ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Geoff Rodkey is best known as the screenwriter of the hit films Daddy Day Care, RV, and the Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas. The author of the acclaimed middle grade adventure-comedy trilogy The Chronicles of Egg, he's also written for the educational video game Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego? He wrote the book series The Tapper Twins. His new book, the follow up to The Tapper Twins Go to War, Geoff Rodkey delivers another ultra-modern comedy told as oral history with texts, screenshots and smartphone photos. When Claudia initiates a citywide scavenger hunt to raise money for charity, it's not just the twins' opposing teams that run riot. With the whole school racing to trade in sights seen for points to score front row tickets at Madison Square Garden, they may not get to the finish line with their dignity-and social lives-intact! More pictures to follow. Visit his website: http://www.tappertwins.com/books.html Books are for sale through the school. Contact Davis Street if you are interested in learning more or purchasing a book. Floyd Cooper received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor forBrown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper received a degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma and, after graduating, worked as an artist for a major greeting card company. In 1984, he came to New York City to pursue a career as an illustrator of books, and he now lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children.
What do teachers do when they have a professional development day? Here at Davis teachers and staff spent the day working with artists and professionals from Arts for Learning of Connecticut to develop new innovative ways to infuse arts and academics. We also celebrated staff achievement and continued our work with restorative practices.
The Davis Street Awesome Autumn Authors walk took place on Friday, October 30th. Students in grades Pre-K 3 to grade 5 marched through Westville promoting their favorite literary characters and books. Staff, students, and parents had a wonderful morning.
Click the button below to watch Davis Street students participate in a Polka Dot Pants Dance contest.
A total of 110 participants in the fourth through sixth grades from 13 New Haven public schools worked both individually and in teams to demonstrate problem-solving abilities in a newly established math tournament hosted by the University of New Haven.
Congratualtions to all the students from Davis Street who participated. The Davis Street School community is so proud of all your hard work. Davis Winners: 2nd place Team: Davis Boys Team 2nd place individual: Blake Battaglia 1st place individual: Koen Schweiger Read the article in the New Haven Register Davis Girls Team Members: Assata Dawson Serene Parker Tamia Bromell Skylar Hopkins Johnson Adrienne Clermont Davis Boys Team Members: Blake Battaglia Koen Schweiger Dante Moye Vincent Damiani Raymond Morales Junior Achievement inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy
Junior Achievement Sparks Student Success JA impacted over 4.6 million U.S. students in more than 201,000 classrooms during 2014-2015. Our volunteer-delivered, kindergarten-12th grade programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, and use experiential learning to inspire students to dream big and reach their potential. With the help of more than 218,000 volunteers, JA students develop the skills they need to experience the realities and opportunities of work and entrepreneurship in the 21st century global marketplace. On October 6th the New Haven Fire Department visited Davis Street School to teach students about fire safety. The students learned about who to call during an emergency and even got to spray the hose. Cheers were heard as the fireman went to the top of the school on the ladder. Thank you NHFD for a great day.
Award winning musician and New York Times best-selling author Eric Litwin visited Davis Street School on September 29th to read and rock with our kindergarten, first, and second grade classes. Students sang and danced to his newest book The Nuts: Sing and Dance in your Polka-Dot Pants. He discussed how he began writing the Pete the Cat series and taught them about his newest book. What a great event! |
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