Ames Students Presented Magnificently at Saint Paul Public Schools' 2008 Student Showcase - A Demonstration of Teaching and Learning with Technology... Congratulations to the Department of Educational Technology ... ALWAYS on the Cutting Edge!

Ames 3rd Grade EIR Students Explain How they Made their "Please Help Save the Ocean Mammals" Clay Animation Movie to St. Paul School District Superintendent, Dr. Meria Carstarphen Hats off to the SPPS Department of Educational Technology for giving St. Paul Public Schools Students and Teachers the opportunity to engage in the 8th annual 2008 Student Showcase. The event took place Wednesday, May 28th from 4 - 6 pm at Arlington High School. Everyone who attended enjoyed this celebration of student work highlighting the many ways that Saint Paul Public School teachers and students are integrating technology into daily teaching and learning. Particular thanks are bestowed to Director Connie Feil, Ed.D, Assistant Director Sheldon Ramnarine, Ph. D., Manager of Technology Steve Buettner, and Martha Hill as well as the following Ames students displayed work in Introductory Robotics a using lego kit Sponsors who have contributed time, energy, donations and/or talent to the 2008 Student Showcase: Apple Inc., City County Credit Union, CMRDC, Dell, Epson USA, Ikon Office Solutions, Infinite Campus, Qwest Communications, Saint Paul Saints, Teacher Federal Credit Union, Tech 4 Learning, Tierney Brothers Inc., Ideal Screen Printing, Graphic Exhibits Inc., Staff and Volunteers including Educational Technology Staff, Arlington Custodial Staff and SPPS Departments: Furniture, Graphic Services, Transportation and Nutrition Services from all who attended! Ames Students participated in the Showcase by demonstrating the following projects: a Clay Animation Ames 3rd grade clay animation movie producers at the 2008 Technology Student Showcase Movie - "Help Save the Ocean Mammals", a Powerpoint presentation featuring a close-up look into Harlem Renaissance, an iMovie, demonstrating their theory of the extinction of dinosaurs, a first attempt by third grade students publishing "The Ames Charter" school newspaper and  The Lego Washing Machine, a demonstration to portray an introduction to robotics using a lego kit. If you scroll down quite a bit on this page, you can view a small gallery of photos of Ames at the SPPS 2008 Student Showcase (more to come soon). To view other detailed Showcase project descriptions, go to: http://connect.spps.org/ProjectDescriptions.html Wow! On May 15th, Ames students Celebrated their hard work efforts by being treated to a MN Twins Games (meanwhile some real authentic learning went down is math, reading, science, social studies and health!) May Has Been an extraordinary Learning Month Crammed with Project-Based Learning, Extended Learning, Activities, and Fun! Just to mention a few things that have been happening this month of May at Ames: Scroll further down the page to view the newly added - most recent photo galleries of some of these events to follow: May 1st: May Day Basket Delivery in our Community. May 8th: Fiesta Latina Celebration - A celebration of the cultures and traditions of Latin America Activities included Aztec Dance by Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc, Kindergarten Spanish May 10: Thanks Don Garhofer for arranging us as a food drop-off location for our community food drive and these volunteers who worked it. Class singing Tu Ti Ta, Battle of Puebla, Mexico performed by 5th and 6th Grade Spanish Class, Songs and Dance Picadillo by Third Grade Choir and Dinner from Boca Chica. We are SO grateful to Ms. Nicole Ostendorf for the awesome job of planning and orchestrating this event. May 10th Food Drive for Ames Families, We would like to thank all of our volunteer for helping with our community food drive. A special thank you to Don Garhofer for arranging our food drop-off! May 12th Last Site Council Meeting May 13th: Patrol Picnic, Thank you to Ames School Patrols who served May 8th, Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc performed Aztec Dance the student body well through fall, winter and now spring... for their dedication and commitment. Also a thank you to Nancy Spack and Mr. Goeldner for supervising the patrols every single day thru thick or thin... May 15th: Twins Ball Game for Students and Parents, Parents were invited to chaperone for their child's classroom. May 22: All School Spring Concert 1:00 and 7pm. Students in Kindergarten thru 6th grade performed extraordinary! Thank you to Ms. Weberg, whom will be moving to California this summer and will be greatly missed, for arranging such a magnificent Multicultural Gala Event! May Mr. Sao Yang, Ames' School Social Worker, works daily during the lunch period to help keep Ames playgrounds one of the safest school playgrounds to play at! 23rd: An all-school-barbeque! May 28th: Ames Students whose technology projects that  were chosen to display at St. Paul Public School District's 2008 Student Technology Showcase at Arlington High School... AND CAN YOU BELIEVE WE'RE STILL GOING.     IT'S EVEN RUMORED THAT THE EVERREADY BUNNY IS SCHEDULED TO COME TO AMES SCHOOL TO TAKE LESSONS IN OUR NEVER ENDING ENERGY OUTPUT! OOF-DA!  ...                      MORE TO COME... Saturday, April 26th, Saturday Dr. Henderson Dancing on Roller Skates at Saturday School's last Session April 26th... WHAT will she do next???? School participants celebrated at Old Country Buffet for breakfast and went roller skating at the roller rink! Scroll down the page to view the photos from this event and many previous Saturdays (or just click on the picture of Dr. Henderson putting on her skates to see more of this event!) AMES STUDENTS CONTINUE TO MAKE US PROUD! THANKS KIDS!" "Best School" Ames Elementary School We are honored to have been voted Best School of the Community, 2007 Readers Choice, Lillie Mr. Kellar-Long and Class at StarBase Minnesota Suburban Newspapers Inc.. Ames School, a neighborhood school for over 100 years, focuses on teaching all children to read successfully and to accomplish with excellence, grade level standards and above, in all areas of learning, in grades PreK through 6th. The staff at Ames Elementary truly believe that it takes a village to educate all of our children. We thank the entire East Side students, parents, volunteers, community and businesses for working with us to help our children become successful, productive and responsible citizens of NOW and the future!

