Enrichment at Bishop
The largest allocation of PTO funding each year is towards enrichment - bringing in outside educators and performers to the school to complement and enhance the curriculum and the school themes of Respect, Responsibility and Regard for others. This is coordinated by the PTO Enrichment Committee. Enrichment can occur in the form of large group assemblies or smaller scale presentations or workshops in support of, and coordinated with, specific areas of grade-level curriculum. Each year, the Enrichment Committee adjusts and enhances the programming based on teacher input.
In the 2016-17 School year the PTO raised $48,820. PTO spent $14,000 on Enrichment for the students. Themes were around Science, Engineering, Math, Art, Culture, Social Studies and Geography.
Enrichment in 2018-2019:
Kindergarten Enrichment Activities:
First Grade Enrichment Activities:
Second Grade Enrichment Activities:
Third Grade Enrichment Activities:
Fourth Grade Enrichment Activities:
Fifth Grade Enrichment Activities:
All-School Enrichment Assembly:
Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts, Music, and Dance
Afro-Brazilian drumming, acrobatic flips and tumbles, traditional costumes, colorful maps, live music
Portuguese language lessons, and more will fill the Bishop gym during two assemblies. Student volunteers will be called upon throughout the program to try out traditional dance moves.
Enrichment Committee: Skye Stewart, Katie Stencik, Jen Davidson, Heather Spector, and Rosemary Foster
The largest allocation of PTO funding each year is towards enrichment - bringing in outside educators and performers to the school to complement and enhance the curriculum and the school themes of Respect, Responsibility and Regard for others. This is coordinated by the PTO Enrichment Committee. Enrichment can occur in the form of large group assemblies or smaller scale presentations or workshops in support of, and coordinated with, specific areas of grade-level curriculum. Each year, the Enrichment Committee adjusts and enhances the programming based on teacher input.
In the 2016-17 School year the PTO raised $48,820. PTO spent $14,000 on Enrichment for the students. Themes were around Science, Engineering, Math, Art, Culture, Social Studies and Geography.
Enrichment in 2018-2019:
Kindergarten Enrichment Activities:
- Mass Audubon, Habitat: Life Cycles of Frogs
- Science Made Fun New England: Survive and Thrive
- New England Aquarium: Tide pools
- Kemp Harris, Storyteller
First Grade Enrichment Activities:
- Eyes on Owls: Alaska Wilderness
- Audubon Habitat: Soils workshops
- Discovery Museum: Light and Lasers Workshop
- African Storyteller
- Purchase of eggs for annual unit on hatching chicks
Second Grade Enrichment Activities:
- Drumlin Farms: Soil Investigations
- Motoko, Japanese Storytelling assembly and classroom workshop
- Jessie Brown, poetry assembly and classroom workshops
- Field Trips to Museum of Science to learn about butterflies and Children’s Museum to learn about Japan and tour the Japanese House
Third Grade Enrichment Activities:
- Museum of Science: Weather, Wind and Water Temperature
- Origamido, math and origami workshops
- Plimoth Plantation Pilgrim and Native American visits to Bishop
- Field Trips to Jason Russell House, Concord Museum & Museum of Science
Fourth Grade Enrichment Activities:
- Museum of Science: Electromagnetism
- Museum of Science: Geology, Rock Detectives
- Spellman Stamp Museum
- Origamido, math and origami workshops
Fifth Grade Enrichment Activities:
- Museum of Science: Animal Adaptations
- Origamido, math and origami workshops
- Theatre Espresso: Uprising on King Street Play (with Stratton 5th grade)
All-School Enrichment Assembly:
Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts, Music, and Dance
Afro-Brazilian drumming, acrobatic flips and tumbles, traditional costumes, colorful maps, live music
Portuguese language lessons, and more will fill the Bishop gym during two assemblies. Student volunteers will be called upon throughout the program to try out traditional dance moves.
Enrichment Committee: Skye Stewart, Katie Stencik, Jen Davidson, Heather Spector, and Rosemary Foster