The kids in Mrs. Fisher’s 4K class learned all about apples in the past few weeks. We ended our Apple unit with an apple tasting party. The students tasted red, green, and yellow apples, apple juice, applesauce, apple chips, apple pie cookies, and apple donuts! Everyone had a great time!
8 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Three 4K students sitting at a classroom table during an apple tasting activity
Three 4K students sitting at a classroom table during an apple tasting activity
Three 4K students sitting at a classroom table during an apple tasting activity
Three 4K students sitting at a classroom table during an apple tasting activity
4K students sitting at a table tasting apples
Kindergarten has been working hard building words with only the four letter sounds that have been explicitly taught so far. While working on the sounds, we are also working on mastering the letter formation for each of those letters. These students were SO excited to show me their first attempt at word writing during our UFLI Phonics lesson!
8 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
students sitting on carpet in kindergarten room showing the white boards that they used to practice writing words in phonics lesson
Our 3rd grade Falcons took a fun field trip to the Golden Rondelle Theater to watch an interactive live performance of BrainSTEM! 💡✨

Students sat back, enjoyed the show, and watched the scientific method and STEM design process come to life right on stage.

Way to be a great audience and show off that Falcon curiosity! 💙🦅
8 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Students sitting in auditorium seating during a school assembly performance.
Two student volunteers standing on stage holding cards during a STEM presentation.
Students participating in an interactive STEM demonstration on stage during a school assembly.
Presenters speaking to an auditorium filled with students during a STEM assembly.
A student volunteer on stage with presenters during a STEM school presentation.
An audience of students watching a STEM presenter on stage in a school auditorium.
This week 6th grade made scale models of the solar system. They had to calculate how to turn Astronomical Units into centimeters, using the scale given, then determine which household item would represent which planet based on size! Finally, students had to put it all together to create their scale models, which spanned nearly 400 centimeters!
9 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Five students posing together in a school hallway beside a paper measurement line for a science project.
Three students sitting in a school hallway analyzing a long paper tape measure during a science lab.
Four students kneeling around a long paper tape measure on the classroom floor during a group activity.
Four students posing near a paper measurement strip running along a lab counter in science class.
Top-down view of a paper scale on the floor next to worksheet papers and small plastic marker objects.
🍎 Pass the Fruit, Pass the Fun! 🍌

Our 4K Falcons were busy sharpening their fine motor skills today! Through a fun hands-on passing activity with paper fruit, our youngest learners practiced hand-eye coordination, precision grips, and teamwork all at once. 🦅✨

It’s amazing to watch those little hands build big skills every day at Salem School District!
9 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Young students sitting on an alphabet rug working together on a fine-motor skill activity with paper cutouts and clothespins.
Elementary students sitting on a rug in a classroom, attaching clothespins to paper fruit cutouts during an activity.
Children sitting on a classroom carpet attaching clothespins to a paper cutout during a group fine-motor skill lesson.
Three young students sitting on a colorful carpet working together using clothespins and paper cutouts during a learning activity.
🍭 Treat Yourself for a Great Cause, Falcons! 🍭

Falcon families, get ready for something sweet! Salem School is hosting a Lollipop Sale from October 6th through October 9th right in the cafeteria during lunch periods.

Every lollipop sold helps make a difference—100% of proceeds benefit The Sharing Center to support families right here in our community.
9 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
lollipop sale Oct. 6-9 $1 each in the cafeteria. all money goes to the sharing center with picture of 2 lollipops
Our Salem Falcons brought high energy and fast footwork to P.E. class with a fan-favorite game: Gaga Ball!

Whether played outdoors on the playground or indoors using gymnastics mats to build our arena, this fast-paced dodgeball alternative keeps everyone moving, dodging, and strategizing. It’s all about agility, quick reflexes, and classic Falcon sportsmanship!

