Happenings at Dunwoody Elementary School

Canned Food Drive for Local Womens Shelter

Dunwoody Elementary School students have been collecting canned foods and personal hygiene items for a local womens shelter since Spring Break. The drive, sponsored by the Dunwoody Elementary 4-H Club and Sign Language Clubs and Georgia United Credit Union, collected over seven boxes of items. Faculty club sponsors: 4-H Club, Mrs. Carla Nugent; Sign Language Club: Ms. Melanie Anderson, Ms. Becky Whittaker, and Ms. Patti Walter. Pictured: Members of the 4-H Club and Sign Language Club, adults (left to right): Melanie Anderson, Nadege Boucard (Assistant Branch Manager of Georgia United Credit Union), and Carla Nugent.

On May 3rd (PreK-2nd) and May 4th (3rd 5th), Dunwoody Elementary School students participated in May Day. The school partnered with the Ga. Aquarium and other businesses to create two days of Science and Environmental Outdoor Activities in which the students participated in a variety of fun and educational hands-on learning:
May Day Stations: Recycle/Compost Station Science Reading Draw in the Woods Life Cycle of Trash Presentation UV Bracelet Gravity Shoot (Parachute Play) Deadly links/Food Chain Game River Pollution Oil Spill Part I Oil Spill Part II Georgia Aquarium Presentation Trout Fish Farm Presentation Planting/Seed Project Observations at the Garden

May Day Bracelets

UV Bracelets method: make a bracket with UV Beads

May Day Compost Station

Recycle/Compost Station method: students will listen to presentation about composting, recycling, impact of recycling on environment. students will then practice composting, and separate recyclable trash.

May Day Draw in the Woods

Draw in the Woods Method: Students will sketch and/or color objects in observation of nature around them.

May Day Gravity Shoot (Parachute Play)

Gravity Shoot (Parachute Play). method: students will observe the behavior of objects of different weights and density with respect to gravity

May Day Life Cycle of Trash

Life Cycle of Trash Presentation -Billy Kidwell of American Disposal Services method: students will listen to presentation about life cycle of trash: financial and environmental costs of landfills, efficiency of the recycle process.

May Day Science Reading

Science Reading method: students will listen to science-themed books read aloud by parent volunteer Mrs. Gurin

Last fall, the Georgia Aquarium hosted a Regional Coastal America Ocean Art Contest for grades K-College. The purpose of this Ocean Art Contest was to draw upon youth's artistic expression to convey the importance of ocean, coasts and Great Lakes. Winning artwork from each of the regional sites will advance to the national competition later in March. Dunwoody elementary is happy to announce our regional winners and runner-ups:

Winner: Kayla Smith, 3rd Grade

Runner Up: Carol Zhou, 5th Grade