📚✨ 3rd grader students read about famous people, made connections by discovering shared interests, hobbies, and skills, and then crafted what they learned using Play-Doh. 🎨🧠 Such a creative way to build understanding, empathy, and meaningful connections through reading! 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students showcase another student who created a soccer ball.
Student showed off what they made from their book.
Student shows off a microphone that she made.
Students made crayons after reading about the inventor of crayons.
💻🎶 Our 4th graders are coding in creative ways! Students explored low-tech coding by designing hopscotch games and dances with step-by-step directions, then moved into high-tech coding to create digital games and music remixes. 🤖✨ From movement to technology, they’re building problem-solving skills and having a blast! 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students use cards to create a coding hopscotch.
Students decide which coding cards to use.
Students work on musical coding.
Students use coding to make remixes.
🦸‍♀️📚 Superhero stories are powering up learning at Glen Lea! Students used these action-packed tales to identify character traits, analyze author’s messages, and take on MakerSpace engineering challenges inspired by the stories. 💡🛠️ A perfect blend of literacy, critical thinking, and creativity — learning with a heroic twist! 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Student poses as a superhero.
Student poses as a superhero.
Student poses as a superhero.
Student poses as a superhero with a tool.
📸🎉 More fun from our Photo Club exhibit! Students also set up a photo booth, capturing smiles, laughter, and school spirit from friends and staff across the building. These snapshots show not just great photography skills, but the joy and community our students helped create. 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Student smiles.
Teacher does a jumping shot for student photographers.
Students smile for a picture.
Student smiles with their family.
📚✨ January in the library was full of creativity, collaboration, and fun! Students explored new games, built and created together, expressed their imaginations through art, discovered new books, and even celebrated their PBIS points. 💡🎨 Every day brought new smiles, new ideas, and new ways to learn together. 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students show off their crafting.
Students show off their building.
Preschoolers draw together.
Students show what they built together.
📸✨ We’re so proud of our talented Photo Club students! They designed and led a special photo exhibit, sharing their own photographs with the school community. From planning the display to showcasing their creative vision, students took the lead every step of the way. 💡🖼️
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students host others at a table exhibit.
Students practice "I Spy" at a table as they browse pictures.
2nd grade students talk about their favorite pictures.
Photo club members stand outside their exhibit.
🏃‍♂️✨ Shoutout to our morning running club and these four awesome students who took their miles beyond school! In December, they participated in a local Tacky Light Run, spreading holiday cheer while staying active. 🎄💡 Now in January, we’re still celebrating their dedication, perseverance, and love of movement — way to go, Lions! 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Three students stand with Coach Brown at the race.
The morning running club poses for a picture.
Students run one mile in a local rice.
Students show their medals after the run.
🔍✨ Our 2nd graders are exploring light, color, and creativity by making their own kaleidoscopes! Through this hands-on project, students experimented, problem-solved, and created beautiful patterns they could see in motion. 🌈💡 Learning is even more fun when curiosity leads the way! 💙🦁
4 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Student looks through a kaleidoscope.
Students read books and look through kaleidoscopes.
Students pose for a picture together.
🧚‍♂️📚 Our 1st graders dove into a fairy tale project to deepen their understanding of characters! Working in groups, students created puppets, buttons, and voting posters, then took part in a Best Character contest — convincing others why their character deserved the vote. 🗳️✨
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
A Belle poster with flowers, princesses, and other stickers.
A Big Bad Wolf puzzle with the setting and wolf puppets.
A student makes a button.
A student shows off their scary witch puppet.
🍽️🌟 Way to go, 3rd grade Lions! These students earned enough PBIS points through being Accountable, Safe, and Kind to enjoy a special lunch with Principal Gordon 💙🦁 We’re so proud of their positive choices and hard work — keep leading by example! 👏✨
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
3rd graders eat lunch with Principal Gordon.
