3rd Grade Fieldtrip - Chocolate Shoppe

The 3rd graders visited Askinosie’s Chocolate factory, and what a “sweet” experience it was! We learned which countries the cocoa beans are harvested from. At the factory we saw the many different parts the cocoa bean can be separated into. Tasting the pure chocolate was a “bitter-sweet” experience. The children are used to candy bars and not such a concentration of pure chocolate.

We also learned that Mr. Askinosie “gives back” in a lot of different ways to the city of Springfield. Next time we eat chocolate we will wonder where its beans were harvested from.

Sports Day Fun

Artist and Art Class at SLS

In the top pictures, the 1st graders created a goldfish bowl in a garden room in their study of Henri Matisse. In the bottom pictures, the 2nd graders use paper weaving to create animals.

Spring Musical for 4th and 5th Grades

Mr. Heilman and Fourth Grade to the Symphony

Our fourth graders were invited to attend the youth concert presented by the Springfield Symphony this week. This concert was held at Second Baptist on Battlefield Road. We learned about the different types of music and listened to works of Brahms, Beethoven and 'Master of March', JP Sousa.

The members of the symphony demonstrated the different orchestra instruments and showed how their sounds all work together in a performance. We love going on field trip to experience learning outside the normal classroom setting.

4th Grade to Weather School and Ball Game

In addition to learning in the classroom, our 4th graders also learn outside the classroom. Our students attended the KY3 Weatherschool and later watch a Springfield Cardinals game. We learned about air, water vapor, clouds and watched the launching of a weather balloon by the National Weather Service.

SLS Staff Work In The Woods

Your SLS staff sold three hours of hard labor to the highest bidder at the recent dinner auction. Ryan and J'Nell Sutherland bought this motley group. They cut trees and cleared brush last Saturday morning. We all found muscles we had forgotten about in the process. The pile behind them was generated by the morning's work. As the song writer sang, "All hard workers and not a slacker among them."