Image Gallery: May 28th, Ames Students at the 8th annual Student Showcase

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Image Gallery: May 15th, The Twins Game

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Image Gallery: May 10th, Community Food Drive at Ames Drop-off Site

Image Gallery: May 8th: Fiesta Latina Celebration

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Image Gallery: Recent Playground Pictures in May 2008

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Image Gallery: Ames Students Attend Minnesota StarBase

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Image Gallery: Feb. 11th's National African American Parent Involvement Day Celebration at Ames

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Image Gallery: The African American Cultural Celebration and Dinner February 7th

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Image Gallery: The Progressive Church Dance Ensemble at the Ames African American Celebration February 7th

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Image Gallery: January 28th - Ames Third Graders were selected to attend a Winter Carnival/ 2008 Ice Skating Champions Celebration and to view the Ice Sculptures that melted before our eyes at 45 degrees F

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Image Gallery: 2008 US Figure Skating Championships we attended Thursday, January 24th

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Image Gallery: January 24th Bedtime Stories in the Ames School Library

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Image Gallery: Harding High Schoolers come each and every Tuesday to read to and with Third Graders here at Ames

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Image Gallery: View MN Trees in the Winter
For you folks visiting us from another state or country, we've got just the thing to melt your heart... Trees after a heavy winter snowstorm...
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Image Gallery: Ames 3rd - 6th Grade Winter Concert Photo Gallery

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Image Gallery: How Ames Teachers Spent Early Release Day in their PLC (Professional Learning Commuities) Studying more in-depth about Formative Assessment in the Content Areas

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Image Gallery: December 21st Multicultural Activity Fair at Ames

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Image Gallery: November 15th's Hmong New Year Dinner and Celebration Photo Gallery

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Image Gallery: Ames Student Council Officer Campaign and Induction Ceremony

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Image Gallery: Title 1 Dinner Meeting Gallery

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Image Gallery: Photos of Faces from the Ames After School Program 2007 - 2008

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Image Gallery: Ames School Parent/Student/Teacher Outdoor Barbeque was Friday, September 7th!
Outdoor Barbeque was Friday, September 7th!
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Image Gallery: Third Grade Students worked in their Writers' Notebooks in the Pergola Area

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Image Gallery: Dr. Henderson Listens to Students Reading from their Writers' Notebooks after their Observing in the Pergola

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Image Gallery: The Ice Cream Social, Aug. 30th: Photo Gallery

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Image Gallery: Ames Art Work on Display at 360 Colburne

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Saturday School is a Popular Event at Ames Elementary! Saturday School met nearly every Saturday from 7:30 am - 11:30 am. "We do different activities every week. It is really fun! Everyone kid should have a school as neat as ours!"   Autumn N.

