April Dean

4th Grade Teacher at East Elementary School Alabama District 6 Teacher of the Year 2022

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

We’re working together to design and create topographic maps made of colored foam for this hands-on lesson. 🗺️

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

It is such an honor to represent my friends as CCS Elementary Teacher of the year. I am very blessed to call @BOECullmanCity my home. 🖤💛

[Kyle Kallhoff @kkallhoff]

Congratulations to the elementary and secondary Teachers of the Year for @BOECullmanCity Two of the best in a system full of amazing educators. @EastElemCCS @CullmanCats @SSA_Supers @AlabamaAchieves @ALlovesPS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

My school is filled with the most dedicated and innovative educators, and I am so humbled to have been chosen for Teacher of the Year 2024-2025. 🖤💛

[EastElementary @EastElemCCS]

Congratulations to Mrs. April Dean, 4th grade science teacher, for being named 24-25 East Elementary School Teacher of the Year!

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

It’s such an honor to receive a Learning for Life Award from Samford’s Orlean Beeson School of Education. Thank you @SamfordEd for such a wonderful and inspiring evening. Go Bulldogs!

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

@MrsHunt_EES @cullmanprimary Love this! 💙💙

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

These 4th graders can even make ugly Christmas sweaters look cute! 🎄@EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

My 4th graders turned me into a turkey this morning after purchasing 186 feathers in our Thanksgiving fundraiser. 🪶🦃 @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

Did you know that sounds are really just vibrations? Today we made these “telephones” and experimented with sound waves in science class. 📞👂🏼

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

We’re making waves today to demonstrate high pitch and low pitch. @EastElemCCS @MysterySci

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

We’re learning about information transfer and how devices communicate with patterns of 1s and 0s. These 4th graders are using this idea to create pixilated works of art.
@EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

Thank you, Cullman City Schools Foundation, for funding our grant! We’re purchasing @MysterySci Mystery Packs, materials for hands-on science experiments for our 4th graders. @BOECullmanCity

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

We spent the week building spooky houses and wiring them with Halloween lights as part of our science unit on energy and electricity. Today our hard work paid off as EES students took the 4th Grade Spooky House Tour. @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

@EESlibrarymedia @BOECullmanCity @kkallhoff @EastElemCCS @ALLibraryMedia @chibitronics @AMSTI_Athens My kids couldn’t wait to show these off after library! Thank you @EESlibrarymedia for always supporting our classroom instruction in the media center. 💡🔋⚡️

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

Today in science class, these 4th graders are using visual and sound codes to transmit information as an introduction to our study of waves. @MysterySci

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

4th grade science is 🔥! Students are collaborating to build series and parallel circuits in class today. @AMSTI4all @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

Look at these BRIGHT students building electrical circuits with paperclip switches. This just might be our favorite @AMSTI4all unit. ���🔋🔌@Stovall2Carolyn @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

We made solar-powered ovens today, but due to cloud coverage, we had to get a little help from electrical energy to heat these s’mores. No complaints though. 😋 @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

These 4th graders devised clean energy plans today. We combined information about wind energy, solar energy, and water energy to determine the best alternative energy sources for a town called Boulderville. @MysterySci @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

What if there were no electricity? 💡Today we learned all about electrical energy and made these amazing LED flashlights from index cards, LEDs, batteries, and aluminum foil. 🔦 @MysterySci @EastElemCCS

[April Dean @Dean_EES]

We spent a beautiful morning at the outdoor classroom watering our crops and learning all about bee bodies. @NAAgriplex @EastElemCCS