Fifth grade students took a trip to “Biztown” at the Junior Achievement building to practice skills in balancing a budget, working at local businesses, and handling other real-world tasks. Students have been preparing for this trip the past two …
Des Moines Police Officers visited Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms this morning. The officers read a book to each class and took questions from curious kindergarten and first graders. It was a great opportunity to interact with our …
Teachers gather after school to learn more about effective guided reading group practices. This professional development session included great “take-aways” including noticing when students are self-monitoring and problem solving in text. Don’t worry, teachers didn’t leave their classrooms …
Students dedicated some time writing kind messages to spread throughout our school. They loved creating and posting their work, and our halls look amazing. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving …
Howe Elementary kindergarten and first graders rode busses to the Des Moines Civic Center to enjoy The Rainbow Fish. This show was performed by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia on January 17th. Students loved the huge entertaining black-light puppets and comfy seats. The …
Thanks to volunteers from John Deere, students at Howe Elementary School participated in the worldwide “Hour of Code” program. The program started with a one-hour introduction to computer science before engaging students in coding activities. For example, 2nd graders in Joyce Adamson’s classroom spent the hour on their laptops by compiling codes to play Minecraft. We stopped by to share some photos of these junior programmers. Click the headline to see more.
Students at Howe participated in practice bus evacuations on Tuesday. Bus drivers reviewed safety expectations and the best routes to evacuate the bus. Students then practiced safely exiting the bus.
School is not in session yet, but that did not stop Howe staff from taking advantage of a learning opportunity. Monday and Tuesday staff members attended the 3rd Annual Climate and Culture Summit. During the Summit teachers heard …
School doesn’t start for another two weeks, but Howe’s incoming kindergarteners spent the week learning the ins and outs of kindergarten. August 6-9, Howe held Jumpstart for the kindergarteners where they worked on reading, writing, and math. Over …
