In Tracy Bowser's Kindergarten Class, they had fun with the Gingerbread Man story. The students read 30 different versions of the story, compared characters and endings, created gingerbread houses, wrote on the computer, painted, videoed and acted out the story, and went on a gingerbread hunt. They ran and ran as fast as they could, but they could not catch the Ginger...
Kathy Elliott's class went to the Rotary Christmas Party at the Elks. They got to see Santa and they received gifts. They absolutely love their gifts.
Kindergarten students in Shaena Winner's class are learning about art through music, dance, painting, and literature. Students are building confidence as growing artists as they follow directions and pay close attention to detail as they create their Nutcracker masterpiece!
Leonardo is a singer and performer for young children. He does shows all around the country. He came to perform as part of our Kindergarten Music and Art Unit - Sing a Song, Paint a Picture. Preschool and Kindergarten classes joined together for two shows to see his live performance. Leonardo's show was very entertaining and fun for the children. He did familiar song...
Picture retake day will be Wednesday, November 26, 2018... Please stay posted for more information regarding that day!
The preschoolers at The Alliance Early Learning School always look forward to a special monthly visit from Janet Metzger. Janet Metzger visits for story time every month and engages the young students in age appropriate literature and songs. The AELS preschool team would like to thank our community partners at Rodman Public Library for their enriching monthly activiti...
The students in Shari Johnson and Susan Mann's class learned about the Letter G. Susan Mann shared information about our class pet, Gilly the Guinea Pig! Gilly enjoys talking with the children, letting them pet her and squeaking to let them know she is happy. Gilly's cage is in the library lab because loves to listen to the children read her a story.
This week in Adam De Monte's room, students are learning about going to the market! There is a grocery store set up in the housekeeping area. Students can role play going to the store to pick up some groceries or work at the cash register. This is one of the student's favorite times of the year.
At AELS, Team B ; Tracy Bowser, Crystal Gibbons, Carrie LeBeau, Karlin Morgan and Helen Reich's classes all went on a autumn leaf hunt. They found amazing fall colors at the park across the street from the school. Students selected leaves to use later in the classroom. They sorted by color, created leaf rubbings, made leaf pictures, and placed leaves between wax pap...
Students from Sandi Zemrock and Laura Hackney's class had the chance to go explore the fall changes at the Mount Union Nature Center. While there, students were able to smell some herbs in the herb garden, see Simon the donkey, sheep, as well as chickens. Students also had the opportunity to hold a snail, look at a crayfish, a leech, and some water bugs. While walking ...
Kindergarten students in Megan Harper and Cindy Gaines' classroom have been learning about how their senses help them explore the world around them. Centered around the book "Senses at the Seashore", students spent time discussing ways their senses of sight, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touch collect information to send to their brains. They explored these senses ...
The students in Crystal Gibbons and Carrie LeBeau's class have been learning about their bodies with the SFA Unit: Head to Toe. As part of their learning experience, they have a Doctor's Office set up in the classroom complete with real nurse jackets. The students have taken turns being the doctor and nurse and examining their patients. Some have been heard saying t...
The students in Kellie Sanor and Deb Bourne's preschool classroom have been working on forming friendships and enhancing their social skills. The young students have been learning that friends care about each other's feelings and should be spoken to politely. Friends should share and take turns, and friends can work together to solve problems. The children have had man...
The student's in Rebecca Clark and Roberta Wood's class have been enjoying science experiments. This week they talked about apples. To coincide with theme, they experiments with apples. They were able to make apple seeds dance using alka seltzer and water. They also enjoyed watching the combination of baking soda , food coloring and vinegar erupt from an apple.
Tracy Bowser's class read the story called "The Little Red Hen". They acted out the story, followed a recipe, and made homemade butter to go with it.
Tracy Bowser's class planted grass together as they are learning what it needs to grow. They then measured the grass, trimmed it and measured it again.
Students in Megan Harper and Cindy Gaines class tasted 4 different kinds of apples, graphed and wrote about their favorites, and then made and tasted homemade applesauce!
