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"Baking" Memories in 4th Grade
March 10, 2025
Mr. Fitzkee's 4th grade class had the opportunity to work in the Eshleman cafeteria to bake their own cake. Students worked together to bake a cake that they later got to enjoy. The activity provided a hands-on experience to fractions and following directions. The cake was the perfect mixture of math and language arts.
5th Grade Idiom Parade
March 7, 2025
Mrs. Swope's fifth grade class traveled around the school bringing an idiom parade to various classrooms. The fifth graders had props and costumes that represented different idioms in the English language. Students viewing the parade had to identify the idiom and then complete a matching worksheet. Every aspect of the "parade" was designed by the students. Jobs to prepare for and execute the parade included content manager (choosing the idioms), costume and prop designers, worksheet creators, and idiom actors.
Can you guess the two idioms in these photos? If you said, let the cat out of the bag and costs an arm and a leg, you are correct!
6th grade Bake Sale
January 21, 2025
On January 31, 2025 sixth graders hosted a bake sale to fundraise for their field trip. Everyone worked really hard to make the bake sale successful and didn’t give up! The participants baked and sold treats such as cake, cookies, brownies and smore pops. In the end, they raised over $700!
A big thank you to all who participated or bought anything at the bake sale! But sixth grade isn’t done yet- they are hosting another bake sale on Bingo Night, March 21st from 6:00pm to 7:30pm!
Underground Spirit Days!
December 16, 2024
Over the past several days, teachers have been participating in "Underground Spirit Days!" These are spirit days that are a secret to students and only the adults know. Students then have to make observations throughout the day and guess what the theme is. At the end of the day, the theme is revealed to students over the intercom. Some of the themes included: Anything But A Cup, Secret Service/Dress In All Black, and Dress for Comfort. It is easy to say that some of our Eshleman teachers are super creatie and full of spirit!
100% Chance of Bubbles
October 21, 2024
Dr. Mealy, the best principal in existence, was blasted with bubbles from 24 fifth graders and their teacher, Mrs. Swope. Each student blasted bubbles at Dr. Mealy in the Eshleman parking lot. As the bubbles danced in the air, Dr. Mealy's face was filled with shock. Why would this rowdy event occur? The 5th grade class, who is hard working and focused, met the challenge of scoring 80% or higher on their first math test as a class. What's even more amazing is that this class achieved this goal in the first four weeks of school. That's as impressive as a talking horse! Hopefully this was not a once in a lifetime experience.
By Liam Evans and Isaiah Hershey
A Trip To Canoe-Mobile
October 7, 2024
Have you ever been to Columbia Crossing AKA Canoe-Mobile? If you haven't, let me tell you all about it! On this field trip they canoed across the Susquehanna river, learned how to paddle, learned about eels, looked at water samples, and so much more! We interviewed Sydney and Sylas from Mrs. Becker’s class. Sydney rated the trip a 5/5. Meanwhile, Sylas gave it a 4.5/5. They both seemed to really enjoy their time! Do you now want to come to Canoe-Mobile? We do!
By: Isabella Dermo & Grace Hill
The 1st Grade Science Fair
October 17, 2024
On October 17th, College students from Millersville University and Dr.Beth Powers, the professor, came to Eshleman to teach our first grade students about science. The college students are teaching the 1st graders to be a future teacher. Here is what some of the 1st graders said. Leni said, ”I liked the lemonade part”. The station Leni talked about was Liquid vs. Solid. At this station they made lemonade at the end as an example and also got a treat. Sophia said, “My favorite was the drawing station”. The drawing station was a picture of pumpkins. Theo said, “I have 3 favorites but my favorite is, What is Matter.” At this station they made oobleck as an example. Oobleck is made of water and cornstarch, and each student took turns mixing them together. All of the stations were The Seasons, Liquid VS Solid, What is matter?, Gravity and force, and Drawing. They also had a little dance party break. It was a fantastic experience for everyone!
By: Charlotte Russell and Valerie Figueroa
Excellent Egg drop
October 3, 2024
October 3, 2024 was Egg Drop Day in 3rd grade! They read a book called Wild Robot. They are trying to save their eggs just like the wild robot did in the book. First, all of the 3rd graders grabbed their creations with the eggs inside. The 3rd graders all walked to the side of the school. Then, Mrs. Goodling and other teachers drop their creations. They started with 47 eggs and 32 of those eggs survived. The exciting mystery was if your egg survived or not! Olivia from Mrs.Tran’s class said, “I got egg on my shirt!” Harper from Mrs. Goodling's class said, “ It was very fun and I might do it at home.” Elaina from Mrs.Tran’s class said, “ I thought it was going to break!” It was an egg-cellent day in 3rd grade!
By: Bella Garner & Elsie Hoffman
Mrs. Terry’s Amazing Apple day Awesomeness!
September 27, 2024
On Friday, September 27th, it was Johnny Appleseed day! The first graders were given an apple; green, yellow, or red. Next, they were split into 5 groups of 5 or 6. Then, they received an information sheet to fill out about their apple. Each kid filled out their sheet, paying close attention to their apple. They had to tell the color of their apple, draw their apple, drop their apple into a plastic bucket of water; to see if it would sink or float, and with the help of their teacher, cut open the apple and count the seeds! The first graders had lots of fun experimenting with apples!
By: Teagan Collins & Micah Horting