After reading over a dozen different gingerbread man books this week, Ms. Ham's kindergarten class went on a gingerbread man hunt. They followed clues around the school building and finally found the gingerbread man in the office waiting for them with a tray of cookies for the class to enjoy.
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Congratulations to Mr. Brown, Mr. Coffing, Mrs. Habig, and Mrs. Havens who are the recipients of a Greenwood Education Foundation Grant. They will use this grant to support STEM education in the classroom by purchasing Lego Mindstorm Robots.
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Congratulations to Mrs. Vandeventer and Mrs. Witherington who are the recipients of the Greenwood Education Grant. They will use the grant for the 2nd and 3rd grade Essential Skills classroom to purchase communication devices. These will assist in providing the students a means of functional communication in the academic setting as well as the community during classroom outings.
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Congratulations to Mrs. Beck and Ms. Ham who are the recipients of a Greenwood Education Foundation Grant. They will be using this grant to purchase literacy and math instructional materials for Kindergarteners. They have been working hard to differentiate in their kindergarten classes and are excited to have more materials that meet the needs of all students. 
Congratulations to Mrs. Slauter who is the recipeient of a Greenwood Education Foundation Grant. She will use this grant along with the other first grade teachers to support Weird Science Wednesday. We can't wait to see what crazy science experiements Southwest first graders will be doing!
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Life can get busy and we cannot always make it to the library to check out new books to read. Don't worry, Southwest has you covered. We now have a great resource to help develop important reading and comprehension skills. There are books that students can take AR quzzes at school, books that can be read to your child, with your child, or read independently! 
Everyone at Southwest participated in different actictivies to celebrate International Day of Peace. The students and staff created the word peace with their bodies, sang songs about peace, and learned what peace means. A big shout out to Mrs. Cain, Mr. Corbin, Mrs. Billingsly, and Ms. Wehlacz for coordinating these special activities and helping making this a memorable day to learn about peace!
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Every week in Ms. Ham's kindergarten class students participate in mystery sack. This week the letter is F. Students bring a secret object that begins with the letter of the week. The rest of the class has to guess what the object is based on the clues that are given by the student. Today the class guessed: fire fighter outfit, football, finger flashlight, frog, fox, fish and frisbee. This kindergarten class sure has a great time learning letter sounds!
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Second graders in Mrs. Hussung's class enjoyed reading around the "campfire" last week.
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Get connected at Southwest! PTO information is now available online. Just a reminder, there is not a membership fee this year and it is open to everyone.
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