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News and Events
Family Night
On February 5th, CPS
held it's annual Family Night.
Many of our parents came out and
supported the school in this event.
Thank you!!! Special thanks to the
Cheraw High School Jazz Combo,
Cheerleaders, and Wrestlers for helping
us make this event special!!!
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Arbor Day Celebration
On December 5, the
town of Cheraw along with Cheraw's
mayor, Scott Hunter, visited Cheraw
Primary to help us celebrate Arbor Day.
More info to come...
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PTO and Second Grade Performance
On December 4th, the second grade
students
performed a musical
entitled The Martian Christmas.
The students told the story of aliens
landing on Earth in a search for snow to
fuel their space ship. The
"earthlings" taught the aliens what
Christmas is all about, peace, love and
joy for one another.
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The Season of Giving
Christmas is the season of giving and
this year the children of Cheraw Primary
School have been blessed by the
generosity of many community members,
businesses, and organizations.
Recently, Mr. Ed Norris, founder of the
American Veterans Post 177 located in
Wallace, SC presented Principal Gracyn
Jackson with a contribution to be used
for the families of needy children at
CPS. This generous donation will make
the holidays brighter for many boys and
girls. The faculty and staff at Cheraw
Primary School greatly appreciate every
act of kindness during this holiday
season.
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First Grade Trip to Theater on the Green
The
first grade students went to the Theater
on the Green December 2nd to see the
play Holly the Snowman.
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Children's Book Week
The students at
Cheraw Primary School celebrated
Children's Book Week. Many of the
teachers had various activities planned
to celebrate each day. On
Wednesday, the school had a parade and
students were allowed to dress as their
favorite book character.
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Red Ribbon Week
Cheraw Primary
celebrated Red Ribbon Week October 27
through October 30 and a rocking good
time was had by all!!! On Monday,
October 27 we celebrated “Cheraw Primary
Cans Drugs.” Students brought canned
goods to donate to a local food bank.
Students were also treated to a
character education puppet show
presented by Burns and Company. On
Tuesday, October 28 we celebrated
“Cheraw Primary Dances Through Life Drug
Free.” After the morning news students
danced in their classrooms while dance
music played over the intercom system.
On Wednesday, October 29 we celebrated
“Cheraw Primary Thinks It’s Doggone Bad
to Do Drugs.” Students brought pet
supplies to donate to a local animal
shelter. On Thursday, October 30 we
celebrated “Cheraw Primary Tunes Out
Drugs.” Students marched and played
instruments in a musical parade around
the school. Cheraw Primary hopes that
students had a great time and that they
learn to NEVER, EVER take drugs!
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Second Grade Trip to the State Park
Second
grade classes attended a field trip to
Cheraw State Park during the last week
of October. While there, the students
participated in a pond study where they
got to find and observe animal life
inside the water. The students also took
a tour down the boardwalk with the
rangers where they spot animals such as
a yellow bellied turtle, a water spider,
and a duck. Along with that, students
were involved in a scavenger hunt of
various nature items, they created
leaf-rubbing artwork, and they observed
the characteristics of various trees.
The trip was a great follow up of their
science unit about animals and their
environment.
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"Tra,
la, la, la..." The Singing Giant
Students in Mrs.
Tomberlin's second grade class performed
a play entitled The Singing Giant
for their classmates , Mrs. Jackson and
Mrs. Davis. As an extension of our
literacy group, these students decided
to act out the play. They chose their
character and created their props and
scene design. For several days, they
worked together sharing ideas and
rehearsing their parts.
As seen in the
photograph- the babies (Jamya Henderson
and Phillip Locklear), Grandpa ( DyJon
Harrington), Mom (Qu'Shariya Decessard),
sister, (Lynnishia Chapman), Narrator
(Brandon Boone), and The Singing Giant
(Journey Guinn) all portrayed their
characters with wit and enthusiasm .
Their audience burst into laughter as
the Giant broke out in song.."I love to
sing, oh I love to sing. Tra la la la"
and as the babies cried loudly-"Wa Wa Wa
Wa". The audience was very respectful to
the cast of stars and are eager to
perform a play of their own. Readers
Theatre is just one of the many ways we
encourage reading and practice our
reading strategies. It also allows the
students to practice the life skill of
cooperation.
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Fire Safety Week
The students at
Cheraw Primary School participated in
Fire Safety Week, October 13 to October
17. The Cheraw Fire Department
came, along with Sparky and Pluggy to
discuss with the students fire safety.
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New Computer Program... Compass
Learning
Students at Cheraw Primary attend
Compass Learning Lab twice a week.
There, the students work on their own
personal learning path filled with math
and language arts activities that are
engaging and educational. The
interactive products of Compass Learning
meet South Carolina state standards and
are based on current scientific research
into how students think and learn.
Teachers monitor their students and
assign tasks that are appropriate for
the individual child. This is just
another way that Chesterfield County is
using technology to enhance and build a
better future. |
Fundraiser Ended in Sucess
Our school fundraiser ended on
Monday, October 13th. We would
like to thank everyone that
participated!
These funds support AIE as well as the
Artist in Resident. This money
also provides a Kindergarten art
teacher. Thanks so much!!! |
Star Students and Terrific Kids are
Posted!!!
Star Students and Terrific Kids are
Posted!!! Check them out under
Clubs and Athletics! |
Second Grade Studies Tall Tales
Many of the second grade classes
have been working on a Tall Tale unit.
During this time, they have studied Davy
Crockett, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, and
several others. Many of the
teachers even dressed up like some of
these characters.
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photos |
Mrs. Quick's Class Celebrates with
Apples
Mrs. D. Quick's first grade class enjoyed their
Johnny Appleseed Celebration on
Friday, September 26th. They made homemade applesauce and had
other apple
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for photos treats. |
Mrs. Hitesman's Dioramas
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Students from Mrs. Hitesman's second grade class
worked in small groups to create
miniature environments that they
presented to their classmates on Friday,
September 19, 2008. Prior to the
project, they learned about each
environment in class, which is a South
Carolina State Standard for Science in
second grade. They used some materials
from the outdoors, figurines that were
purchased, and craft materials in the
classroom to create their dioramas. Each
environment displayed their own physical
characteristics including plant life,
animal life, etc. The students had to
make sure their environment included the
necessities for their animals survival.
All of the environments had to have
food, shelter, water, air, and space for
their animals. Overall, Mrs. Hitesman
was very impressed with their hard work
and believed their finished projects
looked amazing! |
Grandparents at CPS
National
Grandparent's Day was
Sunday, September 7th. Cheraw
Primary celebrated by having many of our
grandparents in the building throughout
the month of September. We were
very excited to have them
here!
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for photos |
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