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(4/1) Third grade gifted students Cora Hill, Aubrey Johnson and Ella Tutor each wrote a poem for the Mississippi Poetry Project. Out of many entries, their poems were selected as school-wide winners. They, along with Gifted Teacher, Leslie Hilliard and Librarian, Kristy Dowdy traveled with other winners from PCSD to Delta State University to attend the Young Writers Poetry Festival. Their poems were printed in the Mississippi Poetry Project: Dreams and Wishes anthology, and each student received their very own copy to keep!
The goal of the Mississippi Poetry Project is to help students experience the joy and accomplishment that can come from writing poetry, and from sharing their own voices, words, and experiences. Poetry is for everyone, and there’s no wrong way to write a poem. Words can be a tremendous source of delight, play, and comfort, and these students were very excited to be published poets!

(3/28) Congratulations to the following students for receiving positive office referrals this week! Keep up the good work!

(3/28) Mrs. Hodum's third graders practiced reading fluency by playing a super fun card game called “Popped”. They all have loved this new game!

(3/28) Mrs. Chrestman’s fourth grade students went on a field trip to Itawamba Crossroads Ranch in Fulton, where they participated in “Sculpt and Sprout Day.” Students got to make their own thumbprint clay pots, plant seeds in the greenhouse, hunt for eggs, and a variety of other activities and games. It was a fun day of learning and enjoying the spring weather!

(3/27) Ms. Luther's students practiced true multiplication and division facts by playing multiplication/division bingo.

(3/27) Students in Mrs. Boone's room engaged in various activities centered around their novel study on "Wish"- reading a chapter in the novel, completing a comprehension check assignment, & analyzing text evidence from the book to support character traits they inferred about different characters.

(3/25) Students in Mrs. Ball's class worked together to place letters in the same layout as a qwerty keyboard. They enjoyed this activity, and said it was harder than they thought it would be!

(3/21) After benchmarks, Mrs. Hodum's students practiced sequencing and writing steps in a process by reading a recipe for Dirt Cups, and following it for a yummy snack!

(3/21) Mrs. Jenna Patterson, a former DTC teacher, donated Norwex cleaning supplies and money to help DT Cox rebuild classrooms. Thank you, Mrs. Patterson!!!

(3/19) Students in Mrs. Steele’s class are working together in teams to find answers to help them prepare for the upcoming benchmark. Teams got to shoot a ball for points for correct answers.