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  • Welcome to Distance Learning!

    Dear Patrick Henry Families, welcome to distance learning! Patrick Henry teachers are posting daily assignments on their individual teacher webpages. At the top of our website, click the "Faculty" tab, and then click on the link for your child's teacher. Each teacher will post assignments for the week. You can also see in the list below each assignment for each teacher. Click on their name and that will also take you to their teacher webpage. Reach out to your child's teacher or to Dr. Rogers (314.332.3279, deborah.rogers@slps.org) if you cannot find your child's assignments. Thank you for your patience as we all learn this new system together. We miss you and hope you are staying healthy and safe!

    If you need assistance accessing Microsoft Teams, please click HERE for tutorials.

    For assignments from the week of April 6th, please click HERE

    For assignments from the week of April 13th, please click HERE

    For assignments from the week of April 20th, please click HERE

    For assignments from the week of April 27th, please click HERE

    For assignments from the week of May 4th, please click HERE

    For assignments from the week of May 11th, please click HERE

    Week of May 18th

    Kindergarten - Ms. Willard

    • Weekly Science Activity: Continue learning about plants! Did you know that plants dance when you aren't looking at them? See for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2rtkBjeCM What would your plant dance be? Make up your own dance!
    • Monday
      • ELA - Word Study #2, and Capitalization practice #84
      • Math - Benchmark math assessment #34
    • Tuesday
      • ELA - Word Study #2 and Capitalization practice #84
      • Math - Freckle #26
    • Wednesday
      • ELA - #63, "In Great Shape"
      • Math - Freckle #26
    • Thursday
      • ELA - #63, "In Great Shape"
      • Math - Freckle #20
    • Friday 
      • ELA - Informative Writing: Has anything similar to Herman's experience happened to you or someone you know? Explain.
      • Math - Freckle #74

    Kindergarten - Ms. Wildermuth  

    • Weekly Science Activities:
      • Watch this quick video clip, "How Do Flowers Bloom in the Spring?": https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/spring-flowers#slide-id-8722
      • Reflection Questions: How do flowers bloom in the spring? What did this lesson make you curious about? What other questions do you have about flowers?
      • Bonus Activity: You can see for yourself how water moves inside a plant. Fill a glass with water and add a few drops of red or blue food coloring. Place a white flower in the glass. Wait a few hours and watch to see what happens. Look closely at the flower petals. What do you notice? Repeat this experiment, but use a stalk of celery or a lettuce leaf. What do you predict will happen?
    • Monday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "A Big Star"
      • Math - Freckle practice #6
    • Tuesday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "How a Soccer Ball is Made"
      • Math - Freckle practice #14
    • Wednesday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "Animals Eat Earthworms"
      • Math - Freckle practice #19
    • Thursday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "How Plants Get Water and Food"
      • Math - Freckle practice #28
    • Friday 
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "From Morning to Night"
      • Math - Freckle practice #32

    1st Grade - Ms. Versen, Ms. Shea

    2nd Grade - Ms. Watson

    • Weekly Science Activity: 
      • ReadWorks Article: Groups 1&2, Men Who Walked on the Moon; Groups 3-6, A Ride in Space
    • Monday
      • ELA - Click on my teacher page above to see individual assignments by group on Raz-Kids
      • Math - IXL assignment on repeating pattenrns
    • Tuesday
      • ELA - Click on my teacher page above to see individual assignments by group on Raz-Kids
      • Math - IXL assignment on growing patterns
    • Wednesday
      • ELA - Click on my teacher page above to see individual assignments by group on Raz-Kids
      • Math - IXL assignment on find next shape in repeating pattern
    • Thursday
      • ELA - Click on my teacher page above to see individual assignments by group on Raz-Kids
      • Math - IXL assignment on find next shape in growing pattern
    • Friday 
      • ELA - Click on my teacher page above to see individual assignments by group on Raz-Kids
      • Math - IXL assignment on completing a repeating pattern

