Wayne Trail Elementary Blog: Much to smile about at Wayne Trail Elementary!

November 25, 2017

Much to smile about at Wayne Trail Elementary!

November was an exciting month at Wayne Trail! We hosted our annual Veterans Day Assembly to start the month and honored close to 100 Veterans with songs, speeches, videos and doughnuts. Our students did an excellent job of singing and showing respect for our current and past armed forces. Mid-November, students were engaged with Hockey Week, where students learned how learning core academic content can relate to sports, particularly hockey. For instance, math teachers had students discover how to find the area and perimeter of a hockey rink. One team even had students select fantasy hockey players and manage their team for player salaries, budgets and travel costs. It was a lot of fun as we had Spike from the Walleye visit and superb news coverage with 13abc, The Blade and Mirror. Before Thanksgiving break, the main dance of the year was the OSU v. UM dance. There is always a great turn out for this dance as there was a live DJ, photo booth and many treats!

As we close out the month, Wayne Trail will focus on Serve Week! This is a week we set aside to carry out our district's mission of teaching students how to be contributing members in their community and beyond. Students will be proactively engaged in a large-scale service-learning at the end of the week call Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). Leading up to this event, students will be learning about different cultures and climates countries around the world, nutrients and ingredients in certain foods and how natural disasters can impact entire nations. On Friday, Dec. 1, we will be hosting this community and school event for the second time. Students will be applying what they are learning in their classrooms to a hands-on meal packing event, where they will be helping to pack nearly 225,000 meals for starving children around the globe. Students will hopefully learn the meaning of giving to those in need and develop an understanding that they can make a difference in the world around them. If you would like to know more or volunteer at the FMSC event, you can access: maumeefeeds.org. We are still in need of financial support for this project for the meals so students can donate during lunch anytime during the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 1. I also added an extra incentive that if we raise over $1,200 (approx. $3 per student) as a school, I will be duct-taped to a wall! What am I thinking :)....for a great cause!