It was a great morning having "Muttnik" visit, and our #NorthsideStJ students are excited to kick off the Muttnik Reading Challenge.
about 4 hours ago, Liam Dawson
Muttnik
Muttnik
Muttnik
#NorthsideStJ grade 5 students are beginning Module 3 to explore "What factors led to the start of the Civil War?" Today, they explored the prefix anti- to determine the meanings of the words: antiflu, antibody, anti-aging, and antifreeze.
1 day ago, Liam Dawson
Anti-Prefix
Grade 5
Grade 5
#NorthsideStJ KA Students are kicking off Module 3: Then and Now with a book walk" and determining if the text is literary or informational. Way to go! Students were blown away that in the "past" kids had to WALK to school.
1 day ago, Liam Dawson
Book
Focusing
Texts
Texts
Grade 3 #NorthsideStJ students are planning for their EOM task examining the question, "How do people learn about space?" Students are active using their graphic organizers and sentence frames to support their writing. Anchor Charts to support student learning as well.
1 day ago, Liam Dawson
Vocabulary Review
Anchor Charts
Student Writing
Moonshot
Grade 2 #NorthsideStJ students are exploring what life was like in the West for early American and today they completed a notice and wonder about John Henry: An American Legend by Keats
1 day ago, Liam Dawson
John Henry
Buffalo
Notice &
Notice and Wonder
Grade 1 #NorthsideStJ students are beginning Module 3 today, where they will explore the essential question: "How do people respond to the powerful force of the wind? They began today reading the story, "Feel the Wind" "Wind is created when hot air and cold air switch places"
1 day ago, Liam Dawson
Essential Question
Feel the
Thank you, @bellmuseum, for helping provide items for #NorthsideStJ STEM Night that explored the theme of space. It was a great night for families. Thank you, Northside Staff: Lydia, Shawnna, Brodderic, Olivia, Liam, and the Northside PTO, for helping assist this evening.
2 days ago, Liam Dawson
Northside
Station
Constellations
Station
STEM Night
St. James Public Schools is hiring for the 2025-2026 school year. See open positions here: bit.ly/3DBcgnB
3 days ago, Liam Dawson
Openings
#NorthsideStJ G2 students have been exploring the essential question: "What was life like in the West for early Americans?" This week, they determined the life lessons they can take from the story of Johnny Appleseed. Great job, 2nd graders. @greatmindsed @witwisdomELA
5 days ago, Liam Dawson
Focusing Question
Students Work
Essential
Work
SJPS Staff just wrapped up Unit 4, Part 1 of their LETRS Journey. LETRS is a 2yr, 8-unit, 144-hr professional development journey. SJPS Local Facilitators: Liam, Nicole, Lydia, and Michele were "unstressed" as today's lesson focused on the six-syllable types and the schwa.
7 days ago, Liam Dawson
LCF
Syllable types
syllable types
syllable types
St. James Public Schools is hiring for the 2025-2026 school year. -K-5 Visual Arts -K-5 ELD (multiple positions) -MSHS Social Worker -MS SPED Teacher Opportunities Found Here: https://bit.ly/3DBcgnB Go Saints!
8 days ago, Liam Dawson
Hiring
Kindergarten Round-Up is next week! Northside Elementary invites families to join us on Thursday, April 3rd. Call the Northside Office to schedule a conference: 507-375-3325.
8 days ago, Liam Dawson
KA Round-
KA Jumpstart
Congratulations to this week's #NorthsideStJ Saints Power winners! Way to go!
9 days ago, Liam Dawson
Saints Power
Golden Token
Four #NorthsideStJ turned in their Saints Power prizes and read with Mr. Dawson today. Way to go!
13 days ago, Liam Dawson
Principal
Principal
Principal Reading
Principal
#NorthsideStJ ELD students celebrated the end of ACCESS testing today. Way to go!
16 days ago, Liam Dawson
K
2/3
4
students
Students 2
Northside Elementary would like to invite families to Kindergarten Round-up on Thursday, April 3rd. Call the Northside Office to schedule a conference: 507-375-3325.
20 days ago, Liam Dawson
Kindergarten Round-Up
Kindergarten Round-Up
St. James Public Schools is hiring for the 2025-2026 school year. -K-5 Visual Arts -K-5 ELD (multiple positions) -MSHS Social Worker -MS SPED Teacher Opportunities Found Here: https://bit.ly/3DBcgnB Go Saints!
21 days ago, Liam Dawson
SJPS Openings 25-26
Northside Families, join Liam Dawson & Michele Chapin at 1pm today in the conference room to learn move about Functional Morphology, an ELA resource used in grades 4 & 5.
24 days ago, Liam Dawson
Northside Family Literacy Series
Northside Family Literacy Series - Spanish
Reminder: No School on Friday, March 7th Recordatorio: No hay clases el viernes 7 de marzo
27 days ago, Liam Dawson
No School
no school
St. James Public Schools is hiring for the 2025-2026 school year. -4th Grade Teacher (position closes - March 9th) -K-5 Visual Arts Teacher -English Language Development (ELD) - multiple positions available
27 days ago, Liam Dawson
SJPS 25-26 Job Openings