Fourth grade students at Idle Hour Elementary School created a Native American “museum” with handmade items after studying Native American heritage and culture.

With parents and loved ones in attendance, students explained the history of the Iroquois tribe and the similarities between the Iroquois government and our nation’s present-day government. Students then showcased their handmade creations, from masks to models of villages and longhouses, fishing traps and poles, a papoose, wampum belt, bow and arrows and more. Each student acted as a museum guide, explaining the significance and history of the item they’d made.

Date Added: 11/30/2023

On Nov. 9, Idle Hour Elementary held a special Veterans Day tribute, featuring 20 veterans who also happen to be family members of students and faculty.

Throughout the ceremony, the third, fourth and fifth grade chorus and band sang and performed patriotic songs. Several fifth graders read essays that they wrote, thanking veterans.

A member of the Blue Star Mothers was presented with a box of donations that will be sent overseas to active military members.

Lastly, each veteran in attendance was recognized and given a flower and card from their loved ones and the assembly ended with a slideshow, sharing pictures of the Idle Hour students and their veteran family members.

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Date Added: 11/15/2023

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Date Added: 11/9/2023

Our Spanish FLES students at Idle Hour Elementary have been busy with some great hands-on learning projects!

Recently, the fifth grade Spanish FLES class at Idle Hour learned about the Mayan-based legend of the worry dolls. Children tell the doll their problems at night and place them under their pillows. When they wake up, they have the knowledge of how to get rid of their problems. The students created the dolls using Aguayo, a traditional Guatemalan cloth and other textiles.

The fourth grade Spanish FLES class at Idle Hour learned about the Nasca Sand Lines in Peru from 500 B.C. -550 A.D. They are geoglyphs formed by scraping darker stones from the desert floor to show the lighter stone below. Students recreated smaller versions by scraping out a sand mixture using pictures of actual Peruvian geoglyphs!

Date Added: 10/20/2023