    3rd Grade - Ms. Jackson

    • Weekly Science Activity: Read "What is Energy?" and "Natural Disasters" on Freckle, and explain to someone in your family the difference between push and pull. Safely demonstrate the two.
    • Weekly Writing: Work at your own pace and complete by May 15th: Freckle "A New Home Planet," "Text Evidence and Reference," "Purpose and Point of View," "New Girls," and "Dr. Gonzalez"
    • Weekly ELA reading assignments are assigned in EPIC by Ms. Evans (our reading interventionist). Log into your accounts to see assigned books.
    • Monday
      • ELA - Readworks
        • 2nd grade: Being Prepared for Dangerous Situations
        • 3rd Grade: School Life and Community
      • Math - Freckle Facts Practice
    • Tuesday
      • ELA - ReadWorks
        • 2nd/3rd grade: The Harlem Renaissance
      • Math - Freckle Fractions
    • Wednesday
      • ELA - ReadWorks 
        • 2nd/3rd grade: Hummingbirds and Owls
      • Math - Freckle Relationship and Algebraic Thinking (Multiplication and Division)
    • Thursday
      • ELA - ReadWorks 
        • 2nd/3rd Grade: Trees
      • Math - Freckle Relationship and Algebraic Thinking (Arithmetic Patterns)
    • Friday 
      • ELA - ReadWorks
        • 2nd/3rd Grade: Sports and Recreation
      • Math - Freckle Relationship and Algebraic Thinking (Basic Division)

    3rd/4th Grade - Ms. Ivory

    • Monday
      • ELA ReadWorks non-fiction passage, The Bagpipe
      • Math - Freckle Fractions
      • Mystery Science: Energizing Everything Unit, Lesson 4: Energy Transfer and Engineering
    • Tuesday
      • ELA ReadWorks fiction passage, Checking on Seabird Checks
      • Math - Freckle Addition and Subtraction
      • Mystery Science: Energizing Everything Unit, Lesson 5
    • Wednesday
      • ELA ReadWorks informal passage, The Farmer, the Snake, the Eggs, and Bacon
      • Math - Freckle Fraction, Multiplication, and Word Problems
      • Mystery Science: Energizing Everything Unit, Lesson 6
    • Thursday
      • ELA ReadWorks passage, Tag- I'm It
      • Math - Freckle Create and Use Line Plots
    • Friday 
      • ELA ReadWorks poetry passage, Scott Joplin
      • Math - Freckle Lines of Symmetry

    4th/5th Grade - Ms. Hammock

    •  Monday
      • ELA 4th/5th grade ReadWorks nonfiction passage, Why Does the Sun Burn Us?
      • Math Freckle: Addition/Subtraction Review
      • Mystery Science: Energizing Everything Unit, Lesson 7: Heat Energy and Transfer
    • Tuesday
      • ELA 4th/5th grade ReadWorks fiction passage, Jazz
      • Math Freckle: Base 10 Rounding Review
      • Mystery Science: Energizing Everything Unit, Lesson 8: Renewable Energy and Natural Resources
    •  Wednesday
      • ELA 4th/5th grade ReadWorks poetry passage, Hooray for Hummingbirds
      • Math Freckle: Visual Data Chart
      • Mystery Science: NEW UNIT: Web of Life, Ecosystem and the Food Web, Lesson 1: Food Chains, Predators, Herbivores, and Carnivores
    •  Thursday
      • ELA 4th/5th grade ReadWorks cause and effect passage, The Surfer Girl
      • Math Freckle: Fraction Addition and Subtraction
    •  Friday
      • ELA 4th/5th grade ReadWorks poetry passage, The Vegetable Thief
      • Math Freckle: Multiplication and Division 

    5th Grade - Ms. Williams 

    • Weekly Science Activity:
    • Monday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "The Constitution Tells the States Who Has the Right to Vote"
      • Math - IXL K.2
    • Tuesday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "A Tale of Segregation"
      • Math - IXL K.3
    • Wednesday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "Mostly Only White Men Could Vote Before 1870"
      • Math - IXL K.4
    • Thursday
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "Electing Members of Congress"
      • Math - IXL K.5
    • Friday 
      • ELA - ReadWorks passage "The Election of Representatives"
      • Math - IXL K.6

