Dunn and Sanders K5 class did some yummy 😋 math reviewing less than and greater than with M&Ms.








Fourth grade has been working with light 💡 and its properties to build a lazer light mazes in the STEM studio. Each week they faced new criteria ☑️ and needed to use previous experience to extend on their maze to improve 👍🏾their designs.








Hey ACA families! The Square1 Art order deadline has been extended to November 15th! These are great keepsakes to get just in time for the holidays. 🖼️

Congratulations 🥳 to 5th grade students Brantley Morgan and Manuela Carmona on being selected to participate in the SC Honors Choir! 🎼 This is the 2️⃣nd year in a row these two students were selected. They will participate in a concert with other students from around the state at the SC Music Educators Association Conference in February. Congratulations 🎉 to both of these students and their honor chorus director, Mrs. Sandra Hawkins. 🎶

Today Mrs. Williams’ 2nd grade class designed their own front covers of the next adventure Jasper Rabbit 🐇 might have. Then they wrote ✍️ a blurb for the back cover to give an idea of what the book might be about.





🍁 REMINDER 🍁
ACA will be closed Monday, November 4 and Tuesday, November 5. We will see you back to school on Wednesday, November 6!

In the STEM Studio, second graders have been testing materials to determine if they are conductors or insulators of heat. 🔥 They utilized hand warmers as their heat source. Math was incorporated to practice reading thermometers.🌡️ They will use this learning to guide them in designing their popsicle coolers.










Ms. Corrie joined Mrs. St.Clair’s class for a snack time sing 🎶 along! 🎸





We need your help hosting our very own ACA 🐊 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! 🌆 Help us design balloons to hang along the walls of our parade to go with the story Balloons Over Broadway. See details on the graphic.
**Note: This is an optional at-home activity.**

Mrs Grube’s 1st grade class hosted their 4th grade Gator 🐊 buddies in Mrs Morrissey 4th grade. This month the big Gators helped their little Gators work on reading skills. 📚 They also modeled fluency and read to them. The two classes did a fabulous job!





Braxton from Mrs. Morrisey’s 4th grade class chose to read 📕 to Mrs. Blackwell”s 1st grade class as a reward. His sister loved seeing him!


Our Pre-K class has been reading A Very Busy Spider this month! 🕷️




Mrs. Bralley's third grade students are celebrating 🥳 meeting their reading goals! 📚

It’s Red Ribbon Week! Today we wore RED 🔴 and enjoyed flashlight 🔦 reading during two STOP, DROP AND READ times!
Check out more pictures in the Red Ribbon Week 2024 album on Facebook!










Students in Mrs. Bralley’s Class celebrate reaching their “Read to 100” Goals! 📚 Thank you PTO for sponsoring the purchase of their reading medals! 🏅

Ms. Burns’ 5th grade class enjoyed creating oobleck to explore the properties of matter! 💙💚





Gators Daston and Mrs. Cotter spotted each other on Saturday at the 5A State Marching Band Championships!

These guys celebrated 🎉 POSITIVE 🎉 office referrals this week and got to lead Friday Chicken 🐓 Wing! Congratulations Landon and Porter!

ACA earned an 🌟 EXCELLENT 🌟 on the State Report Card, so the staff celebrated today with lunch. 🍕 We would like to thank Pizza Inn of Duncan for your business partnership! 🥗
#WeAreD5 #ACAgators #WeShineBrighterTogether #communitypartnerships




When your library books 📚 are so good you can’t wait to read them.
#cardismissal 🚗

