Mrs. Caudill’s Classroom Connection

What a week this past week has been!  The flu bug decided to strike the Caudill household.  Hannah was the first to get sick, followed by Molly and then ME!  The only person so escape its wrath was Chris-so far.  It was not fun and I hope it does not reappear anytime soon!  Today I am just finally beginning to feel “normal”. 

I hope the week went well at school.  I trust that everyone worked hard for my sub(s) and that all of you were healthy and on your  best behavior.  I am looking forward to coming back to school on Monday and seeing everyone!  I hope you all stay healthy!

We’d like to wish the very best of luck to the Lady Braves volleyball team in their Division II State semi-final game tonight against Lake Catholic.  This is the first time in school history that our volleyball team has made a Final-4 appearance.  We are very proud of all of these girls.  Two teams members, Rebekha Lucas and Nikki Young  are former Laurelville Elementary students! 

The Logan Elm football team also continues in their tournament run this evening against Springfield Shawnee.  We wish them the best of luck, as well, and hope that their season continues!  Former Laurelville Elementary students that are on the football team:  Chris Eversole (senior); Nick Hart, Dustin Fox, and Kyle Eveland (juniors); Eli Dickson and Stephen White (sophomores); and Rod Lucas, Dominick Graham, Nick Sheumaker,  JJ Osborn, and Jesse Kerens (freshmen).

Win or lose tonight, we are so proud of all of them for their hard work and commitment to their team!

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Today the students of Laurelville Elementary paid tribute to our veterans.  Mrs. Barnes, our music teacher, did an EXCELLENT job of working with the Laurelville students to prepare for this assembly.  We were honored to have the Color Guard from AMVETS Post 2256 present to show the posting of colors, display the flag of each branch of our military, and play “Taps” at the end of the service.  Grades 3-6 did a wonderful job of singing “American Tears” with the help of Leigh Davis (Miss Jo’s daughter and former Logan Elm graduate) as well as the songs of each military branch.  Sixth grade students also played hand chimes with the singing of our national anthem and our student leadership team contributed with speaking parts.  Many veterans were in attendance (men and women, young and old!) and were recognized by the military branch they served.  It was a wonderful assembly and I hope our veterans know how much we appreciate their dedication and service!

Step into Laurelville school and you will definately notice the smell of chocolate.  The 5th and 6th graders are currently selling candy bars to raise money to pay for their 6th grade outdoor education camp at Camp’ Oty Okwa.   They are selling the candy bars for $1.00.  I am an ongoing supporter of this fundraiser!

Laurelville students have been working hard to prepare for our Veteran’s Day Assembly.  This will be held on Wednesday, November 11 at 2:15.  Everyone is invited to attend this special assembly to honor our veterans.

The awards ceremony for grades 4-6 will be held on Monday, Nov. 16 at 10:00.  Many students will be recogized for their hard work and success.  Also, parent-teacher conferences will be held again on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 4-7:30.

Congratulations to the Logan Elm Volleyball team!  With their win on Saturday, they now will make their 1ST EVER FINAL FOUR appearance in the state championship tournament.  We wish them the best of luck in the state semi-final game against Lake Catholic on Friday. 

The Logan Elm football team was also victorious in their first tournament game on Friday against New Richmond.  They advance in the tournament to play Springfield Shawnee this Friday at 7:30.  Good luck, Braves!

Well, we were blessed with yet another beautiful day for our annual Laurelville Halloween parade!  The streets were filled with every type of character you can imagine and MANY of our community members turned out on the streets of Laurelville to watch our students parade through town.  We were also entertained by a wonderful performance of the Logan Elm Marching Band both during the parade and afterwards.  What an exciting day this was for the Laurelville community.  The Laurelville Halloween parade is truly a remarkable tradition.  Enjoy the pictures!

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Tonight is the night for Trick-or-Treating in Laurelville! I’m sure there will be a lot of students hitting the streets begging for treats!  I’m wondering what types of costumes we will see tonight and tomorrow at our Halloween parade?

We have been working in cooperative groups this week in math class.  Students have been working together to solve problems and explaining problems to each other.  This has been helpful since we have been working on converting units of measurement within  the customary system.  This can be a daunting task considering all of the different conversions that we have in our system (12 in.  makes a foot, but 3 feet makes  a yard, but we have 16 oz. in a  pound?! –to name a few)  I am beginning to see why most use the metric system!

What do you think of working in groups?  Are there advantages?  Disadvantages?

The 103rd Circleville Pumpkin Show is here!  First of all, that means 3 days of NO SCHOOL!  Yeah!  It also means that many will be enjoying rides, spending time with friends, watching the great parades, and eating all things pumpkin! 

The pet parade is my favorite parade and some of my favorite things to eat are bourbon chicken, stromboli, and pumpkin donuts!  I will probably have those a few times!  I  don’t ride the rides anymore, but the Round -up was one of my favorites!  What about you?  What are some of your favorite things about the Pumpkin Show?  Or is it just having a few extra days of NO school and the chance to sleep in?