Articles from December 2016

Students in the Pre-K classroom are learning to program Bee Bot, a bee-shaped robot, to move to a destination and return to the starting point. Watch the fun!

View photos of the activity. 

On Friday, April 29th, six teams of students participated in the 7th Annual Table Mound Battle of the Books. Students formed teams of five, then read and often re-read the 2016 Iowa Childrens’ Choice Books (twenty books in total this year). They memorized book titles, authors, and details about each book such as setting, characters, and events. On Friday, they competed against each other using their knowledge to determine a winning team that will go on to compete against other teams in the district battle. The District Battle will take place at Bryant Elementary this year on Friday, May 20th.

Congratulations to all participants! Good luck to our winning team, “The Magical Magestic Yellow Readers”, as they proceed to the District Battle. They will be accompanied by the 2nd Place team, “The Reading Warriors”, to cheer them on.

Battle of the Books 2016 Winners

View photos from the competition. 

Students in Pre-K and Kindergarten celebrated the Week of the Young Child April 10-16 with guest readers and fun activities.

View photos from the celebration.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students presented their music program, “Dinostars” on April 18, 2016.

View photos from the event. 

Students in Ms. Butt’s class used creative writing, green screening videography, and teleprompter techniques to create book talks about some of their favorite books. Here are the fun results!

Artist in Residence, Bob Kamm, came to Table Mound on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016, to present his Read! Read! Read! program to students and staff. The Artist in Residence Program is brought into the schools by the Dubuque Arts Council.

View photos from the presentation. 

The March edition of Digital Fringe, an online gallery of student art in the Dubuque Community School District, is now live!

View the Elementary School Gallery

View the Middle and High School Gallery

This gallery is a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.

View previous galleries on the Digital Fringe page

The Fighting Saints of Dubuque came to Table Mound on Monday, March 14, 2016, to rally our Knights around our Table Mound Code of Honor. In addition, Table Mound Families were invited to attend a Saints Hockey Game on Friday, March 25 where our students were recognized for their efforts in “Living like a Saint”.

View photos from the visit. 

Students and Staff dressed for the 70’s on March 2, 2016!
Table Mound students dress for the book fair with “Coin for the Day” by bringing coins in and dressing for the day. Coin donations will be used to purchase new books for the library.

View photos from the day.