Todd fifth graders recently had a virtual end-of year celebration for their Video Book Talk Club. They watched videos made by the students themselves and even got a shout-out from two famous authors!

The results are in! Students in grades three, four and five at Todd Elementary recently participated in the Mathfax math endeavor with great success. The national program, which is open to all students in those grades, was supervised by Todd teachers Shelly Graham and Cindy Yaeger.

Todd fourth grader teacher Shelly Graham is retiring this year so we caught up with her to find out about her most memorable moments and how she plans to stay (very) busy during retirement.

Now more than ever we are seeing the effects of social distancing in our world: there is less air pollution, the animals are out and about in many places and there is less food waste since more people are eating at home. Students in Dorene Tomaskovic’s first grade class have recently been learning about the three R’s and many created Earth Day-related projects at home.

Todd Elementary School students participated in a virtual Maker Day and selected from a variety of fun challenges while stretching their imaginations and channeling their inner inventor.

This year, Todd Elementary third grade teacher Abbey Siegel will be retiring. We spoke with her about her most memorable moments at Todd, one of which was a special Mother’s Day celebration. In honor of Mother’s Day, here is Ms. Siegel’s Q&A: