Chaffee Elementary School

10/22/2026

Congratulations to our Zaxby’s Teacher of the Month, Ms. Honda! Thank you for all you do for our school!
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10/19/2026

During Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrated the rich, vibrant, and diverse cultures of Hispanic and Latino communities! 🎉💃🏽⚽️

Our students and staff brought incredible energy and school spirit to every part of our celebration! Here is a recap of how we honored this special month:

👗👔 Dress-Up Days: Everyone showed off their pride, heritage, and style all week long with colorful traditional attire, country colors, and creative outfits!

⚽️ Hispanic Countries Soccer Bracket Playoff: The competition was fierce and full of fun! Students learned about Hispanic countries and voted for a daily winner. In the end, Mexico was the triumphant winner! Our students showed great sportsmanship, teamwork, and passion.

🎶 Music & Culture Celebration: We rounded out the festivities with an incredible live performance by a Spanish musician, along with student presentations showcasing the unique history, traditions, and pride of Hispanic countries across the globe! We have Chaffee students who represent the following countries: Chile, Columbia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela.

A huge thank you to our students, staff, and guest performers who made this celebration so unforgettable! Let’s continue to celebrate diversity, culture, and unity every day.

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10/15/2026

Stream Doctors
Our 5th Graders became Stream Doctors this week! At Mountain Fork Water Treatment Facility they learned how water is cleaned and participated in an Enviroscape lesson about nonpoint and point source pollution. Then they traveled to Brown Bear, LLC to conduct bio-assessment and water quality tests on the Flint River to determine its health. This was an unforgettable field trip full of learning and adventure!!

Vocabulary Words Learned:
point and non-point source pollution, watershed, hydrology, wetland delineation, succession, freshwater ecology and chemistry, flora and fauna, macroinvertebrate, bio-assessment, wetland values, pH, nitrates, dissolved oxygen, velocity, turbidity, temperature, venomous vs. nonvenomous snakes, stream flow, coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, flocculation, disinfection

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10/13/2026

Congratulations to our October Students of the Month!! 🏆👏🏽🎉🏆👏🏽🎉
Kindergarten: Ava
1st Grade: Gerson
2nd Grade: Cora
3rd Grade: Sergio
4th Grade: Lily
5th Grade: Nathalie
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10/02/2026

Our third graders embarked on a Fossil Find at Monte Sano State Park and found so many treasures! We love taking our learning outdoors!
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09/30/2026

We’re in the final hours of the Eagle Run fundraiser! Help us get to $13,000 today: https://www.givebacks.com/causes/chaffeepta/campaigns/5a6a48686d9837

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09/28/2026

Eagle Run 2026 🦅
It was a beautiful day to run with our friends, enjoy bubbles, get colorful, and eat popsicles, all to raise money for our sweet school! You have until Wednesday to send in donations for our Eagle Run fundraiser.

👏🏽 Give a round of applause to our Eagle Run Chairperson, Sepidah, and the Eagle Run Committee, along with all of our amazing volunteers! You made Friday possible! Thank you!!

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