Kiwanis Club Donates Dictionaries
   
The Kiwanis Club of Western Catawba County recently visited our school and presented new student dictionaries to our 3rd graders.  Members Captain Michael Harris and Greg Adams shared with students the worldwide mission of the Kiwanis Club which is to help benefit children and our community by "Changing the world one child at a time".  This Kiwanis service project provides dictionaries to ALL 3rd grade students in Catawba County.  Thank you Kiwanis for providing our students with the tools they need! 

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Kinders Learn About Kindness! 

Ms. Eller's class has been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King and what he did to bring all people together. As a challenge, the class will try to complete 100 acts of random kindness by Valentine's Day. Not only will they be expected to show kindness at school, but also at home and in the community.  They are also integrating math by keeping a running record of their kind acts and counting each of them to 100.

Another way they plan to show kindness for others in the community, is to collect boxed and canned foods for The Corner Table Mission in Newton.  The Corner Table serves lunch Monday-Thursday each week, and is the only food source for many people in Catawba County.  Students have decorated a buggy that will sit outside of our classroom until Valentine's Day to collect donations.

If you would like to help Ms. Eller's kindergarten class, please bring your food donation to the school by February 14th.  We hope our kindergarteners will be able to see the kindness of others and the impact it has on our community.  Thanks for your help!

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Eagle Scout Helps Claremont Elementary Look Beautiful!

    
Colton I., a 15 year old sophomore from Bunker Hill High School, recently completed work on his Eagle Scout project at Claremont Elementary.  Colton is a member of Troop 312 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Conover, NC.  He is also a former student of Claremont Elementary School!  Colton was able to to obtain all of his supplies through donations from local companies like Lowe's Hardware, Home Depot & Murray's Grading Company.  Red Lava Rocks, landscape timbers, shrubs and even a truckload of mulch was used to complete the project.  Colton also enlisted the help of his family, friends and the scouts from Troop 312 to complete all of the work, making the labor cost absolutely free!  We would like to thank Colton for making the front of our school so welcoming for the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year!  We are so proud of the fine young citizen he has become!   

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Claremont Teacher's Win Wal-Mart Grant!

    

Teacher's at Claremont Elementary were recently surprised with ten $100.00 gift cards from the Conover Wal-Mart.  The grant was applied for by kindergarten teacher Teri Eller, who found out about the grant and Teacher's Reward Program while doing her shopping!  While speaking with Assistant Manager Jenny Tolley, Ms. Eller shared her love of Claremont Elementary and explained how much this $1000.00 could impact our students, staff and parents.  In August, Ms. Eller was notified that Claremont had indeed been chosen as the grant winner.  Jenny Tolley and sales associate Carlos Huitron came to present the $100.00 gift cards to drawing winners Stephanie Kale, Kristi Fulbright, Annette Kiger, Rebecca Stewart, Lisa Mateyunas, Dustin Boykin, Maysee Ly, Britney Miller, Marsha Hollar and Amanda Moose.  The Conover Wal-Mart also donated recycle tote bags filled with classroom goodies to every teacher on the staff and brought a delicious cake for the celebration!  Thank you Conover Wal-Mart for supporting our educational mission!  We appreciate you!

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CONGRATULATIONS CLAREMONT DONOR'S CHOOSE WINNERS!

Many Claremont Elementary teachers are enjoying their new classroom goodies thanks to some wonderful sponsors and the Donor's Choose website.  So far this year, 11 grants have been funded for our school.  We have received math books and games, chess boards, weather kits, literacy stations, social studies books and sets of novels!  The students are excited to have such great new materials in their rooms, but nothing quite matches the excitement that the teachers have! 

If you are looking for a great way to help your child's classroom or know a grandparent, aunt, uncle or even a friend that wants to help....please visit the Donor's Choose website and support Claremont Elementary!  We still have 23 grants out there to be funded and we need your help...so spread the word!

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