Diamond Creek School Blog

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  This week we had our second Reading Drill. Students have the opportunity to Stop, Drop and READ as an entire school! Students are enjoying the surprise of the drill and the opportunity to dive into their favorites books.  Our 3rd grade students were hard at work this week presenting their Holiday Traditions reports. It's fun to see the variety of ways students are presenting information and the unique traditions each student has with family and friends.  The staff at Diamond Creek and I wish you a happy and healthy holiday break.  We hope you have time to relax, play and enjoy family and friends.  We look forward to having our students back on January 9th! Student News  Students using Stop Motion to tell digital stories Upcoming Dates: 12/25-1/8 - Winter Break 1/9 - Students Return to School 1/15 - No School 1/19 - Sports Day 1/23 - Chic-Fil-A Dine & Donate 1/23 - Dads & Donuts 8:15-8:45 AM ...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  We had some great events this week that showcased the hard work and talent of our students. On Tuesday, our Choir students performed an amazing concert for our parents.  They sounded beautiful!  Our 3rd grade students also showcased their learning this week with their Holiday Play.  Third grade students had the opportunity to perform for their peers at Diamond Creek on Wednesday and Thursday during the school day with a night performance on Thursday for our 3rd grade families.  The Holiday Show was another great success! Congratulations to all of our students who performed! A reminder that Friday is a minimum day at Diamond Creek, students are dismissed at 2:05.   Student News  Our Choir students performing on Tuesday evening Upcoming Dates: 12/20 - Dine & Donate - The Habit 12/22 - Minimum Day - Students Dismissed at 2:05 12/25-1/8 - Winter Break 1/9 - Students Return to School 1/15 - N...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  One of our exciting events this week included Santa's Elves visiting our first grade students! Students had written letters to the Elves who then delivered letters back to our students.  Our 1st grade students were thrilled to share their writing with the Elves and even took some of their free time later on to write thank you notes to them.  Coming up this week our Choir students have been hard at work for their Holiday Concert on Tuesday evening! We look forward to hearing their beautiful music!  Our 3rd grade students have also been hard at work preparing for their Holiday Play.  They will be presenting to our Diamond Creek students during the day and our parents the evening of December 14th.  Over the next two weeks you may notice our staff wearing similar apparel.  As a staff we started the 12 Days of Diamond Creek Cheer on Thursday with jeans and flannel day.  A few of our students noticed right aw...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break last week and enjoyed time with family and friends. I was excited on Monday to greet our students and welcome them back this week!  We had some exciting learning happening all around Diamond Creek this week. I am always amazed when walking through classrooms to see the progress our students have made since the beginning of the school year.  They are working hard each day! This week our 4th & 5th grade students were organized into villages at our kick off assembly.  The kids seemed to love the assembly and kick-off assembly!  The 8 villages are organized by colors and students will be picking village names and creating banners to represent their village.  Each village is comprised of a teacher along with 4th and 5th grade students.  Villages will be meeting every 3-4 weeks to discuss effective habit skills.  This month the focus will be on how to show appr...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  Thank you to all of our parents for taking time to meet with your child's teacher this week.  Our teachers appreciate this face to face meeting time with you.  We are all a team working together to help each child at Diamond Creek be successful and your support is such an important piece of the puzzle.  Thank you for your time and support! On Tuesday, we were lucky enough to have our local Fire Department visit us and lead us through a fire safety assembly.  The students learned what to do in the case of a fire and were able to see the transformation that happens when our firefighters put on all of their gear.  On Wednesday, we had a building wide "READING DRILL".  We all stopped, dropped and read! It was a delight to see students throughout our whole building reading for 15 minutes all together.  I had so many students afterwards tell me they wished it was longer and ask if we could do that everyday! W...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  Our Site Council met this week and our school representatives shared our work so far of teaching habits to our students. I am attaching the PDF version of posters you will see in our classrooms with common language that we are using across Diamond Creek.  There are two documents of Habit #1, we are using the one with less wording in our classrooms but feel free to use this common language.  We encourage you to use in your home as well!  The Habits are again listed below. Habits Documents (Habit 1-3) Habit #1: I'm in Charge of Me  *I choose my actions & attitudes *I do the right thing without being asked *I do not blame others for my wrong actions Habit #2: Know Before You Do It *I have a plan * I plan ahead and set goals *I am an important part of my class * My work is important Habit #3: Make Priorities Matter *I work first --then play * I spent my time on the most important things *I say no to thin...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  It was a short week for our students, but our teachers were busy learning with their peers! On Monday, we spent the day as a district learning together. Staff were given choices on sessions they would like to attend based on their desire to learn a variety of ways to engage students in learning.  Our staff came back with some great new ideas to share and ways to strengthen instruction in our classrooms.  On Tuesday, we spent the day together at Diamond Creek.   We as a staff at Diamond Creek are moving ahead with learning about the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Adults and Children.  We have renamed these habits to make them our own Diamond Creek way.  We are going to focus on the first 3 habits this school year and then will continue on with the remaining four next school year.  Hopefully you will begin to hear your students using some of our habits language!  Here are the Habits we worked on as a staf...

Updates from our week at Diamond Creek  We had many fun fall celebrations happening at Diamond Creek this week! The students are excited about pumpkins, costumes and candy! We hope you have a safe and exciting Halloween weekend!  A reminder that there is no school on Monday (10/30) and Tuesday (10/31) this week. Our staff will be busy learning with other staff around the district and at our own site. We started our first Breakfast & Books Club this week for our 2nd and 3rd graders. This was a book club offered to all students in 2nd and 3rd grade.  We are reading, The Year of Billy Miller , together.  Stay tuned for a Breakfast & Books opportunity for our 4th and 5th grade students coming up soon! This is a great time for students to dive deep into a new book and discuss the book with their peers over some yummy breakfast! In addition to our Breakfast & Books, we are doing many things around the building to engage our young readers and ignite an exci...