2022年2月22日

丰富多彩的艺术作品, 家庭照片, 数线, and helpful learning graphics cover the walls of the Kindergarten classrooms. One particular and eagerly watched item hangs from the front bulletin boards—the day-counting chart. Little red and yellow links dangle from the chart—one more placed each morning of school. 过了很久, 为期三天的周末, Kindergarteners were thrilled to be finally adding the 100th link to the chain, symbolizing the 100th day of school.

What was even more special about this school year’s 100th Day, was that it wasn’t the only thing to celebrate that day. 较低的学校 students had also been prepping to celebrate for Twosday, better known as 2-22-22. Prior to Twosday, Kindergarten students engaged in activities that reinforced their counting skills. They brought in 100 items from home and recounted them at school, by ones, twos, fives, or 10s. Kindergarten students also created necklaces where they strung pasta pieces onto a lanyard in groups of 10 and then separated it by a bead. Aligning nicely with their geometry unit, Class I students worked together to create an elaborate, underwater scene using pattern blocks, counting out 1000 individual pieces. They also created necklaces with beads grouped by fives. 在二类, students worked on different ways to make the number two and charted it on a large number two display in the 较低的学校 hallway. 在第三类, students came up with 100 ways to make 100 and also charted it on the large number two as well. In Class IV, students came up with 188 ways to say one hundred in different languages. They also put their fraction knowledge to use and created a timeline of big events during our 100 days of school this year.

“We highlighted Twosday this year because the date is a palindrome, which students have learned is a number that can be read the same forwards and backward,” 较低的学校 Math Coordinator Ms. Allison-Griffith解释. “The 100th day of school is always a special day and tradition because students get to reflect on their academic achievements and how much they have learned that year!”

2月22日上午, 较低的学校 students gathered in the auditorium to celebrate 2-22-22 as well as Nightingale’s 100th Day. 在大会开幕仪式上. 斯皮里德利斯和琼斯女士. Alexander led the students in “Let’s Count It Out,” their own rendition of The Black Eyed Peas’ song, “我有感觉”.” Students eagerly sang along to the words cast on the projector and danced and swayed to the music.

下一个, Kindergarten students filed out of their seats and onto the stage to share “what 100 looks like.” Each student displayed a baggy full of 100 items and shared what item they chose to count out. 爆米花内核, 通心粉面, and bingo chips were amongst the many creative items Kindergarteners brought from home. Students from each class also got up to share 100th-day jokes, 2-22-22双关语, and what they did for the special day.

大会期间, 较低的学校 students engaged in various, interactive 100th Day activities like singing, 跳舞, and hearing from fellow classmates in other grade levels.

大会结束后, students journeyed back up to the fourth floor for some games and 100th Day-themed, 有趣的活动.

“It was wonderful to have the 100th-day assembly in person again,” Ms. Allison-Griffith共享. “I remember in 2020 it was one of the last assemblies that we did, so to be able to feel the excitement and enthusiasm about this day, 都在一个房间里, 太神奇了.”