Our Martin Luther King Program was attend by the Parents, Extended Families, Community and other District Staff Click on the title bar to view the photo gallery of this event...

An Assortment of Photo Galleries of Our Monthly Student Achievement Awards for 2007-2008 Click on the title bar above to view some of the latest photo galleries of this year...

Our Parade of Book Characters! On October 31st, Ames students dressed up in their favorite book character costumes and paraded the halls. We all ended up in the gymnasium discussing our book characters we chose and why our books were our favorites. Click on the title bar to enjoy the photo gallery of this event...

School Uniform Price List Click on the title bar above to view this year's price list or feel free to purchase them on your own at another location.

We at Ames School give our tribute to Ms. Bethany Weberg and the Student Council for all their Hard Work! Thanks Ms. Weberg and all the students who participated in working and keeping Ames student body informed and caring citizens this year. Click on the title bar above to view some of the workers involved...

Community Partnerships According to a journal excerpt, "School/family/community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share" by Joyce L. Epstein: " The way schools care about children is reflected in the way schools care about the children's families. If educators view children simply as students, they are likely to see the family as separate from the school. ... Click on the title above to read more.

Citizenship The question before educators responsible for preparing the new generation of global citizens is how to translate the principles of social justice into effective practice. In this school setting , we endeavor to inform learners of the impact and importance of social justice.

World Languages Click on the title to read about one of the reasons why World Languages will be taught at Ames this year. All students will have the opportunity to take Spanish every other week for half of the school year. Hmong will be taught in an introductory course after school. Hmong culture will be taught too.

Schoolwide Thematic Emphasis Our first schoolwide theme this year will be "New Beginnings". Integrated curricular themes will be utilized at Ames to unify instruction, provide opportunities for students to generalize, and increase interaction within and between classes. This year faculty has planned two academic units, and are looking forward to arranging presentations, speakers, and field trips around each specific theme.

Bloom's Taxonomy? Higher Order Thinking Skills... HOTS... USE IT EVERYDAY, we do. Greetings Parents and Guardians! Have you heard of Bloom's Taxonomy? We are instructing your children to get the best from their education as they can. We are teaching students to think about their thinking. Another Acronym we use is HOTS. It means Higher Order Thinking Skills. Click on the title and you can read an article taking you in depth in the subject of thinking...

WE NEED VIOLINS for Violin Exploration and Instruction !!! We have submitted applications to several Grant Institutions to be able to purchase violins in various sizes so that students at Ames can receive violin lessons, Pre K through 6th grade. Right now, we are waiting to hear if we will receive any grant monies to begin purchasing the violins. As we obtain the necessary money, we will begin instructing students in first grade, and then so on up the grade levels as we can. If you know of anybody willing to donate a violin they aren't using any more, would you please call us at 651-293-8970? PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT! WE NEED VIOLINS! Click on the title above to read more.

Ames Students Now Recycling Uneaten Food at Lunch!!! We began reducing the tons of garbage our school throws out every year, and feeding as much as possible of what's left to local pigs. By doing so, we can significantly reduce the costs we are required to pay for dumpster hauling.

Holy Moly! 12 Foot Sunflowers? Ames' Summer School and Garden Club Does It! We had an exciting summer learning intense reading, writing and mathematics while also getting in tending the Ames Neighborhood Garden which this year featured tomato plants and Sunflowers. Did you know that our Sunflowers measured over 12 feet in height!!! Click on the title above to view more photos... Sept. 2006

Ames Spring Concert 2007 Ames Spring Concert Was a Masterpiece!!! (Click on the title bar to view the photo gallery-"Ames Spring Concert 2007 Photo Gallery) Thursday, May 31st, Ames students did an outstanding job at the afternoon and evening performances!

Just for Fun /Try Exploratorium online! Did you know that: Different woods lend different flavors to barbequed meats? Making candy is a delicious and fun art! But it’s also a fascinating and precise science? Click on the title above to explore the Science of Cooking...