WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
Meet Mrs. Werling!
This is Mrs. Werling’s 2nd year at Starry Elementary teaching Kindergarten. She has previous experience teaching PK and her Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, her Kindergarten teammates, and her identical twin sister who is also a Kindergarten teacher!
Part 2! Thanks to everyone that came and read to us on America reads day, Thursday Oct. 19th! #starryinspire #misdinspire #americareadsday
Part 2! Thanks to everyone that came and read to us on America reads day, Thursday Oct. 19th! #starryinspire #misdinspire #americareadsday
Part 2! Thanks to everyone that came and read to us on America reads day, Thursday Oct. 19th! #starryinspire #misdinspire #americareadsday
A little late posting, but Starry students enjoyed having special readers come on America reads day, Thursday Oct. 19th! Thanks to staff members, parents, family, and even Mayor Nick for reading to us! #starryinspire #misdinspire #americareadsday
Thanks to all Starry families who were able to make it to Family Night on Thursday! We hope you had fun doing crafts, eating popcorn and reading books, and playing with soft start toys! #misdinspire #starryinspire
See the flyer below for information on the next Starry FASTWORKS night!
2nd grade students played "Name that Number" in math to practice their addition and subtraction skills! #starryinspire #misdinspire
WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!!!
Meet Carissa McCalley, one of our special education associates! This is her 4th year in this position at Starry. She lives in Marion with her 3 kids, has been to 4 different countries! She also lives to travel and eat great food!
WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
This is one of our fabulous first grade teachers, Mrs. Hrubes! See a message from her below!
"My name is Kayla Hrubes. This is my 10th year teaching at Starry, but my 12th year in education. I love to spend time with my husband and kids (ages 2 and 5), watch movies, spend time with friends, and travel. I look forward to this school year and getting to work with this great group of first graders!"
During #CKLA skills, first graders used their "readers" to partner read the story "The Man in the Black Hat". #starryinspire #misdinspire
Students had a blast making chalk art this week as a school wide #PBIS reward! Too bad the rain came later! But here are some photos of their art work! #starryinspire #misdinspire
FMI will be closed on Thursday, October 12 and Friday, October 13 due to storm-related water damage to the building.
All other attendance centers in the district will remain open.
WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
Meet Mrs. Fitch! This is her 14th year as a Special Education Associate at Starry. Mrs. Fitch lives in Marion with her husband (Jeff), daughter (Taiylor) and fur baby (Nala). She also has 5 step sons and 9 grandchildren! Fun facts about Mrs. Fitch: she collects keychains from places she's visited, she loves visiting local coffee shops, and TODAY is her birthday!!! #misdinspire #starryinspire
See the flyer below for information on our next Starry FASTWORKS night. Register by Friday!
Join in the fun at the Youth Girls Basketball Clinic which will be hosted by the MHS Girls Basketball Team. 2 dates - October 15th and 22nd. No cost, no sign up. 2nd-3rd from 4-5pm; 4th, 5th, and 6th from 5-6pm at the Marion High School Red Gym. Use Door 13 to enter.
We did it!! Each class met the goal! Stay tuned for a CHALK PARTY next week! #PBIS #starryinspire #misdinspire
First graders are learning about systems of the human body as part of their #CKLA curriculum! @amplify #starryinspire #misdinspire
In Mrs. Werling's Kindergarten class, during#CKLA Skills they practiced handwriting strokes by building humps, cups, vertical and horizontal lines, and circles with play dough! #misdinspire #starryinspire
WHO'S WHO WEDNESDAY!
Ms. Skiba is another new teacher here at Starry! See the message from her below!
"My name is Ms. Skiba, and this is my first year at Starry and teaching! I am originally from Illinois, but I now live in Cedar Rapids. In my free time outside of school, I enjoy watching movies and eating movie theater popcorn! I am excited for this school year!"
