At the Locust School, Mrs. Millie Joyce's class proudly posed with their 100 day projects and their portraits as 100 year-olds. Did you know what very special day occurred on Thursday, February 12th? Why, the 100th day of school, of course! Kindergartners and first graders at Locust, Hemlock and Homestead Schools marked their 100th day of school with dozens of special learning activities. The PTAs for all three schools assisted with the day's activities and also generously donated specially designed "100 Day" tee shirts for every student, further making the day a memorable one for all of the children.

"We're 100 days smarter!" Locust teacher Mrs. Millie Joyce commented about her students. In her classroom, first graders rotated between math learning centers with activities targeting the number 100 - 100 pattern blocks, counting 100 coins - the students even completed self-portraits of what they would look like at age 100. Down the hall, Mrs. Linda Polant's kindergarten class was sharing 100 silver dollar pancakes, while Ms. Jessica Crofton's students were using 100 paper tiles to create beautiful mosaic pictures.

In Ms. Jessica Crofton's class at Locust, kindergartners used 100 tiles to create paper mosaic pictures. At Hemlock, Principal Audrey Bellovin, a. k. a. "Count 100," kicked off the day's festivities with a group gathering to model the PTA's gifts of "100 Day" tee shirts. Dozens of joyful activities which focused on skill reinforcement filled the halls at Hemlock as "Count 100" made her rounds. Students compared bags of 100 items on balancing scales, measured each other's height, multiplied by 10s, and filled a giant gum ball machine with 100 gumballs.

At the Homestead School, students enjoyed a wide variety of equally imaginative activities including graphing, coloring cut-out paper "100" glasses, stringing yummy cereal necklaces, and bouncing basketballs and twirling hula-hoops 100 times.

Thanks to the primary schools' principals, teachers and PTAs, the 100th day of school was a joyful learning experience for all of Garden City's children!

Student and staff members at the Hemlock School gathered at the start of the 100th day of school to show off the keepsake tee shirts provided to everyone by the PTA. Please note Principal Audrey Bellovin as "Count 100" in the back left corner. First graders in Mrs. Anne Hayes' class counted out change to make $1.00 as one of their 100 day activities. Using a calculator and a letter "key," these Hemlock students calculated whose last name added up to the largest number. Making and wearing these cool "100 Days" hats was all part of the fun at the Homestead School on February 12th. A very coordinated Homestead student demonstrates how easy it is to do 100 rotations with a hula hoop. These Hemlock students compared the weights of bags of 100 items as one of their 100 day activities. Learning to group by tens, this Homestead student creates a yummy cereal necklace to wear on the 100th day of school.