Elementary School

Thank you, Pocahontas County Public Health, for joining us on High Five Friday! 🖐

🇺🇸❤️ Veterans Day at PAC ❤️🇺🇸 Today our elementary students came together with many others to honor the brave men and women who have served our country. We waved our flags proudly, sang patriotic songs, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and listened to the anthems of each military branch with gratitude and respect. 🎶🙌 Our guest speaker shared heartfelt stories that reminded us what courage and sacrifice truly mean. The smiles, salutes, and songs from our students made it a beautiful morning of reflection and thankfulness. To all of our veterans, thank you for your service, your bravery, and the freedom you protect for us all. ❤️🤍💙 #VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #ProudToBeAnAmerican #ElementaryStrong

🇺🇸 Reminder! Tomorrow is Veterans Day and we’ll be attending the Veterans Day program at 10:00 AM. Please have your child wear red, white, or blue to show their support and appreciation for our veterans! ❤️🤍💙

🚗💻 Our 6th grade students put their creativity and coding skills to the test in Computer Science class by designing and building their own cars! The best part? Our 2nd grade students got to join in on the fun by testing out the cars. What an awesome example of collaboration, innovation, and hands-on learning across grade levels! 👏✨ #STEMLearning #Collaboration #FutureEngineers #PACStrong

School Delay: Due to road conditions, The Pocahontas Area Community School District will have a 2 hour late start on Monday November 10th.

Today, our students had the opportunity to hear from Amanda Allen, who led a heartfelt and meaningful session on understanding grief and loss. 💬✨ Through open conversation and shared stories, students learned that grief looks different for everyone — and that it’s okay to express emotions, ask for help, and take time to heal. We’re so grateful to Amanda Allen for creating a safe and supportive space for our students to explore these important topics. 💗 Thank you for reminding us that compassion, connection, and understanding can help us all through difficult times. 🌈 #StudentWellbeing #GriefSupport #MentalHealthAwareness #CommunityCare #PACStrong

Thank you to the Pocahontas Trendsetters for joining us on High Five Friday 🖐

🌉 4th Grade TAG Bridge Builders! Our 4th grade TAG students took on an exciting engineering challenge! to design and build bridges that could withstand as much weight as possible! 🧠🔧 After lots of planning, creativity, and problem-solving, all of 4th grade gathered to watch the big test as sand was added little by little to see which bridges held strong. 🏗️💪 The students worked hard, had fun, and got to see the results of their designs in action! 🎉 Did you know? 🤔 The strongest bridges are often triangular in design 🔺 because triangles evenly distribute weight and prevent structures from bending. Arch bridges 🌈 are also super strong since their curved shape helps push weight out and down into the supports. Engineers use these ideas every day to build the bridges we drive and walk across! 🚗🚶‍♀️

🎉🏀 Our 5th and 6th grade students had an amazing day cheering on the Iowa State Women’s Basketball team! The energy in the arena was incredible, and our students showed their Cyclone spirit loud and proud! 🌪️❤️💛 #CyclonePride #FutureCyclones #SchoolSpirit #ISUWBB

1st grade was thrilled to have Mrs. Carlson as their guest reader last week! 📚 She brought some of her favorite Spooky 👻 Stories to share!

Life's a Puzzle🧩 Solve it Drug Free Students enjoyed the dress up days and activities for Red Ribbon Week

🎃👻 Halloween at the Elementary was a spooktacular success! 👻🎃 Our littles kicked things off with an adorable costume parade 🧙‍♀️🦸‍♂️🧛‍♀️ so many creative and cute costumes! The big kids celebrated with classroom parties full of tasty treats, fun games, music, and plenty of dancing and silliness! 🍬🕺💃 It was a frightfully fun day filled with laughter, smiles, and school spirit. 🧡🖤 Happy Halloween from all of us at PAC elementary! 🎃✨

🎃👻 Halloween at the Elementary was a spooktacular success! 👻🎃 Our littles kicked things off with an adorable costume parade 🧙‍♀️🦸‍♂️🧛‍♀️ so many creative and cute costumes! The big kids celebrated with classroom parties full of tasty treats, fun games, music, and plenty of dancing and silliness! 🍬🕺💃 It was a frightfully fun day filled with laughter, smiles, and school spirit. 🧡🖤 Happy Halloween from all of us at PAC elementary! 🎃✨

🎃🙌 High 5 Friday: Halloween Edition! 👻🍬 Our teachers were out spreading boo-tiful vibes this morning for High 5 Friday! 🖐🎉 We love starting the day with positive energy and fun — what a great way to kick off Halloween! 💜🧡 #High5Friday #HappyHalloween #SchoolSpirit #WeArePAC

🎨⚙️ Our 3rd Graders are Becoming Engineers and Artists! ⚙️🎨

This week, our creative scientists are diving into their new Science Module: “Building Sculptures that Balance.” 🏗️

Students are exploring how art and engineering come together as they design, build, and test sculptures that balance in fun and surprising ways! They’re learning about stability, weight, and creativity — all while having a blast experimenting with their own designs. 🌟

We can’t wait to see their balanced masterpieces come to life! 💡🎉

#3rdGradeScientists #FutureEngineers #CreativeLearners #STEMEducation #ArtAndScience

EPIC treasure chest winner!!!!!

Congratulations to our Book Blast EPIC treasure chest winner Braxton!!!

And parents…your child's books from Book Blast will be handed out at your conference time with your child(ren)'s teacher tonight or Thursday night.

📣✨ **Early Out Reminder!** ✨📣

Hey PAC families! 👋
Just a heads up! Tuesday, Oct. 28th and Thursday, Oct. 30th are early out days! 🕑 Students will be dismissed at 2:19 PM instead of 3:19 PM so our teachers can meet with families during conferences (3–7 PM). 💬📚

✅ We WILL have school on Friday, Oct. 31st! 🎃

🏀 **Little Dribblers Info:**

*Prep–2nd grade boys: Pick-up at 3:30 PM on Tuesday & Thursday
*Wednesday pick-up: 4:30 PM

Thanks for keeping track, parents! We know this week’s schedule is a busy one! 💪❤️ #PACProud #EarlyOut #ConferenceWeek

🎉 Today we celebrated our Character Strong skill of the month ➡️Responsibility! 💪 Students who showed outstanding responsibility were nominated by their teachers! Our specials teachers also chose two students who went above and beyond in their classes showing a variety of skills or positive character traits. 👏 Our award winners got to play a fun game where they had to “be responsible” for their pizza box 🍕 and we kicked off our yearly Kids vs. Adults tradition! The current score: Adults 1, Kids 0. 😄 What an awesome way to wrap up the week and celebrate our students’ character and effort! 💙 #CharacterStrong #Responsibility #SchoolFamily

🌍✏️ Our 2nd graders wrapped up their EL module on Schools Around the World! They learned how schools can be different and similar! From boat schools to doorstep schools and everything in between! 🚤🏫📚 Today they proudly presented what they learned to our 6th graders, kindergarteners, and families. We’re so proud of their hard work and confidence! 💙👏 #GlobalLearners #ProudTeachers #ElementaryExcellence

Thank you, Pocahontas County Secondary Road Crew, for joining us on High Five Friday! 🖐