    PreK - Ms. Valentine, Ms. Patti, Ms. Munnelly, Ms. Smith

    • Daily Activities: read a book of your choice, write your name, count to 20, practice numbers 1-10, play, exercise, take a picture of you practicing your schoolwork and email it to your teacher
    • Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt: Find the following around your home: a fire hydrant, a trash can, a wreath on a door, a chalk drawing on the sidewalk, an ant, a stop sign, someone walking a dog, someone riding a bike, two birds, a white car, a mailbox, a gate, three fallen leaves, a flag, two different colored flowers
    • Math: Use the chalk from your goody bag to draw shapes. Draw a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, and oval. Jump five times in each shape. Jump to each shape. Name each shape as you jump to the next one.
    • Picture Perfect: Choose a different letter each day of the week. Student will use iPad to take a picture of something that begins with that letter and draw a picture of their photograph. Without technology, draw a picture of something that begins with taht letter
    • Exercise and music: Blow up a balloon and tie it closed. Play some music and dance around while you keep the balloon from touching the ground. You can do this with your family and have even more fun! 

    Related Arts - Ms. Blake (PE), Ms. Terrance (Music), Ms. Bryant (Art)

    • Please see individual pages for resources, ideas, links, and assignments 

    Special Education - Ms. Baumann, Ms. Jones

    • Please see individual pages for specific assignments for each student 

    English as a Second Language (ESOL) - Ms. Trapp

    • Please click HERE for an activity choice board to practice English at home for the Week of May 11th! 

Welcome to Patrick Henry

  •  Announcements 

    ALL SLPS SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. 

    Please see our family events calendar for all upcoming events!

    Please see our past events page and our photo album for all of our family and community fun!  

     

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    Patrick Henry Downtown Academy

    Patrick Henry Downtown Academy

                                                              

    Office: 314.231.7284                                                                

    Fax: 314.244.1796                                                              

    Principal: Dr. Deborah Rogers                                               

    Hours: 8:10 - 3:12

    Grades: PK-6 

    Click HERE for a map

     

Principal's Corner

  • Welcome to Patrick Henry Principal's Corner

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    Welcome to Patrick Henry Downtown Academy!

    At Patrick Henry, we are determined to meet the needs of every child who walks through our doors. We have a dedicated staff that returns year after year to pursue our mission and vision. We have an invested family community that chooses St. Louis Public Schools and Patrick Henry every day, partnering with us in our mission and vision for their children. And we have a strong community of neighbors, businesses, and nonprofits that work together to provide for our students academically, socially, and emotionally. In short, we have an incredible village that comes together to serve our students daily.

    Here at Patrick Henry Downtown Academy, our academic day is structured so that students feel welcome, safe, and excited to learn at every turn. When you come to visit our school, you can expect to be greeted by staff and students as you walk the halls of a beautiful and historic building in downtown St. Louis. When you walk into a classroom, you can expect to see students sitting comfortably in flexible seating, reading at every opportunity, and having academic conversations about science, math, technology, reading, and writing. When your child comes home, you can expect to hear a new song they learned in music, see a game they played in physical education, or hold a structure they created out of clay in art class. 

    We strive to incorporate as many learning experiences as possible into our students' academic days, and in order to do that, we must partner with our families, our neighbors, and our community organizations. Please join us in our mission to equip all students with the academic skills, scholarly habits, and character traits necessary to be successful in college or the career of their choice. 

    Thank you for choosing St. Louis Public Schools, and welcome to Patrick Henry Downtown Academy!

     

     

Mission and Vision

  • Our Mission: To equip all students with the academic skills, scholarly habits, and character traits necessary to be successful in college or the career of their choice.

    Our Vision: Patrick Henry Downtown Academy is committed to developing world-class teachers who will inspire and instill a joy for learning in their students, while teaching perseverance and the determination needed to overcome adversity.  In addition, our students will have access to opportunities and experiences that they need to be successful in college or the career of their choice.

     
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