🎄🧠 Mrs. Crocker’s 3rd graders got into the holiday spirit today with a fun brain break game! They worked together as a team, showing collaboration and creativity, all while spreading some Christmas cheer. 🎅🎁 Nothing like a little festive fun to keep our brains sharp and our hearts happy!
📅 Looking for ways to spark meaningful conversations with your child?
We’re excited to share a conversation starter calendar filled with daily check-in questions and fun activities to do together! 💬✨ These prompts are designed to encourage reflection, build connections, and make family time more engaging.
We're also excited to share an early childhood activity calendar that has ideas of fun and simple activities that you can do with your child or children. These ideas are designed to get your child ready for school and build responsible habits.
🧩 Puzzle Challenge Alert! 🧩
Our teachers are taking brain breaks and putting their problem-solving skills to the test with a fun Puzzle Challenge in the workroom!
Between classes and during breaks, they’re coming together to complete a collaborative puzzle. Once they finish, a prize awaits!
Teamwork, relaxation, and a bit of fun—just another day at Wellford Academy!
🎉 Fundraising Superstars! 🎉
A huge shoutout to our top four fundraisers during the Fall Calendar Fundraiser! Your hard work and dedication have made a big difference for Wellford Academy. We’re so proud of your efforts and can’t wait to see how your contributions will benefit our school!
🌟 Adryan Krause
🌟 Mia Crosby
🌟 Isaac Hucks
🌟 Nicholas Morales
Thank you for your incredible support! 🏆
🌟 5th graders in Mrs. Glay’s homeroom took their Out of My Mind novel study to the next level with a hands-on STEM challenge! 🛠️ Students chose between designing a wheelchair-accessible playground or creating an invention to make daily life easier for the main character, Melody.
Their creativity and problem-solving skills shined as they built thoughtful solutions to promote inclusivity and accessibility. Amazing work, future engineers and innovators! 💡👏
📚👮♂️ Officer Wright stopped by as a guest reader in Fourth grade today, sharing stories and inspiring our students. Thank you, Officer Wright, for taking the time to connect with our young readers and show them the power of storytelling! 📖✨
💙 Character Word of the Month: Compassion! 💙
At Wellford Academy, we’re focusing on showing compassion—caring about others, understanding how they feel, and helping when someone is sad or needs a friend. 🫂✨
Let’s spread kindness and show our Wellford family what it means to have a big heart! 💖
Comment below on how your family can show compassion as we approach this holiday season ❤️
🎶🎄 You’re Invited! 🎄🎶
Join us for a magical evening of music at the Wellford Academy Christmas Chorus Concert! 🎤✨
📅 Thursday, December 5th
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Wellford Academy Cafeteria
Our talented students have been working hard to spread holiday cheer through song. You won’t want to miss it! 🎵❤️
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from Wellford Academy! 🍁
We are so thankful for our amazing students, staff, and families who make our school community so special. 💛 Today, let's celebrate the big and small things that bring joy to our lives.
🌟 What are you thankful for today? Share your gratitude in the comments below! ⬇️
Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with love, laughter, and delicious food! 🍂✨
Ms. Marshall’s 3rd graders at Wellford Academy got creative just in time for Thanksgiving! 🦃✨ Their mission? Disguise their turkeys so they wouldn’t get eaten! From superheroes to fancy dress-ups, these clever creations are too good to gobble. Great job, everyone!
🎨🦃 Mrs. Blanton’s 3rd graders at Wellford Academy put their creativity on display! After working on descriptive writing, they brought their words to life by painting colorful turkeys. These masterpieces are as vibrant and unique as their stories! 📝💡 Great job, 3rd grade!
🌟 Students in Mrs. Fortenberry’s Project Lead the Way are solving real-world (and space!) problems through hands-on learning! 🚀✨
They’ve explored weather safety and the effects of the sun, created moon rocks and moon sand from kitchen materials, coded Indi-bots through space and natural disasters, and even built safety structures for animals! 🌪️🌙🛠️
From interactive NASA moon models to weather experiments and space buggies, our students are mastering SC standards and Science & Engineering Practices while having a blast! 🌈🎉
Stay tuned as they share their creative digital presentations before Winter Break! 🎥📚
🦃🍂 Our Kindergarten students celebrated Thanksgiving early with a festive feast today! 🥧🍎 The little pilgrims and turkeys gathered to enjoy delicious treats, friendship, and the spirit of gratitude. It was a heartwarming day filled with smiles and Thanksgiving joy! 💛🍽️
🎈✨ The 2nd grade's annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at Wellford Academy was a showstopper! 🎉🥳 Our creative students designed and showcased their own balloon masterpieces, marching through the halls to spread Thanksgiving cheer. 🦃🌟 From colorful creations to big smiles, this tradition continues to bring joy and imagination to life! 💛🎨
🦃🍁 4K Thanksgiving Celebration 🍂🎉
Today our 4K families gathered together for a heartwarming Thanksgiving celebration filled with creativity and joy! ❤️
✨ Students and families enjoyed disguising a turkey and delicious snacks.
We’re so thankful for the love and support our Wellford families bring to every moment. Happy Thanksgiving from our 4K family to yours! 🧡
📚 Grateful for Guest Readers!
Our 4th-grade classrooms had a special treat today as six members of the management team from Walmart Distribution Center joined us as guest readers! They shared a heartfelt story about gratitude and generously left a copy of the book as a gift for each class.
Thank you, Walmart Distribution Center, for inspiring our students and spreading the spirit of gratitude! 🧡
🦃✨ Kindergarten Thanksgiving Rotations Fun! 🎉🍂 Our Kindergarten students had a blast celebrating Thanksgiving with exciting, hands-on activities that combined creativity, learning, and teamwork! 🌟 Here’s what they enjoyed: 🚗 Indi Car Robots: Guiding their turkeys safely to the pie! 🥧 🏠 Turkey House Building: Creating the perfect hideout for their turkeys! 🎨 Turkey Directed Drawing: Following steps to draw their feathered friends! 🔢 Bingo: A classic game with a Thanksgiving twist! 📖 Bracelet Making: Listening to a story and using beads to retell it in a colorful way! These rotations brought smiles, laughter, and lots of holiday spirit! 🧡
📣 Last Call for Thankful Letters! ✏️💌 Don't miss your chance to spread some gratitude! 🌟 We’re wrapping up our collection of Thankful Letters for Teachers this week. Let’s show our amazing Wellford Academy teachers just how much they mean to us! 🧡 📥 Submit your letters through this link. https://forms.gle/NV7wBZ6akwvohdSy7 Let’s make our teachers’ hearts smile! 😊
🥳🥇Congratulations to our Girls on the Run club for completing their 5K today! Your hard work, determination, and teamwork truly paid off. A huge thank you to the amazing teachers who coached and encouraged these students every step of the way. You’ve all inspired us with your dedication! Well done, everyone! 🏃♀️🎉
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🌟 Fuel Up Friday Success! 🌟
A HUGE thank you to our amazing PRO team for spoiling our teachers with an incredible sweet treat filled Fuel Up Friday! 🥧🍪🍰🧁
Your kindness and support energize us to keep making a difference every day. We appreciate all that you do for Wellford Academy! ❤️