📚✨ Last month in the library was full of creativity, curiosity, and hands-on learning! Students designed and wrapped gifts, explored math concepts through games, tackled MakerSpace challenges like building ways to stay warm, and brought their own imaginative ideas to life. 💡🎁 So many smiles, so much learning — we love seeing our library come alive! 💙🦁
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students build a marble run together.
Student holds up a gift she made for her mom.
Students show off the spyglasses they created.
Students play the dreidel game together.
☕📚 Our kindergarten students brought The Little Red Hen to life! After reading the story, they practiced teamwork and cooperation by working together to make hot cocoa. 🐔✨ A sweet way to learn about helping others, sharing responsibility, and enjoying the results together! 💙🦁
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students mix hot cocoa into a bowl.
Students work together to mix.
Students take turns to add hot cocoa.
Student shows off their cup of hot cocoa.
🤖🔥 Every December brings our annual Battle Bots Challenge! Led by our ILC, students across all grade levels designed, built, and tested their bots — learning teamwork, problem-solving, and perseverance along the way. The excitement was high and the learning even higher! 💙🦁
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students work together to attach their balloon.
Students show their design to the camera.
Students work with our ILC to finalize their design.
Students watch the BattleBots competition.
🌟👏 Big congratulations to our 3rd and 4th grade Lions who earned the most points in December for being Accountable, Safe, and Kind! Your positive choices, leadership, and hard work truly shine and set a great example for others. Keep it up — we’re so proud of you! 💙🦁

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5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Third grade student holds up a flashlight she selected.
Third grade student holds up a science kit he selected.
Fourth graders hold up dinosaur digging kits they selected.
💙🦁 We miss these faces! 🦁💙 Smiles like these remind us how special our days are together. We can’t wait to see everyone back, learning, laughing, and shining soon! ✨📚
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
2nd graders smile at the camera
🎉✨ Happy New Year, Glen Lea! We’re starting 2026 with a ROAR 🦁 — congratulations to our incredible ROAR Steppers for earning 1st place in the elementary division of Break the Stage in December! 🏆💃 We’re so proud of your hard work, talent, and teamwork. Here’s to a year full of excellence and school pride! 💙🦁
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
ROAR steppers post for a picture.
ROAR steppers perform at Break the Stage.
ROAR steppers perform at Break the Stage.
ROAR steppers perform at Break the Stage.
📚💙 Storytime magic with Principal Gordon! After hearing a wonderful read-aloud in Pre-K, our youngest Lions carried the story into their play — making connections, building understanding, and bringing the characters to life in their own creative ways. 🌟✨ We love seeing early literacy spark imagination! 🦁💛
5 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Principal Gordon reads aloud to the pre-k students on the carpet.
A student makes shapes on the light table.
Students act out parts of the story during dramatic play.
Students build with pegs .
🐝📚 Huge congratulations to all of our classroom Spelling Bee winners! We’re so proud of the hard work, focus, and courage these students showed on stage. A special shoutout to our school winner and runner-up, who had a multi-round battle. Way to shine, Lions! 💙🦁
6 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Group of spelling bee winners stand in front of the stage.
The spelling bee winner and runner up stand side by side.
📚✨ Learning happens anytime, anywhere at Glen Lea — even during dismissal! Our art teacher spotted a praying mantis and turned it into an impromptu science lesson, giving students a close-up look at this amazing creature. 🪳👀 Curiosity is always welcome here! 💙🦁
6 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Students look at a praying mantis.
Students watch a praying mantis and ask questions.
🛒✨ It’s PBIS Cart Day at Glen Lea! Students shopped for fun toys, activities, and more — all using the points they’ve earned by being Accountable, Safe, and Kind. 💙🦁 We love celebrating positive choices and the excitement that comes with earning rewards!
6 months ago, Glen Lea Elementary School
Student browses items for sale at the ROAR cart.
Student browses the cart to select items to purchase.
Two students show off the slime they purchased.
Student shows off his slime and party blower from the cart.
Kindergarten students use their slime after shopping the cart.