Upcoming Events
June 22: Keeseville Parent-child Playgroup
Parent-Child Playgroup Summer Schedule:
Tuesdays: Keeseville: 9am-11/ 11:30 (07/6, 07/20, 08/03, 08/17, 08/31)
Opposite Tuesdays: AuSable Forks, 9am -11 /11:30 (07/13, 07/27, 08/10, 08/24)
KES photo galleries:
After school
Winter Hiking
Rock Climbing
AuSable Valley Central School Highlights
Everything They Touch Turns To Gold At Keeseville Elementary
June 2010
By: Wanda McQueen, SS/HS project administrator
Not only do the dustpans turn to gold at Keeseville for the classrooms that are well-kept, the school-wide events are top-notch as well. The KES Health Fair was anything but boring, as students and staff set aside an entire day to practice healthy choices and healthy activities. As you pulled into the parking lot, you couldn’t miss the chalk-painted walkway and huge inflatable obstacle course.
Third-graders said that exercise was the reason for all the outdoor activities, but for the students at KES it was all about having fun. Students shuffled by class through an extensive offering of activities including: bucket races, sponge relays, healthy scavenger hunts, sack races, and obstacle courses. Students even got to try their luck at sling shooting water balloons at their teachers, and sometimes their principal!
Of course, there were as many indoor activities as there were outdoor activities, and all students were recognized at the end of the day with a special presentation on the lawn. The wet, smiling faces gathered to receive awards for their hallway displays, walkway designs, and PBIS achievements. Of course, my favorite hallway display was the Magical Fruit Tree done by Mrs. D’Ascoli’s class. Not only did it remind me of a tropical forest; the students gave me a private performance to showcase their healthy choices song complete with choreography!
Hundreds of awards were handed out and the grand prize winner received a camping set complete with tent, chairs, and an outdoor fire pit for the student to enjoy with her who family. The student even received a weekend pass to a local campsite!
Wow, what a day. It might have represented a culmination of the healthy learning lessons students participated in over the course of the school year, but for the staff at KES, it was about acknowledging students for a job well done and letting them know they care.
June 2009 New Programs Benefit Keeseville Elementary