H.O. Smith School 5th grade students enjoyed an informative "Step Up" visit to HMS.  Students were able to meet a few of the 6th grade teachers, ask questions and get a feel for the school.    

Students at H.O. Smith have been giving it thier best guess as to how many jelly beans are in the jug this year.  What is your guess?  

Update:  The winning number was 1,321 jelly beans! 

UPDATE #2:  We left the eggs in the incubator and 1 egg has hatched!  A surprise to us all!  We are watching it closely and hoping it stays healthy. 

The 5th grade is eagerly awaiting the hatching of Eastern Brook Trout eggs and chicken eggs.  UPDATE:  The Trout eggs have started to hatch...the small fry can be seen near the bottom of the tank.  On a sad note we had no luck with our 6 chicken eggs this year.  We are not sure what went wrong, but we are not giving up.  We are now looking into trying to hatch duck eggs using a diffrent incubator. 

UPDATE:  Several students from the H.O. Smith 5th grade have been selected to represent our school at this event.  Please mark you calandars for  April 14th at Alverine High School. 

Description:

                On April 14^th, 6PM at AHS we’ll be hosting Are You Smarter Than A 5^th Grader / Hollywood Squares  (fun new twist this year)  Instead of selecting five 5^th graders, we’ll be selecting 9 per panel.  27 students will be selected.  Two contestants will be competing against each other in a Hollywood Square format, but answering a variety of questions from the Hudson Curriculum.  The fun thing about this game is that if a student doesn’t know an answer, they can make it up.  This also means that we’re looking for students with fun personalities as well as students who perform well in their academics.  Students also enjoy the fact that this show will be filmed by Hudson Community Television.  To take a look at one of our past episodes, visit:  http://hudsonctv.com/Cablecast/Public/Show.aspx?ChannelID=2&ShowID=1650

For students to participate:

Please have students write an essay explaining why he or she would be a good contestant for this show.  Students should include in their essay, academic habits and personality.  Fliers will be sent home soon to advertise for the event, but to be a participant, students must first write this essay.  Not all students will be selected.  Please either email me their essays at jgriffus@sau81.org or send them interoffice mail to Jeremy Griffus at Hills Garrison School by March 27^th.  The students will find out if they’ve been accepted by March 30^th.  Once a student has been accepted, they will receive the acceptance letter, event badge, and a detailed information letter for the parents.  If any parents have questions prior to the due date, please feel free to share my contact information.

This event is always a blast, so please encourage your students to participate.  Thanks in advance for helping to spread the word.

Jeremy Griffus

Acting out weekly vocabulary and having fun learning!