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First week of school
5th graders test lift and drag
PK learning names and sounds
4th graders learning to collaborate
Champions of Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament
Play-Doh Comic Book Hero
Pre-K class have been learning about the 5 senses
Ms. Prewitt's 4th grade math class is learning how to use beaded number lines to subtract decimals.
Ms. Ballard's 3rd grade class was using vertical white spaces to collaboratively solve their "Launch" word problem.
Ms. Warchol's 3rd grade class was working hard on their personal narratives today.
Students and staff had fun atten-"dancing" today to celebrate a great week.
Congratulations to our student council winners.
AV Volleyball club
Ms. Templeton's 3rd grade class is using vertical white spaces to solve word problems.
Pirate Day
New Page This week, Ms. Windwehen's 3rd grade classes had a writing celebration and shared their first finished writing samples with each other.
Book Club
They've been practicing on Xtra math, which is a free website any student can use at home or school.
Ms. Jones's first grade students are reading comics and writing their own today.
Ms. Jones's first grade class earned donuts this morning for meeting their Iready goal.
Small group support in action!
Mrs Prewitt’s 4th grade science class, students reviewed the states of matter, mixture, and solutions using dry ice.
Ms. Prewitt's 4th grade math class practices their multiplication facts with online practice or games every day.
Mrs. Prewitt and Mrs Foreman’s classes earned their $100 AV Bucks and enjoyed chips and a movie together.
4th graders are working on solving multi-step multiplication word problems using equations and strip diagrams.
Here's a few pics from our first six weeks celebration of the year!
We have Voyagers in volleyball, football, and soccer today!
Alta Vista Student Council at the TEPSA student leadership workshop at Waco ISD Admin Building
Congrats to Ms. Warchol, Ms, Ramirez, Ms. Lopez, and Ms. Jones's classes for having the highest attendance rate in September.
No Place for Hate!
Hispanic Heritage Parade
Cell Phone Sally taught students in PK and Kindergarten all about the importance of 9-1-1
Boys to Men and Girl Code
Today in Mrs. Prewitt’s science class, the students worked with different mixtures and solutions.
We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month today by dressing up as our favorite Loteria characters!
Ms. Ballard's third graders were investigating push and pull today in science!
This week we start a new Exploration activity in which we will be learning about food sources.
5th graders in Ms. Welty's class were having an "electrifying" lesson this week as they explored electrical circuits.
Ms. Spark had student "experts" teach about circuits and electricity.
Meeting the new Waco ISD Superintendent Dr. Tiffany Spicer
Our teach interns working with students.
Spooky Science Night!!
Congrats to Jae'onah and Daveon for representing Alta Vista in the Waco ISD Fastest Fifth Grader race! Jae'onah won the girls race!!!!
4th graders in Ms. Gonzales' class are working in collaborative groups to solve division word problems
It may be Halloween but we've got lots of learning going on today!
Students in art wrapped up their "spooky" art projects with some delicious cupcakes today!
Ms. McKethan's class had a popcorn party...yum yum!
We are so proud of our 5th grade Voyagers learning music and performing at the WISD Children's Music Festival.
Ms. Somers' 2nd grade class voted for their favorite kind of Oreo. The winner was Mint Oreos!
Kindergarten voted for their favorite story book character and 1st grade voted for the best candy.
Six Week Celebrations!!
Students got to build winter habitats for different animals.
PK Community Helpers Parade
Alta Vista Thanksgiving 2024
Ms. Foreman and Ms. Prewitt's 4th graders did a trash pick-up project today after their practice STAAR reading test.
Mrs Prewitt’s 4th grade science class had Electrical Circuit experts from 5th grade come teach all about open and closed circuits.
Ms. Welty's class celebrated our fastest fifth grader with a pizza and ice cream party.
Our AV students enjoying Southern baseball/softball camp
We are kicking off our Grinch-mas season!
Fourth graders are discussing how events change characters in the stories that they read.
Our students had fun trying out dragon fruit this week. Even Mrs. Helton had to give this one a try!
Congrats to our winners of the Tree Disguises! We LOVED seeing all of the creativity.
Our PK-2 Holiday Performance
The Grinch has been getting into lots of mischievous today at Alta Vista!
After earning $100 AV Bucks. They voted to each get a FREE book from the vending machine as their class celebration.
AV Buck Celebration Mrs. Prewitt’s homeroom chose Pajama Day, Candy Cane Olympics, and Snacks and a Movie.
