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What a wonderful wintry week we had! Our first snow day brought fresh excitement to outdoor recess. Students collaborated to build slides and tunnels, craft snow angels, and roll snowmen of all shapes and sizes. It was heartwarming to see them demonstrate our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Perseverance, and Caring in everything they did.

Temple Elementary School has a long-standing tradition of hosting a Thanksgiving Feast for the senior citizens of Temple. This special event is made possible through the generosity of Temple’s Recreation Department, which funded and shopped for all of the food, as well as the incredible support of T.E.S. parents and community members who roasted the turkeys, prepared mashed potatoes, baked sweet bread, and helped our fourth-grade students serve the seniors.

It is truly heartwarming to see the joy on the seniors’ faces—they look forward to this event all year.

This past week we focused on what we are thankful for—and pumpkin bread and apple crisp certainly made the list! The students had a wonderful time putting on their chef hats and getting a little messy while baking some delicious treats.

This week in PE, students explored cup stacking, also known as speed stacking. This activity helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, focus, cognitive processing, and perseverance. Students learned specific formations and sequences for up-stacking and down-stacking, such as the 3-3-3 and 3-6-3 patterns. They then practiced building these formations with speed during individual challenges.

We also used cup-stacking activities to promote teamwork by having students work in small groups to design and build their own structures. It was wonderful to see them cooperate, communicate, and problem-solve together—and to witness how proud they were when they achieved their group goals.

Students in grades 2, 3, and 4 also took part in the FitnessGram assessments for muscular strength and endurance, completing both the plank and curl-up challenges. They worked hard to establish personal benchmark numbers and will now set individual goals for improvement. A great effort was put forth by all!

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