Elementary School
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4th Grade ELA Spotlight
Dissecting Text Features Activity Fourth grade students were diving into their learning as they recently put on their “surgeon” scrubs and got hands-on with dissecting magazines! Armed with scissors, highlighters, and magnifying glasses, they explored different text features like headings, captions, diagrams, and bolded words, analyzing how these features help readers navigate and understand information.…
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Veterans Day 2024
HBT Celebrates Our Veterans On the morning of November 11th, 2024, the HBT Staff, HBT PTO, HBT Students, & the CHS Band came together to put on an assembly to recognize the sacrifice that so many Veterans have taken in order to keep us safe and free. The Veterans were greeted in the cafeteria and…
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CT Buddies Prepare for Veterans Day
5th Graders meet with their Kindergarten buddies to prepare cards for our visiting Veterans.
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Costume Parade & Fall Party
Annual Costume Parade and Fall Party On Thursday, October 31st, the staff and students got in on the fun of dressing up in costume and parading along the sidewalk and bus loop for all of the HBT Twister Community to view. The rain and snow held out but the wind was STRONG! Immediately following the…
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Burlington Fire
Students Earn A Trip Home On A Fire Truck On Friday, three Twisters from Howard Thomas Grade School earned a special privilege. They were given the unique opportunity to receive a ride home from the Burlington Fire Department in their fire truck. Students were able to submit a fire safety plan following a recent week…
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Kindergarten Math
Kindergarten Students Are Engaged In Their Learning This summer our Kindergarten teachers, along with some 5th grade teachers, attended professional development surrounding increasing student engagement in the math classroom. This professional development was centered around the book titled Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl. The big ideas involve students working in groups of…
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Thank you PTO!
The PTO supports our Cougar Pride program by purchasing t-shirts for all of our kindergarten students. Our kindergarten students are excited to support their house color team with their new shirts. Thank you PTO!
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Author Visit
Welcome Author Deb Skog! Our first graders are becoming literary gurus! Author Deb Skog visited our first graders and read her book “A day at the Pumpkin Farm”. Students were delighted to have a real life author come to read their story as they intended it to be read. Look at those amazing smiles. I…
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Be You!
PV’s School-Wide Art Project Our amazing Administrative Assistant Audrie Freeman, who by trade is an interior designer, and our fabulous Art Teacher, Ms. Amy Parks, collaborated in facilitating and designing this beautiful “Be You” board for our Prairie View Community. Each student and staff member created a tile with images that represented who they are as…
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PTC Family Fall Fest 2024
A Night Full of Fun, Food, and Festivities We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the PTC and parent volunteers who made our Family Fall Fest a memorable event! Your hard work and enthusiasm created a wonderful experience for our families. From the delightful pumpkin painting and crafts, amazing balloon artists, scavenger hunt,…