Students in art are celebrating Wassily Kandinsky's birthday with some abstract tree art!
Students had fun decorating their own cookie for snack!
Ms. Gonzales' 4th graders are exploring electrical circuits.
Happy New Year! We are ringing in 2025 with fancy outfits, goal setting, and team building.
Classes that met their December attendance goal got to choose prizes from the principal's treasure chest!
Students enjoyed "Sit Where You Want Day"
Our Student Leadership was able to share their thoughts with Waco ISD superintendent today.
Kid Inventor Day winners and 1st grade students designed an invention and then used craft supplies to create a model.
More KID Inventor Day pics!
Some more KID Inventor Pics!
BINGO Night
4th grade Perot Museum field trip.
Student-led learning
4th graders in Ms. Gonzales' class are putting their math skills to test as they calculate area and perimeter in real-world engineering situations.
Student leadership talk about their future careers at Career Day!
Thank you to all of our amazing speakers today for Career Day
Ms. Prewitt’s and Ms. Welty’s students explored weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Happy 100th Day! Students worked to solve 100 addition/subtraction problems.
Celebrating Black History Month by featuring student learning throughout the month.
5th graders are learning about WWII.
In UIL we received 3rd place overall out of 15 schools!
We had so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day today!
We are so proud of our Voyagers, Alucard and Joshua, for making it to the finals for the Waco ISD Future Chef Competition
4 classes won a cupcake party yesterday for meeting their January attendance goal.
Write About It Wednesday! 5th grade choose a black inventor or scientist and wrote about their contributions in the style of a STAAR Extended Constructed Response.
Our students learned how to code Ozobot Robots during STEM Club today.
2nd graders in Ms. Francis' class celebrated Engineering Week by creating these awesome wind cars.
First grade has been reading and writing about famous African Americans.
We are excited to celebrate Read Across America Week with our annual book tasting event.
We kicked off our annual book tasting event today!
The fifth 6 weeks celebration.
Kindergarten wrote directions to make an ice cream sundae and then made their own treat to enjoy!
1st grade had a great field trip to Cameron Park Zoo as they kick off their research unit on marine animals.
Ms. Gonzales' 4th graders explored customs and traditions related to St. Patrick's Day.
5th grade Nature Walk to discover living and non living things in our local ecosystems
Readers are leaders! Ms Lopez's class is working hard during reading centers this week.
3rd grade is working hard to write strong responses to their reading passages.
2nd grade toured the Dr Pepper Museum.
Smart cookies! 2nd graders both leveled up this week on Xtra Math.
Students in 3rd grade are making frequency tables and dot plots to review their class heights and favorite seasons.
Thank you to all of our families and staff for coming out to our Under the Sea STEM Night and PK-1 Performance!
5th graders worked on team building by playing Yahtzee today in Power Hour.
5th grade is wrapping up their study of WWII with a special field trip to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Ms. Del Real's friends did an amazing job on their "habitat in a shoe-box" projects.
Mrs. Prewitt’s classes had a friendly March Madness competition with I-Ready. Here are our final 4 and our top winners.
Ms. Dresner's class created egg launching catapults today!
Thursday was Lucky Duck Day and Mrs. Helton randomly chose 2 lucky ducks from each class to get a scoop from the treasure chest. Staff also got to pick out a prize from the staff treasure box.
Together we can make a difference! 🌎🖐🏿❤️Happy Earth Day ❤️🖐🏽🌎
Pre-K’s Annual Numer Egg Hunt 🔢 🥚 🐰❤️
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Susannah Welty
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Amy Foreman - 4th ELAR/SS
Kristin Prewitt - 4th Math/Science
3rd Grade
Natasha Warchol - 3rd ELAR/SS
Lasondra Ballard - 3rd Math/Science
Caitlyn Ramirez - 3rd ELAR/SS
Marissa Templeton - 3rd Math/Science
2nd Grade
Sarah Noel
Shannon Somers
Lauren Francis
America Mckethan
1st Grade
Kendra Allums
Brittany Beverly
Cristina Dresner
Brittany Jones
Kindergarten
Jessica Lopez
Khristian Allen
Marceya Locke
Stephanie Thomas
Prekindergarten
Griselda Del Real
Griselda Picazo
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Melanie Spark - Music
Wanda Sue Malburg- P.E./ Health
Felicia Hernandez - Art
Behavior Team
Cora Denton-Behvaior aide
Marianna Navarro - Campus Support Specialist
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Dina Middleton- Special Education Teacher
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