Our Final Center School Sightings of the Year!

What an appropriate last episode - entitled Center Cares, watch how students and parents continue to give to those in need.  For this episode, they traveled to Brookings Elementary in Springfield for a celebration of their volunteer work.

Enjoy and thank you to the fifth grade students and teachers for an incredible 21 episode season of our student newscast this year!!

Check out all the episodes from this school year at: Center School Sightings Newscast

Third Grade's Got Talent!

Third graders showcased their talents by making these individual videos!!  Mrs. Longo and Ms. Iancu created iMovies they showed on the last full day of school to celebrate these talented children!  Enjoy!

Fifth Grade Graduation!

Congratulations to our graduates!  We wish them happiness and success as they move to the next step in their lives!!  

A Special Center School Sightings! Episode 20

CSS goes on the road!!

Under the direction of Reading Specialist, Valerie Fritz, students took time out of their busy schedule to read to animals!  What a wonderful, innovative program they took part in... listen and watch how it all works!

Fifth grader, Jared Fritz, was live on the scene, not only capturing the magic, but also taking many hours of his own time to creatively edit this phenomenal CSS episode.  Grace Tyler was there live too, reporting and interviewing.

Wonderful job Jared, Grace, Mrs. Fritz, the students in attendance, and Dakin Animal Shelter in Springfield. This is a special episode you do not want to miss!

Please visit our website for other CSS episodes:  Center School Sightings Newscast

Student Created Movies Earn Academy Awards!

Technology Integration at its finest!  The fifth grade teachers immersed the students in all things colonial with a culminating writing project -  first person journals of the life and times of colonists.  From there, they guided students to create an original screenplay depicting an actual event during the 1600s.

From that knowledge, the students did the job of hundreds of professionals as they revised and practiced their screenplays,  became actors and actresses, and mastered chroma key green screen technology.

In post production, they performed the tedious work of editing as well as becoming sound designers, visual effect artists and title/credit creators. 

What a way to showcase their immersion in colonial times as part of the fifth grade curriculum!   And the Oscar goes to...  

Mrs. Quinn's Class

Mrs. Risler's Class

Ms. Manna's Class

Academy Awards Event!

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CSS - End of the Year Update! Episode 19

Hello Center School Sightings fans!!  This episode brings you a look into the third grade biography presentations, Mrs. McLean's Poetry Cafe, and the annual second grade egg drop! Enjoy!

Special thank you to the fifth graders and their teachers for producing CSS all year long!

Please visit our website for other CSS episodes:  Center School Sightings Newscast

Center School Health Facts!

Andrew O'Loughlin, a nursing student from UMass,  came to teach Mrs. McLean's fourth graders about the importance of exercise.  The students definitely impressed him with all of the activity they do on a daily basis!  To share what they learned, the students created a Center School Health Facts episode under Mr. O'Loughlin's direction.  Enjoy and stay active!