The Freedom Festival sponsors multiple patriotic contests each year in categories including Art, Essay, Speech, Storytelling, and Video. The video contest is open to everyone; other contests are open only to students. The contest theme this year is Freedom.

In addition to receiving cash prizes, contest winners enjoy having their work promoted in the community by the Freedom Festival all year.

Larsen Elementary is having Red Ribbon Week October 24-28!  Here are the activities we have planned:

Monday: Wear your favorite sports team apparel

Tuesday: Wear red

Wednesday: Pajama Day

Thursday: Dress up as a Teacher

Friday:  Wear school shirts/colors

Our Box Tops for Education competition between classes ends tomorrow. Make sure that you send yours with your students!  The winning class gets treats and bragging rights.  Please look on your cans, cereral boxes and cake mixes, or anything General Mills to see if there are Box Top points.  Thanks for all your support

Larsen Elementary had a visit from Jason Wright, author of "The Christmas Jars", and "Penny's Christmas Jar Miracle". He spoke with students about becoming an author, as well as sharing the story of Penny and her Christmas Jar and encouraging students to start a jar of their own with their families.  Christmas Jars are jars full of spare change that are donated to families at Christmas time.  Mr. Wright also met with fifth grade students to teach them more about writing and becoming authors.  

Larsen 1st graders got the chance to visit Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point on a field trip.  Students were able to get lost in the maze, play in Corn Cobb Beach, ride on the Grain Train and so much more.  It was a fall adventure full of giggles and fun!  Thank you teachers and parents who helped make all the fun possible.

During Colonial Days, the 5th grade had the opportunity to create Horn Books in the classroom. Horn Books were used by Colonists to learn the alphabet and how to read. Each student got the chance to experience writing with a quill and ink--they practiced Colonial penmanship and used those skills to create their Horn Books. The highlight (pun intended) of Colonial Days was making candles with hot wax. The kids enjoyed seeing their creations completely set the next day. We all had a blast!