Way to work hard and have fun, Falcons! 💙🦅
9 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Students gathered in a school gymnasium playing a game with a red ball during physical education class.
Elementary students actively playing gaga ball across the gym floor during physical education class.
A student in a baseball jersey stoops to pick up a red ball in the school gym.
Children actively playing a gaga ball game on the gymnasium court during gym class.
Elementary students participating in a lively gaga ball game during gym class.
Students playing gaga ball on the gym floor as a red ball rolls across the court.
A red ball rolls across the gymnasium floor while students play during gym class.
Students kicking and dodging a red ball while playing a game in the school gymnasium.
🥁 Marching into the beat at Salem! 🎶

Our 2nd graders in Mrs. Graham’s class and 1st graders in Ms. Longrie’s class had an absolute blast exploring meter in 2 in music class!

Our young Falcons learned that a meter of 2 feels just like a parade march. They got hands-on experience keeping a steady beat with hand drums and took the stage as conductors, leading the rhythm to Johann Strauss’s famous 1848 masterpiece, Radetzky March! 🎼🥁

Way to keep the rhythm strong, Falcons! 💙🦅
10 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Elementary music students holding up blue drumsticks while posing together in their classroom.
Children in a music room facing an interactive monitor while practicing rhythm movements with drumsticks.
Elementary students walking in a circle during a music classroom activity while following an interactive video screen.
Elementary students dancing and playing hand drums in a circle around their music classroom.
Class of young students playing hand tambourines and moving around the room during music instruction.
Huge congratulations to our Salem Falcons Girls Softball team! 🥎💥

What an incredible, historic season! Our Falcons brought home 2nd place in the conference—a milestone Salem hasn't reached since 2010 and their first playoff appearance since 2013!🏆✨

We are so proud of the grit, teamwork, and Falcon Pride these student-athletes showed all season long. Way to make history, girls! 💙🦅
10 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Salem softball team and coaches posing with medals on the field, smiling and making holding up the number 2 in front of a dugout.
Salem youth softball team members and their coaches smiling and standing together on the dirt field wearing medals.

Our 7th and 8th grade bands combined to practice marching this morning! Even though the Central homecoming parade is canceled due to the rain, our marching Falcons are planning to march around the school on Friday morning. Extremely proud of the hard work our 7th and 8th grade bands have put into marching in such a short amount of time!

11 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Middle school marching band outside practicing marching on the pavement on a foggy morning
Students in Ms. Sturino's 4th grade class had a great time learning about the structure and function of the human eye!
Students created their own eye models to explore how the different parts of the eye work together to help us see. They also examined how light affects the size of our pupils and observed their pupils changing in different lighting conditions. 👁️🔬
12 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
A student holds a paper eye model and a card labeled "retina" during a science experiment in a classroom
A student demonstrates how light focuses through a paper eye model onto a paper retina screen in a classroom.
A student holds a magnifying lens craft to project an image onto a white card during a science activity.
A student tests a paper eye model with a lens to project light onto a retina card during a classroom science lesson.
A student holds up a paper eye lens model and white paper card to observe projected light during a science lesson
Two students sit facing each other across desks during an interactive classroom discussion activity.
Two students sit together at classroom desks during a peer discussion activity.
Students sit at desks working on laptops and chatting together in a classroom setting.
A student uses a magnifying glass and paper model to study how human eyes focus light.
A student holding a paper eye model and lens card demonstrates an optical science experiment at their desk
Building big ideas, one plank at a time! 🏗️✨

Students in Ms. Kennedy's class brought their engineering skills to the library as they designed and built tower structures using KEVA planks. From testing balance to fine-tuning their designs, our Falcons showed off top-notch problem-solving and teamwork every step of the way!

