118 School Road Swansboro, NC 28584

February Events

Feb. 7th - 8th –Talent Show Tryouts 3:30-5:50

Feb. 8th - 5th Grade Parent Meeting 6:00

Feb. 9th - Candy Gram Sale Ends

Feb. 14th - CiCi Pizza Night

Schoolwide READ-A-THON

Feb. 15th - Early Release Day

Feb. 20th - President's Day Teacher Workday - No School for Students

Feb. 21st - Dairy Queen Night

Feb. 23rd - Title 1 Reading Tips Workshop

Feb. 24th - Read-A-Th0n Awards Assembly

Feb. 27th - Interim Reports

2nd grade spelling bee

Feb. 28th - PTO meeting 6:00 3rd grade program 6:30

Papa John's Night

Pirate Adventures

(There’s always an adventure happening at SBES

This is an exciting time for Swansboro Elementary School’s second graders! We are embarking on many interesting learning opportunities that will allow us to expand our minds and make connections to the world around us. This month students will become meteorologist as they study weather in depth. They will be learning about different types of weather and will learn how to use instruments to measure the weather, such as anemometers, weather vanes, and rain gauges. Students observe the weather and record our findings in weather journals. They will also be learning about the water cycle, how clouds are formed and how to identify various types of clouds in the sky. Students will be choosing a weather pattern that they want to learn more about. They will research the weather pattern, write a research report and create a multi-media project. This month our second graders will also begin a study of maps. Part of this study includes our Flat Stanley project. We began our study by becoming familiar with the story Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. Students then made their own Stanley and the Flat Stanleys were then mailed to friends and relatives that live in our state, country and around the world. As the Flat Stanleys return, we will plot points on a map and find out not only where those places are but also how far Stanley has traveled and how far it is from Swansboro. Students also learn about cultures of other places by what Stanley's new friends do with him while he is visiting. They will also be learning about the different climates that Flat Stanley encountered thus linking their learning to our study of weather. As you can see, learning at Swansboro Elementary is just “flat-out” amazing!