with a kindergarten student making applesauce. We are fortunate to have this...
The student leadership team at RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School created a school pledge that represents the values that are important to the student body. These 3rd, 4th and 5th grade leaders visited classrooms to promote community and to teach other students the school pledge. The student leaders then gave out RKF Ryan Road...
Ms Maggio’s 1st Grade Class has been learning about non-fiction texts and features while researching Polar Bears! Students selected facts about these magnificent creatures and shared their learning in this video. We hope you enjoy it and learn a little something, too!
I hope everyone was able to enjoy the break with your children! It will be nice to see everyone and get back to our normal routines. Let’s hope for no more snow days. Monday, February 12 was the 100th Day of School, and we all enjoyed the Parade of Kindergarten with their creative vests displaying...
Greetings! It was a rather dreary weekend, but the weather is forecast to be looking better this week! Photos this week show 4th graders working on electrical circuits, kindergarten students celebrating wiggly teeth, Title 1 Reading Teacher, Mary Beth O’Connor working on a creative phonemic awareness lesson, and PE students are celebrating their own...
This week’s episode of Podcasting with Ms. O’Connor is “Chicken Little”, read by Felix, Mia and Hazel!
Greetings! This week’s photos show our kindergarten science observers studying the habits of mice that Mr. Ted, our naturalist educator. They discovered that it is true, that mice actually prefer cheese to other foods! The other photo shows our first graders working on making applesauce with Grow Food Northampton. We are lucky to once again...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH @kate_ashworth Wednesday, January 31, 2018 FLORENCE — Along with art, music and physical education, kindergarten teacher Andrea Egitto says nature exploration should be part of the curriculum. So every week, the R.K. Finn Ryan Road School teacher takes her kindergarten class out into the woods for what she calls “Forest Friday.” For...
Greetings! I am looking forward to a full week at school (as I am sure you are, too!). I know that it might have been tricky for families when snow days, holidays, and a Teacher Work Day disrupted January. Our photos from last week show Ms. Minton leading some kindergarten students through yoga practices, incredible...