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On Monday, the School Board honored Student All-Stars from Liberty Elementary School for earning the highest scores on the 2016-17 state assessments in language arts, math and science.

The students were introduced by Principal Tracy Day. Liberty students are:

Sam Howard, fifth-grade English language arts; Calista Cwmcwlamare, fourth-grade English language arts; Amelia Kidd, third-grade English language arts; Porter Rose, fifth-grade math and science; Wyatt Morse, fourth-grade math; and Liam Finley, third-grade math.

On Monday, the School Board honored Student All-Stars from Waverly Elementary School for earning the highest scores on the 2016-17 state assessments in language arts, math and science.

The students were introduced by Principal Anne Griffith. Waverly students are:

Erica Hildenbrand, fourth-grade English language arts
Erica loves to read a wide variety of books and willingly shares her understanding of the stories. She is a creative writer who always includes many details.

Takoda Cunningham, fourth-grade math
Takoda perseveres through challenges and looks for new and different ways to solve problems. He looks for and finds patterns and structures in numbers.

Jaelyn Johnson, third-grade English language arts
Jaelyn is an incredibly hard worker who is always focused and determined to understand new concepts and ideas. Jaelyn is a kind friend to everyone.

Caelen Riley, third-grade math
Caelen is a learner who is eager for a challenge and challenges himself. He is always making sense of number systems and is always willing to share his thinking and learning with his classmates.

Not present: Anthony Vestal, fifth-grade science.

A dual language program was established in 2009 at South Shore Elementary School to teach students in English and Spanish. The program was recommended after a six-month committee process to determine the best options for Spanish-speaking students.

Since then, it has grown from two kindergarten classrooms and a first-grade class to a whole-school program that benefits both native Spanish speakers who are learning English and native English speakers who are learning Spanish.

Read more about the program in the Democrat-Herald.

Last night’s School Board meeting included a special performance by the Lafayette Elementary School honor choir. They opened the meeting with two songs from their holiday line-up.

The honor choir is audition-based and made up of fourth and fifth graders. It is led by music teacher Teresa Buckley. Last night’s performance was directed by music assistant Marissa Johnston.