Way to aim high, Falcons! 🦅💙
13 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Two smiling elementary students kneel on the floor next to a tall wooden block tower in a school library.
A young student wearing a Spice Girls shirt smiles next to a wooden plank tower in the school library.
Two smiling boys stand on opposite sides of a tall wooden plank tower built in the school library.
Two students smile next to a multi-level wooden block tower built on the classroom floor.
student standing on a blue chair carefully places a plank on top of a tall wooden block tower assisted by a teacher.
Building strong connections, one book at a time! 🌟 Our Little Falcons gathered for a fun morning of reading alongside friendly school resource officer. Watching our students engage with storytime guests is what making memories at Salem is all about. 🦅
14 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Ms. Krolow holds up a picture book in front of young students sitting on tiered steps in a school media center.
Young students sit on colorful cushions listening intently as MS. Krolow reads a book aloud.
🌞 Recess is always a favorite part of the day! Our 2nd graders are enjoying some fresh air, getting active, playing with friends, and making lots of memories along the way. 🛝⚽️💛

There’s nothing better than seeing our students smile, laugh, and enjoy being kids! We love our 2nd graders! 📚✨
15 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
A young student smiling on a playground swing while wearing a green sweatshirt.
A group of elementary students sitting together on a large round web swing outdoors.
Elementary students hanging upside down and playing on playground climbing equipment.
Children playing together and holding onto a large round playground swing.
Three young students sitting side-by-side with arms around each other on grass outdoors.
Three students laying together on artificial turf with a blue playground ball.
A group of young students posing together on a blue playground structure.
Three students balancing on vertical playground poles outdoors.
PLTW Building for the Future is showing off their finished apartment models! Students learned how to scale drawings, cut cardboard, and use hand tools to build their projects!
15 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
A large group of middle school students pose together, proudly displaying handmade cardboard structure projects
A young student wearing a white construction hard hat and blue sports jersey gives two thumbs up.
Three middle school students collaborate and examine a multi-room cardboard building model together.
Two students work together to inspect and construct a detailed cardboard structure project.
A group of students gather in a classroom holding up cardboard house models and engineering projects.
A group of students gather in a classroom holding up cardboard house models and engineering projects.
Falcons student Kayden stopped by to deliver donuts to our wonderful School Resource Officer today.

Thank you, SRO Dominguez, for everything you do to keep Salem School safe and supported every day—and huge shoutout to Kayden for spreading some extra kindness to wrap up the week! 🦅✨
16 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
student with School Resource Office delivering a donut
Our 8th graders were hard at work investigating quadratic functions and exploring the unique characteristics of parabolas. Great job diving deep into math!
16 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Handmade math poster displaying the quadratic equation y=-x²+4 with an x-y table and labeled parabola graph
Student poster for a quadratic equation showing a table of values and a downward-opening parabola graph on grid paper.
Hand-drawn math poster for y=x²-6x+5 with a table of values, parabola graph, vertex, and line of symmetry labeled
Grid paper math poster showing a quadratic function graph, table of values, and line of symmetry.
Handmade algebra poster titled Graph featuring the equation y=x²-4x+5, an x-y table, and a plotted parabola.
Out of this world learning in 6th grade science! 🌕🔭
Our Salem 6th graders turned into lunar detectives this week as they analyzed the leading theories behind how our Moon was formed. Students evaluated the competing models, debated which origin story makes the most sense, and backed up their claims using solid scientific evidence.
17 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Two middle school students sit together at a classroom table looking at an educational video on a laptop screen
Over-the-shoulder view of a student wearing a heart sweater writing in a color-coded notebook with a pencil
Building big ideas, one sentence at a time! 📝✨

Ms. Longrie’s 1st graders have been hard at work mastering sentence structure by combining subjects and predicates. From naming who or what to showing all the action, these young authors are becoming confident writers right before our eyes!
17 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Students sitting cross-legged on a classroom rug writing on small individual whiteboards.
Elementary students sitting on a classroom carpet holding up whiteboards displaying their handwritten sentences.
Classroom students sitting on a colorful carpet holding up lined dry-erase boards to show their writing work.
Children seated on a classroom alphabet rug practicing writing on individual whiteboards.
Reminder: Student Picture Day is tomorrow.
18 days ago, Jennifer Griffith
Picture day tomorrow. with camera icon and falcon icon