Starry Elementary School

See the food drive theme for tomorrow below! Keep the food coming! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Just some hard working 2nd graders today! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Tuesday's Food Drive Totals: Kindergarten: 91 items 1st Grade: 92 items 2nd Grade: 175 items That's a total of 358 items in 2 days! Wow! #starryinspire #misdinspire

See the food drive theme for tomorrow below! Keep the food coming! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Today's Food Drive Totals: Kindergarten: 38 items 1st Grade: 34 items 2nd Grade: 36 items That's a total of 108 items on day 1! Great job Starry families! Counselor Johnson's goal for the week is to gather 500 items! can we do it!? #starryinspire #misdinspire

Attention Second Grade families: You should have received an email from your student's teacher this past week with information about Starry Serenaders (a singing group that will begin practicing in January for a special concert in March). Please remember to email Mr. Thomsen sometime before winter break if your student is planning to be a part of this! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Remember! Tomorrow starts our Annual Food Drive to support families in need. See the flyer below for what tomorrow's theme is. Remember, the grade level that brings the most items gets an extra recess! #starryinspire #misdinspire

IT'S READING CHALLENGE TIME! Your child should have brought home a form like you see below. Please encourage your child to read, read, read! See the forms for details! (Each grade level has slightly different reading length expectations.)

This week in math, students worked on writing numerals, as well as accurate counting by playing the game Roll and Record. Pairs took turns rolling dice, counting the number of dots, and tracing the corresponding numeral. #starryinspire #misdinspire

Who’s Who Wednesday! Meet Mr. Ben! He is one of our Special Education Associates. He helps teachers to provide instructional and behavioral support for students. You can always catch Mr. Ben with a smile on his face or making others smile! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Next week is our annual Food Drive! See the flyer below! #starryinspire #misdinspire

On behalf of the Starry staff, have a safe and happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful for each and every Starry family. #starryinspire #misdinspire

All Starry classes earned their PBIS goals and yesterday we celebrated with a school wide reward! A socially distanced (virtual) dance party! With special guest, Big Red! #gowolves #pbis #starryinspire #misdinspire

Each Starry class earned 100 class points and put their puzzle piece up on the wall! It has revealed a DANCE PARTY! Tomorrow afternoon students will participate in a socially distanced dance party...with a special surprise! 🤫 #starryinspire #misdinspire

We continue to look for quality people who are interested in working with our students as associates. Be sure to reach out to us or start the process by visiting www.marion-isd.org/page/employment-opportunities. #MISDinspire #MISDOwnYourFuture

Second grade students play Name that Number in math. They worked with a partner using a deck of cards to practice addition and subtraction. This game is part of our “Everyday Math” math curriculum. #starryinspire #misdinspire #everydaymath

Who's Who Wednesday! Meet Rebecca VonBehren, Starry's amazing Reading Strategist. Mrs. VonBehren works with individual students and teachers to help meet the reading needs of all students. #starryinspire #misdinspire

A few Starry staff created a mural of a road (or the Marion Way, if you will) on the wall! We will use it for many projects to come. Right now, we are using it to display the balloons from our "Balloons over Broadway" family project! Check it out! #starryinspire #misdinspire

Thank you to the Gazette, @gazettedotcom, for writing about Marion's Holiday Giving Project at: https://www.thegazette.com/community/marion-independent-school-districts-holiday-gift-project-grows-as-needs-rise/ #MISDOwnYourFuture #MISDinspire

Kindergarten students play the fun game of "chase Mr. Haag" at recess. 😊