Level Updates

 Kindergarten Level Update:

The Kindergarten team has been busy learning about living things!  We’d like to thank the PTSO for purchasing caterpillars for our classrooms to extend our learning!  It’s amazing to see just how much our caterpillars have already grown in the 5 days since we received them and we are excited to continue watching them grow and change into beautiful butterflies. 

As you know, this is not only a time of transition for our caterpillars, but for QUEST students and teachers, as well.  The K teachers have been busy preparing for the return to five day instruction for our students to make the transition as smooth and safe as possible and we need your help.  Please make sure that you are sending your child in with a well-fitting mask on a daily basis.  In addition, your child should have at least 1 or 2 extra, clean masks in his/her backpack or locker at school in the event that a mask change is needed.  It also may be a good time to send a new change of clothing to keep here at school, as the kids have grown a lot since the beginning of the school year!  Lastly, all kindergarten students will be asked to return their Chromebooks to school for classroom use beginning April 19^th.  Because we will not be sending remote work home any longer, the Chromebooks will stay here at school.  For the remainder of the school year, we just ask that parents continue reading at home with their children every night. 

As always, we thank you for your continued partnership and support this school year!  

Primary Level Update:

 The Primary team would like to thank you, the parents, one more time for all your hard work during distance learning.  We know the primary students need a lot of support and we really appreciate everything you do to help your child grow. From teaching, to helping your child pack their bags, we cannot do it without you.  

 The Primary level has just completed our second unit of writing, nonfiction writing.  Students have learned how to write facts and different parts of nonfiction books.  Now we will be moving on to opinion writing.  Students will learn how to make a claim and follow it up with evidence.  Parents be ready, you may get some writing asking for a toy, pet, or vacation. 

 We also finished up our most recent planner and we will be moving onto "Sending messages," where we will be learning about light waves and sound waves. We are looking forward to a fun science unit full of hands-on experiments! 

Elementary Level Update:

The Elementary Team have been true inquirers while learning about how processes shape our Earth. In this planner, Earth’s Processes, they have been exploring and learning how patterns in rock formations and fossils show change. Students learn about natural processes such as weathering and erosion that shape the earth’s landscape, and the impact these natural processes have on humans.

Thank you to families for all your support and commitment to helping your child on their remote learning days, it could not have been done without you. We are excited to welcome our kids back five days a week and look forward to ending the year strong!

Intermediate Level Update:

The intermediate team is so excited to welcome students back to school full time. We have a lot of fun to be had over the next several weeks. Our grads, 6^th grade students, have completed their Merton Williams course selections and will participate in a tour of the middle school the week of May 10^th. This is an exciting transition for our oldest students, but they are ready!

We have recently wrapped up our latest unit of inquiry, The decisions we make influence the world we live in. We explored ecosystems and the interconnectedness between organisms and the environment. We are jumping into our newest inquiry unit: Human Beliefs and Perspectives Influence Change.

Lines of Inquiry:

·         ways perspectives influence conflict, peace and tolerance

• events of the past connect to present day conflicts

• world religions

I hope you are just as excited as we are to come back to school!

Special Area Update:

Many Special Areas will be going outside as the weather gets nicer.  Please send a towel for students to keep in their locker for these days.

Library Media Center: Students have been learning how to use Sora at the Elementary Level but it is available to all QUEST kids and across the district.   It has almost 10,000 digital copies of audio and digital books.  Books can be accessed from any device with a wifi connection.  Use this link to learn how to connect your QUEST student.  Add it to your phone for family listening in the car! 

You can also connect it to your Monroe County Library Card to access their collection as well!  
http://questrockstar.pbworks.com/w/page/133716039/Sora%20Instructions%202020-21

 

April Is Poetry Month:  Have your QUEST student add a poem to our Schoolwide Poetry  Padlet where poems can be shared with our school by clicking "add video" or typed!  It can be a favorite poem or a poem that your child writes!  https://padlet.com/sharney/3rsiwrjbxme373ch