•Summer Ice Cream Social for new families in August, prior to start of school
•Family to Family program connecting new kindergarten families with veteran families for support throughout the year
•Study and performance of Native American Dances
•Schoolwide “Color Days” based on the book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear
•100th Day of School Celebration
•Life Cycle hands-on study of silk worms to moths and caterpillars to butterflies
•Mother’s Day Tea with poems and songs
•Study of oceans with culmination performance of Hawaiian songs and dances
•Busy Bee Reader Program
•Field trip to the farm and apple orchard

•Nutcracker School Performance
•Field Trip to Nutcracker Ballet
•Pilgrim/Indian Feast
•Author of the Month Program
•Independence Trail Field Trip
• Visit from “Mother Goose”
•Trip to Mud Hut to do a clay project
•Johnny Appleseed Day
•Penguin Day

•Dino Day
•Detectives on the Discovery Trail
•Mask Making
•African-American History Month
•Zoologists at the Sacramento Zoo
•Pioneers at Bernhard House – wearing period clothing, hammering toolboxes, wood stove cooking, making corn husk dolls, and working with leather
•Clay projects
•Study of animals and habitats
•Learn about famous artists

•Study Nevada County history with field trips to Empire Mine, North Star Mine and the Nevada County Railroad Museum
•Discovery Museum and Planetarium field trip
•Space Day
•”Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System” grade level play
•Math Field Day with group problem-solving activities
•Bridgeport State Park wildlife nature hike
•Specialized P.E. program
•For science and social studies, the teachers rotate to each classroom during the unit of study so that all children work with all teachers in the grade level
•Grade 3 Spelling Bee
•Cursive Contest
•Story Writing Contest
•All Star Games
•Lunchtime Activities
•Tutoring and Learning Club – after school

•Study of volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics, rocks, minerals, and electricity with hands-on experiments and investigations
•Hands-on Equations (algebra program)
•Mission/Indian Day
•Gold Rush Day
•Geography Day
•Field trips to the California Railroad Museum, the California Indian Museum, Sutter’s Fort, and Music in the Mountains performance
•Speech Tournament
•Student Council
•Lunchtime Sports
•Power Point projects
•Opportunities for students to help up-date class web site
•Advanced Studies
•Noontime Sports
•Choir – after school
•Fall Cross Country Team events
•Tutoring and Learning Club (after school)

•Science Fair
•Hands-on Science experiments and investigations in Weather, Body Systems, Matter
•Band
• Law Day (Superior Court in Nevada City)
•CountywideSpeech Tournament
•Countywide Spelling Tournament
•Countywide Math Tournament
•Student Council
•Field Trip to the State Capitol
•”Sh-sh-sh, We’re Writing the Constitution” – grade level play
•Noontime Sports
•Fall Cross Country Team events
•Choir – after school
•Tutoring and Learning Club (after school)

•Library Program
•Technology Lab
•Classroom Music Specialist (grades K-5)
• Instrumental Band (grade5)
•Visiting Artist Program
•Art Docent Program
•Accelerated Reading Program (AR)
•Buddy Class Connections
•First Grade Forest Science Environment
• George and Maggie, our two reading therapy dogs
•Jog-a-Thon
•Read-a-Thon
•Accelerated Reader Program
•Assemblies such as Auburn Symphony, Sky Dome Planetarium, Crocker Art Museum Art Ark, presenters in physics/science, music, movement, recycling, math, magic, story telling, and multicultural activities plus many more
•Student Council
•”Caught You Being Good” Incentive Program
•Enrichment Classes – after school (Examples: dance, art, Weird Science, cooking, Kuk Sool Wan, sewing, paper making, magic, sports)
•Tutoring and Learning Club (Gr. 3-5)
•Choir (Gr. 4-5)
•Use of Wentz Microscope (portable – can go to any room)
•Book Fair
•Author visits and workshops
•Assemblies and field trips
•Noontime Sports (grades 4-5)
•Lunchtime Activities (grade 3)
•Fall Cross Country Team
•Presidential Physical Fitness
•Yearbook (Gr. 3-5)
•Primary Fun Day
•Upper Fun Day
•Kindergarten Potluck
•End of the year BBQ’s