Shakiah Watson, a third grader at Orrs Elementary School, follows the advice on her t-shirt!

Write on!

Orrs Elementary School pre-kindergarten students Donnie Brown, Cadarius Hood, and Kaley Wilder play in the dirt with their dads. The “Dirts With Dad Day” project was sponsored by Home Depot.

Ariaunna, Hunter and Zamiya, first grade students at Orrs Elementary School, work on their realism/fantasy powerpoint that describes their original digital pictures.

Orrs Elementary students Amadi Starks, Jesus Marin, and Diego Hernandez create a rough draft of a realism and fantasy presentation using technology.

Specialist Luke Hendricks talked with Orrs Elementary School students about the Army's values and mission. During his presentation, he also discussed patriotism. Orrs Elementary School students have been writing encouraging letters to soldiers and making cards to be displayed at the local National Guard Armory. These cards will also be given to the Griffin based HH2-121 Unit as they travel to Camp Shelby in Mississippi to complete training before leaving for Afghanistan.

The Cat in the Hat, also known as Mr. Dexter Martin (Orrs Elementary School principal), reads a Dr. Seuss book to an Orrs Elementary School third grade class on Read Across America Day.

Prekindergarten students at Orrs Elementary School paint a yellow submarine during class. They are learning about colors.

Orrs Elementary School principal Dexter Martin takes a few minutes to read to students in the school's media center.

Orrs Elementary School has partnered with Carver Road Baptist Church in an effort give a new look to the school. These upgrades will be added in one day - November 15, 2008. Community businesses and individuals are invited to participate. For more information please contact the school. Pictured are: (front row, left to right) Stephanie Summers, Pastor Tom Summers, and Principal Mr. Dexter Martin. Second row:(left to right) Wanda Bush (campaign publicity), Worship Leader Michael Terry, Project Manager Charlie Clemons, and Youth Minister Bryan Parrish.

Skylar Greer and Conner Kovach work the polls for the Ms. Jackie Patterson’s Pre-K Voting Precinct at Orrs Elementary School's mock election.

Orrs’ fifth graders in Ms. Ivey’s social studies classes completed a unit on Immigration by presenting these projects. Students worked in groups to research how immigrants helped to impact American culture in the areas of food, music, holiday traditions, and more. They used class computers and laptops, as well as reference books, to find information and pictures. They also created graphs with Microsoft Excel and included maps on their posters. The classes enjoyed working cooperatively and were very proud of their finished products. Here, Nova Barcus & Jimmy Jarvis work on their poster together.

Students in Miss Katie McKinney’s second grade class take part in a money learning station as they learn how to count money and make change. Students served as cashiers and customers as they were able to “buy” many different items at the money station by counting out the money and making the correct change. Givin Ogletree and Madison Smallwood try to decide how much money they owe, while Tyler Hunt and Savannah Fritz play “cashier”.

Bryan Sanchez stamps the money needed to buy his goodies, and Tyler Hunt determines if Bryan has the correct amount for his purchase.

Students in Miss Katie McKinney’s second grade class participated in Johnny Appleseed Day by observing the effects that air has on apples that are cut open. Students were able to be second grade “scientists” as they learned the scientific process. Students observed the reaction of an apple that was cut and an apple that had lemon juice on it. They made predictions and drew models of the apples after they performed the experiment. After the experiment, students reflected on their predictions and the experiment. Students were then able to make an apple smile as they enjoyed the science lesson. Givin Ogletree and Austin Salembier observe the changes in their apple and document the changes on their log sheets.

Bryan Sanchez, A’jah Montgomery and Ociel Marin observe the changes in an apple with lemon juice on it and an apple exposed to air while Madison Smallwood enjoys a quick treat.

5th graders at Orrs Elementary School recently completed demonstration projects for 4-H. Each student had the task of selecting and researching a topic of interest. They created posters and gave short speeches to teach classmates about what they had learned regarding their topic. Some students will compete in the 4-H County Project Achievement contest in March. Maggie Pope, a student in Ms. Lori Ivey’s class, did her project on nutrition. She brought in examples of good and bad nutrition to help students see what they should and shouldn’t be eating.

The Griffin-Spalding County Spelling Bee, held on February 8, was hosted by Anne Street Elementary School. The winner of the spelling bee was Matthew Harvey of Crescent Elementary School. The runner-up was Hanna Jarvis of Orrs Elementary School.

Orrs Elementary School students, including Austin Hightower (left) and Darrell Evans (right), work together on their math skills using pennies to figure out fractions and whole numbers.