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Orenda students read the book “Build a Log Cabin” (Geodes) and ended the week building with Lincoln Logs! 

Orenda students read the book “Build a Log Cabin” (Geodes) and ended the week building with Lincoln Logs! 

The students of Orenda were given the opportunity to name our new mascot! The eagle now has a name and home – Please welcome – Sunny the Orenda Eagle!

The students of Orenda were given the opportunity to name our new mascot! The eagle now has a name and home – Please welcome – Sunny the Orenda Eagle!  

Orenda Personal Space Hula Hoop Contest Finalists and Winner!

Orenda Personal Space Hula Hoop Contest Finalists and Winner!

2023 Orenda PE Leadership Award Winners

2023 Orenda PE Leadership Award Winners 

Glow Day was a Fun Day for 1st Graders at Orenda. It was an all day event with activities that were all connected to the curriculum as a great review day! From Jenga Glow Math Concepts of Time and Place Value to Tic Tac Toe Fiction vs. Nonfiction Text Features!

Orenda students had a blast participating in the First in Math competition at UAlbany

The state Department of Education teamed up with the company Suntex International and its First in Math program to launch New York’s first Statewide Mathematics Championship.

Through a grant Mr. Week’s 3rd grade class at Orenda has been working with DEC and a program called “Trout Unlimited” to promote stream restoration in our community. They raise brook trout from the egg stage, and then release them in the spring at a permitted location.

Through a grant Mr. Week’s 3rd grade class at Orenda has been working with DEC and a program called “Trout Unlimited” to promote stream restoration in our community. They raise brook trout from the egg stage, and then release them in the spring at a permitted location.

Mrs. Schunk’s First Grade class celebrating the 100th day of school with a construction theme.

They made their way through 10 stations building to 100.

Ms. Keller’s class at Orenda Elementary dove into a Storyworks article titled Vanished that discussed theories of what happened to Amelia Earhart. Two students took it to a whole new level…

Ms. Keller’s class read a Storyworks article titled Vanished, discussing theories on what happened to Amelia Earhart. Two girls asked to do an extension activity of their own. Lyla Steitzer and Stella Girard used evidence from the text and came up with their own theory, and presented it in a fictional way. They found this […]