The students in Chris Gibbons and Carrie Le Beau’s class have been learningall about apples, through math centers, art projects, and stories. They learned about the parts of apples and that applescome in different colors. They also learned that not all apples taste the same. The studentsgraphed which apple (red, yellow, or green) was their favorite. Tocelebrate Johnny...
Rachelle Miller and Tonya Penturf's class has been working on using kind words with their friends and working together. The students have enjoyed making class murals that have drawings and words that represent what friendship means to them. The students enjoyed singing "The More We Get Together" and making a friendship train. The students are doing great with taking t...
The students of AELS got a real treat as they experienced the dentist office right at school. The Smiles Mobile Dentist program visited our school to clean and examine the students teeth. There were six stations set up in Room 121 and the dentists moved rather quickly to make sure all the students who signed up to participate were treated. There were over 90 students f...
Tracy Bowser's kindergarten class read "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" by Carol McCloud, illustrated by David Messing. They talked about how each person has an invisible bucket they carry around. During the day, they fill their buckets by saying or doing something nice to others and when they do the same. To understand this, they carry around a cup filled with 2...
The students from team A (Megan Harper, Cindy Gaines, Lori Gasparik, and Holly Power) had a “royal” visit from Miss. Liberty, our Constitution Queen, Madi Gasparik. Miss Liberty read a story to the students about the Constitution. The students watched a video and made American flags along with listening to the story to celebrate Constitution Day.
Amanda Hennon's class has been reading the story The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds this week. They are doing many activities with dots. Students worked together to create dot murals. They are also working on individual art pieces where they cut out and layer dots.
Kindergarten student Sophia Torres-Reyes came back to her preschool class to read to the students. The students were engaged and happy to see their old friend. While there, Sophia read the preschool students a story about friends at a birthday party.
Our principal Tim Calfee started a tradition four years ago to visit each kindergarten classroom and read the story Curious George to the students. This year, he thought outside the box and added a cool feature to the story. Tim Calfee has a hidden talent that the team did not know about which is he is a balloon artist. So he decided to use balloons to create a Curious...
Students in Sandi Zemrock and Laura Hackney’s class have benefitted from generous donors!! These donors have each sponsored a child in the class by donating $10 each. With the donations, students will receive a new book each month from Scholastic.Thank you to Pat Ramser, Jackie Ramser- Mayle, Toni Kramer, Sally Hoover, Carole Hall, Shirley Johnston, Donna Rickles, Pe...
As a fresh year of kindergarten begins, Team A teachers Holly Power, Lori Gasparik, Megan Harper, and Cindy Gaines prepare students to use liquid glue! First we read the story "Too Much Glue" by Jason Lefebvre about a student named Matt who used so much glue he got stuck to the table. Students practiced using only a raindrop size of glue instead of a puddle. They even ...
During the first week of school in Tracy Bowser's Kindergarten Class they learned about friendship and their names. Each student had the opportunity to jump over a pretend candlestick. The entire class recited Jack Be Nimble , but they change Jack to the students name. It was a great way to introduce themselves to each other. Then they wrote the poem and illustrated...
The kindergarten and preschool students of AELS began their journey today as we welcomed our new Little Aviators. Our principal Mr. Calfee along with several staff members were on board and ready to receive new students as well as welcome back our returning ones. It was a smooth transition assisting students to their classrooms as everyone made it to their proper desti...
The start and end times at Rockhill, Parkway and Northside have changed this year. See the chart to find the changes in times:
If you have not signed your student up for preschool or kindergarten for the 2018-2019 school year, it is not too late! You may pick up a packet from the Central Registration Office located at the Administration Building (Castle). WE WELCOME YOU TO AELS WHERE THE FUTURE STARTS HERE!!!!
Do your children hate waiting outside in the winter when it’s dark, cold, and blustery? With Here Comes the Bus, they won’t have to. Just download the app from the App Store or Google Play, sign up and you will know exactly where the bus is, and you can receive an alert when the bus is near your home. Go to herecomesthebus.com, click the sign up button at the top and ...