MacArthur Elementary School highlighted a fifth-grade student who led the Pledge of Allegiance at a recent LCPS Board of Education meeting. The opportunity recognized the student’s leadership and school representation.

Q1. How does MacArthur help people learn about history and timelines early on?

Ans. Students make simple timelines with personal events, class milestones, and historical snapshots to learn about the order of events and the passage of time.

Q2. How does the school help students think about things in a different way?

Ans. To help students figure out what is the same and what is different, teachers use side-by-side object studies, "same or different" tasks, and sorting challenges.

Q3. What activities help teach sound science ideas?

Ans. Students learn about vibrations, pitch changes, and sound sources by doing hands-on activities with everyday things.

Q4. What does MacArthur do to help people come up with new ideas and solve problems?

Ans. Students come up with their own problems for the classroom, work together to come up with solutions, and then test those ideas to learn how to be creative and try new things.

Q5. How does the school help students learn how to get along with others in the classroom?

Ans. Guided discussions teach students how to work out problems in a positive way by teaching them how to compromise, take turns, and disagree respectfully.