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Middle School Art Club Provides Online Creativity, Fun

The opportunity of participating in the Persell Middle School Art Club may look and feel a bit different this year, but students would agree that it’s still a lot of fun. “I like Art Club because we get to make different types of crafts and it’s a lot of fun,” said Persell fifth ...

Helping Students Learn How To Cook — Virtually

“What is the difference between baking powder and baking soda?” asked Persell Middle School Family & Consumer Science teacher, Marcy Miller, to her virtual class. “One has acid and one doesn’t,” said a student. “Yes, baking powder has acid and soda doesn’t. We will be ...

Working On Math Problems

Persell Middle School sixth grade teacher, Sarah Olson, works with her students on math problems through Zoom.

Pupils Give Back to Their Community With Help From The KINF And JOANN

Bush Elementary School students are learning an important lesson in giving back to their community with the help of the Kids In Need Foundation (KINF) and JOANN Stores. Students created blankets for residents of the Lutheran Home and thank you cards for UPMC Chautauqua healthcare workers with ...

‘Freaky Frogs’ Help Third Graders With ELA Skills

Frogs that hold water, look like glass, have horns and are poisonous are helping Bush Elementary School third graders learn important English language arts skills, and also get a bit of science and fun. Students studied five “freaky” frogs: Water-holding Frog, Glass Frog, Amazon Horned ...

Students Empowered To Take Responsibility

People might be used to the traditional way of disciplining students - a “timeout” process such as a 30-minute detention after school, or maybe three days out of school, or they miss lunch with their friends and eat by themselves – all ways that have students doing nothing but waiting out ...