Paden City Elementary School
Educating Individuals for Success
Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness!
Tomorrow we invite all students, staff, and families to wear gold in support of children battling cancer. 💛
Let’s show our unity, compassion, and hope by turning PCES gold!
Every gold shirt, ribbon, or accessory is a symbol of strength and support.
Thank you!
This week:
Leader in Me Core 1 Professional Development
Leader in Me is based on the principles of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
To learn more, visit Leaderinme.com
Attendance Matters! Thank you for showing up, Wildcats!
Pictured are this week's winners!
Our cooks are simply the best!
Mr. Jackson, United States Army National Guard helicopter pilot, shared his flight expertise with our 3rd grade PLTW Launch students today. He found it impressive that our students understood balance and unbalanced, the four forces, Newton’s Laws of Gravity, and the terms fuselage, stabilizer, and wings. In this flight unit, students design, build, and test an experimental model glider to determine how air and other forces affect its flight. Students apply the design process as they problem solve how to deliver aid to a remote area only accessible by aircraft.
PCES Fire Prevention Poster winners will now advance to the next level! Great job, Wildcats!
During Launch, Kindergarten students practiced their engineering skills building houses for The 3 Little Pigs. The Big Bad Wolf came for a visit to test their skills!
All about Me is the current theme in PreK. Using a light table, each child created a self portrait! What a talented group of children!
All about Me is the current theme in PreK. Using a light table, each child created a self portrait! What a talented group of children!
PreK students explored and learned about living/nonliving things and how to use a microscope in PLTW Launch class.
When "Happy Birthday" is our favorite song, a whole week of celebrating is absolutely fitting—balloons, counting cupcakes, singing, and reading!
Making learning meaningful and fun, one candle at a time!
Making learning meaningful and fun, one candle at a time!
As part of our animal studies unit, Ms. Mace’s 4th grade continued the tradition of raising monarch butterflies. From egg to caterpillar, chrysalis to butterfly, they have witnessed the full metamorphosis right before their eyes! They have released two so far this year, with many more to come, so stay tuned!🦋
Our Wildcats signed the pledge to show up. Students pictured are our weekly winners!
PCES kindergarten students focused to complete their iReady diagnostic assessments! They are very appreciative of their new iPads! #ILoveMyWVSchool
Our second graders are focused on building their word power and writing confidence! Readers are leaders!
💚🤍Collaborative play in PreK!
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First grade students at Paden City Elementary are studying the Sun, Moon, and the stars as part of their Project Lead the Way Launch class. They constructed paper sundials and placed them outdoors for observation. During the school day, students marked the location of the changing shadows. They learned that early morning fog and clouds blocked the sun from making shadows. Next, students will analyze their data to determine patterns in the Sun’s movement during a day and how daylight changes throughout the year. The ability to recognize patterns is an important scientific skill that researchers use to develop explanations of observations in nature.
