The Cooper School Daily

How We’ve Grown This week we opened our height strings that we measured ourselves with at the beginning of the year to see how much we’ve grown over the Fifth Grade year. Many students were surprised by how much they have grown over the year. We not only talked about how much we’ve grown physically, […]

Final Africa Project! This week, 4th Graders shared their powerful creations for our final Africa project. Their presentations included iMovies, posters and dioramas. Our scholars were given a wide range of freedom to produce meaningful pieces to showcase for 3rd and 5th Graders. Projects ranged from Cheetahs, Elephants and Mount Kilimanjaro to the war in […]

Paving the Way… This week, 1st Graders interviewed 2nd Graders to get an idea of what their next year will be like. It was so wonderful to hear all the things their older peers love about 2nd Grade and it definitely got everyone excited to move up! They also reflected on their 1st Grade year […]

Bird Study Museum Second Grade ornithologists celebrated a successful presentation of their Bird Study Museum.  Scholars shared exciting iMovies to begin their presentation. Detailed Power Points covered facts ranging from the bird’s feathers, wingspan, nest, predators, prey and interesting facts! Second Graders displayed life like bird sculptures of their individual birds that they were able […]

Ready for Fourth Grade We were so excited to spend the week celebrating all of the successes of our Third Graders this year. As our school year came to a close this week, Third Graders took a look back at the letters addressed to their future selves from the first day of school as well […]

Investigating Diverse Cultures! Young scientists spent time discovering the wonders and uniqueness of the Yanomama people of the Amazon Rainforest! Brave scientists took a peek at the different aspects of this traditional tribe’s culture including: clothing, food, shelter, transportation, and celebrations. Scientists enjoyed learning about this tribe’s traditional ways of living off the land and […]

ERB Testing! Testing, Testing, 1,2,3 Students did a wonderful job with testing this week. Students took two ERB tests a day in order to display the knowledge they have learned all year. With only 4 more school days until Field Day, the countdown is on! Please ask your child how they felt about their testing […]

ERB Testing Third Graders were anxious for their first year of ERB Testing this week. We could not be prouder of their focus, hard work, and patience as they worked their way through each test. Now, we celebrate the end of successful testing and a WONDERFUL school year! Writing This week, Third Graders finished up […]

1st Graders Are Author Experts Our week in 1st Grade culminated with the Author Expert Presentation. When we began this project, each student selected a favorite author that they wanted to learn more about. After weeks of reading their author’s books and doing research, each student created a poster board that featured biographical information on […]