St. Francis Elementary School
Fourth graders at St. Francis Elementary School–North investigated the properties of liquids and learned how to safely observe unknown substances with a variety of tools as they conducted a mystery liquids investigation. Andrea Klinsing, SFES 4th grade teacher
As part of Fire Prevention Week, first grade students at St. Francis Elementary School such as Rameer Mosley and Christian Marshall took their annual field trip to the St. Francis Fire Station. All five first grade classes made the short trek to the station on a beautiful fall day and were treated to a tour of the facility and fire trucks. Children got to try out the hoses, sit in a fire truck and try on authentic firefighter turnout gear. (Below) Sparky the Fire Dog made a cameo appearance to greet the students and pose for pictures with Lucas St. George, Sofia Fiebranz, Karson Whitcomb, Sparky, Hailey Sturzl and Alicen Berg. Kathy Tagg, & Joan Copa SFES 1st grade teachers
Students at St. Francis Elementary School showed their school spirit by participating in dress-up days throughout Homecoming week. Pictured are Viking fans (L-R) Jessi Bjergo, Maizy Reagan, Mila Klein, Abby Mueller and Mason Dehn from Kathy Tagg’s first grade classroom showing their purple pride on team spirit day. Kathy Tagg, SFES 1st grade teacher
Third graders study bridges
The best field trip ever
It was six days ago, and we were reading in our reading books. Our story was Pop’s Bridge. It was about building the Golden Gate Bridge. We went online and compared bridges. There are beam bridges, arch bridges, trusses mostly used for trains to cross over, and suspension, cantilever, and cable stay bridges. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge. On Wednesday we went to the Saint Francis Beam Bridge over the Rum River. We measured how many feet it is and it is 386.5 feet. Nicholas McClure, SFES student
Our bridge field trip
October 9 we went to the Rum River for a field trip. We took pictures with iPads, drew, and we went on the bridge to measure it with a trundle wheel. It was 377.5 feet long. Also, we read the article about the Rum River Bridge. When I first saw it, I knew the bridge
was a beam bridge. In Pop’s Bridge they built the Golden Gate Bridge. It was famous. They call it the Golden Gate Bridge because it’s golden at night. Alan DeBenetti, SFES Student
The St. Francis bridge
We went on a field trip, and then we looked at the bridge. It was a beam bridge. It was 386.5 feet long. Then we went under the bridge to look at the bottom of it. There are a lot of trees there and when I was under the bridge there were cars on the bridge. The people were walking on the bridge, too. Then we took pictures of the bridge with iPads. Elaine Mei, SFES Student
The St. Francis beam bridge
When I was in class, we were reading Pop’s Bridge. Pop’s Bridge was about the Golden Gate Bridge. The characters are Charlie, Charlie’s dad, Robert, and Robert’s dad. Robert’s dad is a skywalker. Charlie’s dad is a painter. When they were building the bridge, 12 men fell off the bridge and only 2 survived. After this, Robert knew that painters and skywalkers both had dangerous jobs. We planned to go to the
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Rum River Bridge in St. Francis. We took pictures, measured how long the bridge was, and read the history of the bridge. The bridge was 387.2 feet long. It is a beam bridge and is made of concrete and metal. Jake Hennen, SFES Students
Bridge trip
On Wednesday, October 9 we took a field trip. It was very fun. We learned a lot about bridges this week. It was fun learning about bridges and what they are. I hope we do more about bridges. My favorite part was probably all of it. We looked at a lot of bridges. We measured the bridge with a trundle wheel! It started because we learned a lot about bridges. So we took a field trip. It was very fun. I hope we go on more field trips. We also took a lot of pictures with iPads. They were beautiful. We read a book and it is called Pop’s Bridge. It is about bridges and the Golden Gate Bridge. We went to the Rum River Bridge. We were in groups and we looked at what held it up and other stuff. We took turns rolling the trundle wheel across the bridge. THE END Brenna Fredrickson, SFES Student
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Third grade students in Candi Blosberg and Karen Holsten’s classes recently completed a study of bridges using math, writing and technology to complete their assignments. The following are a few student observations on bridges.
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