A Little Help From My Friends….

I am currently working on a top ten blog post list from this previous school year. For me, I have a hard time only picking out ten because I am bit partial to the author 😉So I thought I would ask my friends and guest, if you have a previous blog post that you particularly…

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Summer Time

As of May 22nd, Noel Elementary has dismissed for summer break. Due to summer break, there will be no regular blog post and no video streaming, who wants to watch an empty classroom….honestly. We will return to school in mid August, have a great summer everyone, and I’ll see you in the fall! Mr. McClung

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What I’ve Learned This Year

When I arrived in Noel, Missouri last fall I was entering my first year of being a teacher. Being young and inexperienced, I did not fully know what to expect from being an elementary school teacher. Since last August I have grown and matured as a person and a teacher, and in the process I…

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Talent Show

We held our annual talent show of the last day of school. Our talent show consists of students grades 3-8 and features singing, dancing, and much more. Below are some of the videos from last Friday’s action. The Dead Fish performing their “synchronized swimming” act Fifth grader Devin and his version of the robot. Fifth…

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Last Day of School

Friday, May 22nd marked the end of our 08-09 school year. Below are a view pictures from last Friday. Fidel and Ryan cleaning out their lockers in preparation for the summer break. My homeroom students writing goodbye messages on my white board. Students enjoying their last Throwdown of the year.Class photo of students that were…

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Field Day ’09

Last Wednesday we held our annual track and field day at school. Field Day consist of several different activities and competitions in which students compete against fellow classmates. Activities for this event consist of the following: 50-Yard Dash Sack Race Three-legged Race Basketball Shoot-out Tug-of-war Team Relay Race Below are some of the highlights from…

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Jane Hamm

Jane Hamm is a fellow sixth grade teacher here at Noel Elementary, and has been apart of this school since 1983. Earlier this school year, Jane announced that she would be retiring at school’s end. With this being the last week of school, much of this week we have been celebrating Jane’s career in a…

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Honor Roll

As we begin to wrap up our school to prepare for summer break, Tuesday we held our Honor Roll assembly to recognize academic excellence. Below are all the awards for sixth grade. All A’s for second semester: Courtney, Cendy, Carlos, Yolanda, and Wade All A’s for both semesters….and perfect attendance, Yolanda All A’s & B’s…

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Last Tie Tuesday

Pictured above is our resident tie instructor Fidel showing Elio how to tie a half windsor.All good things must come to an end….and just like that we have had our last Tie Tuesday of ’08-’09. Although this was my first go around with Tie Tuesday, it has been a huge success at Noel Elementary. With…

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Opposing Points of View

The past two weeks of school we have been spending time reading the book The Outsiders. In the story there are two different social groups, The Greasers and The Socs. The Greasers are characterized by their greasy hair and their lack of social status. The Greasers are also known for having all the bad luck…

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