Santa visits Anderson

Students at Anderson Early Childhood Center were thrilled with a visit from Santa before the holidays. They each had time to talk to him about their Christmas wishes.

“The Elf on the Shelf” fascinates Anderson students

Students in Mrs. Allison Ferrell’s class at Anderson have a very special visitor that has them fascinated. It seems Mrs. Debbie Clagg, one of the students, Hadley’s grandmother, read “The Elf on the Shelf” book that explains that the “Elf” is Santa’s messenger and reports to Santa how the children have been while at school or at home. The “Elf” goes every night to the North Pole to report to Santa. Each morning when the children arrive at school, he will be in a new spot, and it is a game to see who can find him first. “We played a graphing game to help us vote on a special name for our elf,” Mrs. Ferrell said, “and we named him Jackson! We are so excited about Jackson, and are trying very hard to be on our best behavior while he is here!”

Former Spanish teacher shares with Anderson students

Mrs. Cheryl Moses was a very special visitor in Mrs. Allison Ferrell’s class. Mrs. Moses is Miss Allison's mother, and she taught Spanish many years at Haywood High School before retiring in May of 2009. She read the class’s book of the week “Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three” by Pat Mora. The students also practiced other words like hola, adios, Mama, and Papa. When Mrs. Moses revisited the class a few weeks later, she was surprised to see how much Spanish they remembered from her first visit.
 

Students help with gardening

Trudy Hughes’s class at Anderson is taking care of some recently planted monkey grass. Students have even named their plants!
 

Mr. Jim goes to art
 

 
While helping students in Mrs. Jennifer White’s class during art, Mr. Jim found time to make a pottery fish, too!

Anderson Elementary students are busy learning about shapes

Students in Miss Wendy Hopper’s class have fun drawing shapes in shaving cream while developing sensory awareness.

 
Students in Mrs. Connie Allen’s class are getting ready for Thanksgiving with their “shape turkeys.”

Students in Mrs. Connie’s room love to work on the computer.