Atkins Elementary

Last year I came in as a new guy and the students were more than welcoming! (I was not expecting to kiss a pig.) This year has flown by. I am gaining a whole new understanding of ...

Everyone faces problems on a daily basis, not all problems can be solved the same way, but everyone can be a problem solver. Many young children have difficulty coming up with rat...

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Are you looking for an early education opportunity for your 3-year-old or 4-year-old in the 2022-23 school year? You can register your child now for preschool at Atkins Elementary...

On Monday, February 28, Atkins Elementary's second and third grade students celebrated Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday with activities. For a midmorning snack, the students were ...

The second week of March, Benton Community Schools celebrated National School Breakfast Week. Benny the Bobcat, alongside cheerleaders, made a special appearance at Keystone and A...

Second grade had planned to have a celebration on 2-22-22…. The weather had other plans for us. But we were not deterred! We walked in backward into our room on 2-23-22 and went...

Students in Mrs. Keiper’s third grade class enjoy practicing their multiplication math facts. What?! Is that a typo? No, they really do get into learning their facts when they get...

The Dance Team is selling Benton umbrellas so I just wanted to spread the word! They are the nice big golf umbrellas. Pre-order is available through February 27 and we will delive...

As we started the month of January Atkins Elementary set a goal for each classroom to collect 100 non-perishable food or toiletry items to help our local food bank. We were ho...

Benton Community School District offers Alternative Kindergarten as an option to bridge preschool and Kindergarten. The curriculum used, Newmark Learning, is literacy based inclu...

In January, kindergartners are learning about the last topic of our FOSS science kit: motion! This is a favorite unit every year as students learn about gravity and slope because ...

Bridges Intervention is an elementary intervention math program that uses visual models to promote student thinking and accelerate learning. Targeted instruction in a small group ...

When entering a four year old Benton Community School District classroom between the months of January and February, you might hear the names Laura Numoroff, Karma WIlson, Mo Will...

In the month of December, we tied our learning to kindness through our social studies standards and our PBIS curriculum. The book we focused on was called Lily Learns About Wants...

Physical education class provides students with the opportunity to learn through movement during collaborative and cooperative lessons and activities. PE supports the development ...

During December, we try to experience the joy of giving rather than receiving. It can be a very hard concept to understand at this age so to make it more concrete we “go shopping...

Every Fall, Winter, and Spring, all students in Alternative Kindergarten through 6th grade are given a statewide test that assesses their reading fluency. The testing at each grad...

As the Teacher Librarian for the district, I have the opportunity to guide all learners in their reading journeys. According to the Iowa School Library Program Standards, “The Tea...

Patriotic and Winter music flow throughout the halls of our elementary and intermediate buildings! Students are busily preparing for our upcoming Veteran’s Day and Winter programs...