Our AELS music teacher Mr. Brett Smith is preparing the kindergarten students for the end of the year ceremonies. The students are practicing hard to put on a nice presentation for their parents and families that will be in attendance. The students love music class as they get a chance to show off some of their cool freestyle dance moves. Music is a wonderful...
AELS hosted the Community Preschool to Kindergarten Transition Day. This is a day set aside each year where the new Aviators from area preschools get an opportunity to visit their new school. We have students from Franklin Head Start, Union Ave, First Baptist, Stuckey (Interfaith) Preschool and even some walk ins. We had a nice turn out from parents as well who are...
The AELS staff members celebrated Earth Day by purchasing beautiful shirts. Each year, Tracy Bowser informs the team of the shirt design and team members choose to participate. The students are always thrilled because several teachers and staff members have the same shirt parading the hallways of AELS. It is a great tool to get conversations going with the students...
The preschool team of AELS kicked off another season of preschool screenings. We are so excited to welcome the newest Little Aviators to our school. The families and children were greeted by our Preschool Secretary Donna Webster and Preschool Coordinator Wendy Hubbard. The students were then escorted to the school gym where they were kindly welcomed by our loving...
The AELS preschool team treated the students to a fun SPRING FLING EXTRAVAGANZA. The students had a great time in the school gym rotating to several stations for hands on activities. Some of the stations were; the I Spy sensory table, Bunny Hop and Bunny Hokey Pokey, Easter Egg-Exercises, Spring Playdough, Bunny Targets using carrots and Pin the Tail on the Bunny....
We are "Swinging Into Spring" Rachelle Miller and Tonya Penturf's preschool class read the book "Are You My Mother" by P.D. Eastman and created nests with baby birds. They have been Spring cleaning in housekeeping and building new structures in the block area. They also have been matching baby animals to their mammas and learning about animals in spring. They...
Deb Sutton and Lisa Kinsey’s preschool classroom celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a Green Party! The children participated in a variety of crafts such as making leprechauns and pots of gold, as well as sampling some green food like pickles, peas, green olives, and green juice which were the students favorite.
The Alliance Early Learning School preschool classes attended the Family Field Trip at the Rodman Library. This year, there were a lot of activities to keep the families engaged and having fun. Janet Metzger led the students through the use of singing and playing the piano and also dancing to the Mexican Hat Dance and other various songs. The students also learned...
This week in Erica Thompson and Deb Kelley's class, they have been learning all about their bodies inside and out! They learned about basic concepts such as body parts as well as more advanced concepts such as the heart pumping blood and the skeletal system! They had fun playing doctor in the dramatic play area, reading books about their bodies, singing songs about...
THE TIME HAS COME!!!!! PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION IS HERE!!!
Kindergarten and Preschool registration for the 2019-2020 school year is taking place NOW!!!! Packets will be accepted at the Alliance High School. You may enter into door number 2 and see Ronda Pittman, our registration secretary. You may pick up or return a packet during the hours of 8:00...
Kindergarten students in Karlin Morgan's class have been celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday this week. Today, they made green eggs and ham! The students got to crack and scramble the eggs and then watched how to cook the eggs and ham. The students all tried the eggs and most loved them!
"ALL AVIATORS WILL GRADUATE, READY FOR LIFE, COLLEGE AND CAREERS"
THE FUTURE STARTS HERE!!!!
The theme this week in preschool is transportation. Kim Reber came to AELS today to read a story to Kellie Sanor and Deb Bourne's preschool classroom. The children enjoyed the story called Mighty Mighty Construction Site along with receiving a special cookie shaped like a tire! Thank you Kim Reber for taking time out of your day to read to our youngest Aviators.
Alliance Early Learning School received all A’s on their state report card for the very first time.
"It's a great honor to receive this award,” said AELS Principal, Timothy Calfee. “We are one of only 57 schools in the entire state of Ohio that was recognized as an All A School."
In order to be recognized as an all A school, Ohio’s state board of education...
The kindergarten students at the Alliance Early Learning School recently were visited by Sergeant Ron Cox of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. He spoke to the students about his job and what he does to keep the citizens of Ohio safe. After speaking to the students and answering their many questions, he took the students to see the trooper car. Sergeant Cox showed the...
Mr Woodall a semi-truck driver visited the kindergarten classes at AELS as a part of our Community Helpers Unit. He shared a story about different kinds of trucks, and his refrigerated truck that has 18 wheels! He likes delivering milk to Sam’s Club, Costco, and other warehouses so that people can buy it from stores when they need it. The students got a chance...
Our first Community Helper visitor this week was Officer Rummell. She shared lots of things that the Alliance City Police do to keep us safe. She helped us remember many safety rules. She reminded us that we are an important part of our community and can be helpers too!
Team B Kindergarten teachers, Helen Reich, Karlin Morgan, Tracy Bowser, Carrie LeBeau, Crystal Gibbons and Student Teacher, Megan Reed-Taylor, had a 101 Day of School Celebration with STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities. The Students rotated through each teacher's classroom and completed activities to go with the theme of 101 Dalmatians. In...
Adam De Monte's class talked about music as students were able to try out different instruments at the house keeping center. They could choose from a variety of items ranging from a keyboard to maracas.
The Star Lab Visited AELS
The students at Alliance Early Learning School had quite the treat the when the Star Lab visiting the school. Each preschool and kindergarten classroom had the chance to visit the portable planetarium to learn about the stars and the solar system.
The portable dome, which looked like a black igloo sitting on the stage at AELS, housed a...
Students in the classes of Kathy Elliott, Amanda Hennon, Shaena Winner, Sandy Zemrock and Laura Hackney have been learning about winter and creating winter art.
The kindergarten students of AELS celebrated National Reading Day by inviting a few Alliance community members from the Fatherhood Coalition to come in and read the popular story "Chika Chika Boom Boom." We were graced with the presence of Michael Patterson, Jim Perone, Buddy Gasparik (Vice President of the Alliance City Schools Board of Education) and Michelle...
AELS was excited to get a visit from Mr. Tristan who came to teach our students about being respectful, responsible and safe. Mr. Tristan is a representative from the Officer Phil program that visits schools to teach young students about everyday ethics and morals that they should know. He makes learning fun by doing magic tricks and ventriloquist acts. The theme...
This week the students of AELS had the opportunity to do some stargazing! Tracy Bowser, our STAR expert, brought the Star Lab to our school. We enjoyed learning about the stars, sun and the constellations. We even sang a few songs while we enjoyed the night sky. Thank you, Tracy Bowser for providing this experience for all our students!
The students in Crystal Gibbons and Carrie LeBeau's class have been learning about the weather. They learned about what the weather is doing outside each day and then charted the results on a bar graph to compare. They have also written about different types of weather and drew pictures to illustrate. They were able to observe how a cloud forms and rains by...
AELS students from Megan Harper, Cindy Gaines, Lori Gasparik and Holly Power's classes recently celebrated "Grinch Day". The student's arrived at school dressed as their favorite character from the Grinch story. There were Grinche's, Who's, Max, the dog and Cindy Lou Who's. The Who's spent the day doing "grinchy activities". Some of the most exciting activities...
CHECK OUT SOME COOL PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEKS ACTIVITIES AT AELS!!!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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!!!!
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