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Students at Golden Hill recently had an incredibly interesting lesson that incorporated math and art and the artwork of Piet Mondrian. Mondrian was a Dutch artist born in 1872. While his early artwork included landscapes, especially trees, what he is known for is his abstract art that uses lines and sparce color. Fifth-grade students studied …

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District teachers representing grade levels from pre-K through grade 8 met with literacy consultant Leah Mermelstein earlier this month in pursuit of creating an effective, cohesive curriculum for writing. “We are tasked with creating a K-through-8 writing curriculum,” said Mermelstein, who is working with a writing cadre of teachers. Mermelstein graduated from the University of …

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Fifth-grade students at Golden Hill got into the fun of celebrating 100 days of school, and it wasn’t just math related! The students were challenged to write 100 words that end in ‘ly,’ come up with 100 inventions that weren’t around 100 years ago, draw a mini picture in 100 seconds and identify 100 famous …

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Friday, Feb. 11 was the 100th day of school! Yippee! It’s such a milestone…and a tremendous opportunity to up those math skills! Classes in the younger grades did just that – counting, organizing and having fun while doing it.                           Kindergartners also counted …

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Our senior boys basketball players were celebrated recently as they close out  their careers on the hardwood here at Seward. We thank them for sharing their talents on the basketball court and wish them the best! Gavin Acuna     Cole Buchalski     Bernard Rebaya     William Shannon

The second quarter honor roll/high honor roll has been announced. Congratulations to all of our students who have worked so very hard!

Twos were wild at Golden Hill Elementary School on Wednesday, whose date just happened to be 2/2/22! To celebrate that very cool repeated digit date, students showed some love to the number two this day. There were twos everywhere – on desks and in hallways. Teachers and students were twinning, tutus were the most popular …

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Our senior winter athletes were honored by their teammates, coaches and families recently, as they end this part of their athletic careers here at Seward. Girls Basketball Kassidy DeGroat   Brianna McLeod   Katie Mulhare   McKenzie Richner   Cheerleading Kyra Falone   Kalynn Parker   Swimming Theadore Zimouski

The National Honor Society at Seward recently collected basketballs, cheer equipment and bowling balls, all of which were donated to the Beautiful People program in Warwick. Beautiful People is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 and headquartered in Warwick. It provides sports opportunities – and all the joy that goes along with them – to …

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Each year our second-grade students learn about money, specifically coins, as part of their math curriculum. This year, the lesson was expanded by having the students create their own store filled with products they themselves created from art supplies! They decided what products they thought would be popular with their classmates and went to work …

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