Lavaland Elementary School

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Huge congrats to our amazing PE teacher Ms. Monica Gomez for earning the Pepsi/APS Foundation Teacher of the Month Award! Nominated for her love of teaching and dedication to our Lavaland community! We LAVA you, Ms. Gomez! 🎉💖 #APS #apsproud #teacherofthemonth 🍎

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

🎈 What an amazing morning yesterday at Lavaland Elementary! Thanks to one of our incredible families, we finally had a hot air balloon visit, and the kids were beyond excited! It was a magical moment for all! 💙🎉 #LavalandElementary #BalloonMagic #CommunityLove #Grateful

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

🎉 Play Day at Lavaland was a blast! Students enjoyed the parachute, relay races, vball, hula huts, cornhole, water events, and dunking the principals. Highlight: a kindergartner dunked the principal on his first try! 😆Thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable! #LavalandProud

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

🎉 Happy Leap Day, Lavaland! 📚✨ Today, we’re making the most of our extra 24 hours by celebrating all the amazing things happening. From student achievements to creative projects, every moment counts! 🌟 Let’s leap into a day filled with learning, laughter, and joy! #LeapDay

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

October Perfect Attendance for Ms. Angie’s class! We are so proud of you scholars for being here everyday! We Lava You! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes #WeLavaYou #perfectattendance

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

We had such an amazing time at our Dia De Los Muertos festival here at Lavaland! We had fantastic performances by our Lavaland Scholars! We are so proud of you! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes #WeLavaYou #diadelosmuertos

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

We had a great time for Storybook Character Day! Our Safety Team dressed up as super hero’s, and our Lavaland Scholars had a blast trying to find them throughout the day! Shoutout to our Kinder Team for sharing in the fun! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Last night we had a blast for our Boo Bash at Peter Piper Pizza! It was such a great turnout from our Lavaland Scholars and their families! Thank you for coming out and supporting our fundraiser! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes #WeLavaYou #peterpiperpizza

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Shoutout to the Kindergarten scholars that received attendance awards for the 1st quarter! Thank you for being here every day! We Lava You! #lavalandscholars #lavalandvolcanoes #lavalandproud #WeLavaYou #attendancematters

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

NMSU College of Health Education and Social Transformation donated some t-shirts to Mrs. Medrano’s class so the kids can support the Aggies for our College Gear Friday’s. Thank you NMSU! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #collegegearfriday #avid #collegeandcareerready #GoAggies

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Our amazing "Birthday Ladies" left each of our wonderful staff members a treat this week! They continue to appreciate our staff and all the hard work we do. We appreciate them and their kindness and generosity! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes #WeLavaYou

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

These Lavaland Scholars in Ms. Angie’s class are celebrating their “wins” with perfect attendance! They got a pizza party for spelling the word “Lavaland”… one letter for each day there are no absences! We love the teamwork! #lavalandproud #lavalandscholars #perfectattendance

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Our scholars in Mrs Medrano’s 1st grade class have been making great choices lately, so they had a surprise visit from NMSP today…and of course he brought donuts 🍩! Thank you for working with our Lavaland scholars! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #WeLavaYou

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Ms. Czarnecki’s Genius Hour scholars were able to learn why the Aztec Indians of Mexico made rainsticks, and learned some new vocabulary words: arid, hollow. Thank you for making learning fun! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes #WeLavaYou #geniushour

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Cetan Christensen, Senior Water Resources Scientist, visited our Kinders to share what she does, and how Water Authority helps service our community! This supports their ongoing learning on their PBL about water conservation! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #pbl #waterauthority

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

We had such a great Open House with our Lavaland families! Thank you for coming and being invested in your Scholar’s education! #lavalandvolcanoes #lavalandproud #WeLavaYou #lavalandscholars #lavaliteracy

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Great things are happening at Lavaland this year! We are kicking off a new literacy initiative that will help our Lavaland Scholar’s become better writers and readers. Thank you to our families for joining us in taking this step! #WeLavaYou #LetsLookAtLavaLiteracy #LavaLiteracy

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

We are loving what Ms. Trujillo has done with her Art classroom! So creative and fun! Thank you for providing our scholars with an opportunity to learn while creating! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #WeLavaYou #apsfinearts

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

Last week our Lavaland Scholars got the opportunity to participate in our brand new STEAM lab! They were able to engineer habitats for animals, and had an amazing time doing it! #lavalandscholars #lavalandproud #STEAM #WeLavaYou

[Lavaland Elementary School @LavalandProud]

We are so grateful for the Knights of Columbus donation to Lavaland! This is going to help kickoff our AVID school wide interactive notebook project! Thank you for helping us put our plans into action! #lavalandproud #lavalandvolcanoes #welavayou #avid #lavalandscholars