Wednesday, December 23, 2015

STEM Enrichment and Hour of Code

Students who completed the Hour of Code extended their learning by engineering, designing, and building balloon powered race cars.  Students in grades three through six competed in the great Balloon Race throughout the day.  Great job done by all.  Trophies and ribbons were made with a 3-D printer.



Monday, December 21, 2015

Holiday Door Decorating and Stuff-A-School

The energy at Dayton Avenue School is in overdrive.  Boys and girls donated to several local charities throughout the month is support of our Stuff-A-School campaign.  Holiday doors reflect the many initiatives we have at Dayton Avenue School to include the integration of Dr. Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Happy Kids.  Please enjoy a virtual tour of the "Doors of Dayton."











6th Grade Classes Give Back to Community


Students in 6th grade learned the true meaning of Christmas by giving back to their community.  Students raised money and purchased gifts to help families in need.  Pictured are students from Mrs. Montreuil and Mrs. Riley's classes.  Job well done!

Monday, December 14, 2015

Future Engineers in Third Grade

Students in Mrs. Defeo, Mrs. Orlando, and Mrs. Castranova's class integrated literacy, geometry, technology, writing social studies (land forms and water features) and team building to create a model suspension bridge, a beam bridge, and an arch bridge.  The students worked cooperatively as a "crew" of engineers to research and design each bridge.  They wrote up their concepts and constructed each bridge, choosing a physical setting (mountains, valleys and a plateau).  They also included water features, such as a river, an ocean and a lake.  Great job by all involved.


Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Hour of Code!

Students at Dayton Avenue School are participating in "Hour of Code."  Students are learning the skills necessary to become our future computer scientists.

Monday, December 7, 2015

3rd Graders Old Enough to Shave

Third grade students in Mrs. Van Tronk, Mrs. Orlando, and Mrs. Castranova's class are already using shaving cream.  However, they are using it to develop the fine motor skills necessary to learn cursive handwriting.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Stuff-A-School and Holiday Door Decorating

Our Annual Stuff-A-School Jr. project and Holiday Door Decorating are underway.  Dayton Avenue School transforms itself into the North Pole as we give back to the community through various fundraising events that support the Junior-Senior High School's Stuff-A-School project.

4th Grade Students Explore Google Docs

Students in Mrs. Breheny and Ms. Wagenhauser's class integrate Google Docs into their study of New York State explorers.