Ferndale Elementary: Student Life

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Special Activities

Our year is filled with a variety of special events and activities. Pictured at left, are three of our primary grade teachers dressed up as Dr. Seuss characters on Read Across America Day. Assemblies are held for Veterans' Day, Memorial Day, music performances, author’s visits, and Cinco de Mayo. We have monthly visits with our local preschool, field trips to the Pumpkin Patch, a Halloween parade, fall carnival, spelling bee, science fair, and a school wide clean-up day and barbecue. Students give back to the community by delivering Holiday Cheer to the elderly, taking May baskets to businesses, decorating Christmas trees on Main Street, cleaning up our beach, and visiting local care homes.

 

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Technology

We have a well maintained computer lab along with computers in every classroom. During lab class younger students learn keyboarding while older students use Power Point, Word, Publisher, photo editing, web design, and other skills including research on the internet. Junior high students use their computer skills  to design, create, and print their own yearbook. Many teachers use our web link manager,  http://internet.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fernlinks/  to guide students to curriculum related websites. Accelerated Reader is used by 1st-8th grades and can be accessed from any computer on our network. Our web site was designed and is maintained by junior high GATE students under the direction of Mrs. McCulloch, technology coordinator.

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GATE

We provide a Gifted and Talented program taught by Mrs. Cindy Taylor. Differentiated curriculum is offered in the regular classroom to each gifted learner. The GATE program offers a variety of programs and activities to meet the needs of our students. Some of the classes that are offered are, novel studies, soap carving, origami, scrabble challenge, watercolor, ceramics, embroidery, gardening, beading, a mystery and detective class, drama, web design/computer, and Lunch Club. In addition, each year students are given the opportunity to attend the GATE Academy.

 

 

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Library Services

Our library has a collection of over 10,000 books including many Accelerated Reader titles. All classes have a scheduled time to visit the library each week and students are welcome to use the library at other times throughout the week Mrs. McCulloch, our librarian, reads stories to kindergarten through 4th grades, and does special activities with 5th - 6th grade classes. Conveniently located adjoining the computer lab, classes can combine research and library time for a productive learning environment. Our automated card catalog can be accessed from any computer in the library or lab, and includes web marc, for curriculum-related web sites.


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Music

Classroom music at Ferndale Elementary School begins in Kindergarten and continues through 6th grade. In addition, instrumental music is provided to students in grades 4-8 as follows: 4th grade recorders, 5th grade percussion, beginning band, and stringed instruments, 6th grade intermediate band,  i4th-6th grade choir, junior high band, and junior high choir. Our music teacher, Mr. Jeremy Cotton,  also offers instrumental practice  throughout the week including before, during, and after school. 

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Learn to Earn

Every Wednesday before school, representatives from Umpqua Bank bring Learn to Earn to our school. This program provides children with a convenient opportunity to deposit money into their savings accounts. Learn to Earn encourages children in kindergarten through eighth grade to save, manage, and learn about money. Learn to Earn is the largest participating member of the California Save-at-School program.

Help our school earn money by sending in your Ink Cartridges for recycling. Click here for a list of the cartridges we can accept .