Hour of Code

On Tuesday, November 22 the first grade students had an hour of coding on the ipads. We used the apps: Kodable and Lightbotjr. The kids loved working out the challenges!

Day of Choirs

We had the Middle School 8th Grade Choir and the High School Show Choir perform at our school. Mr. Mayer included our Captain's Chorus in the day, too!
It was wonderful to hear all the hard work from the students pay off!
Did you know....Your child can join Captain's Chorus starting in 3rd grade. They practice two mornings a week before school. These students sing in the annual Captain Holiday sing along in December and Black History Night performance in February.

Captain's Chorus, 3rd through 5th grade

8th grade Chorus

Clayton High School Show Choir

Clayton High School Show Choir

Kids Voting

Today we spent the day learning about elections and how important it is to vote in America.
We learned that not all people could vote long ago. Women and African Americans were not always allowed to vote. We learned that the colors of the two parties are red(Republican) and blue(Democrat). Also, we learned that voting is by secret ballot. There are dividers between the voting stations, and we do not have to tell anyone for whom we voted.  At the computer lab the class participated in Kids Voting and got to cast a "vote" for their choice of president.
We read several books and the students got to vote for Duck or Farmer Brown for President.-
Duck WON!

Duck doesn't like his chores on the farm. He decides to run for Top Farmer.
When that job is too much work, he decides to run for Governor and then President. 

We learned that not all people could vote long ago.