💙❤️ One fish, two fish, Red fish & Blue fish!
✨🧢 Don’t forget to wear stripes or a hat tomorrow!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Students and teachers wearing something red.
A teacher and student wearing red shirts.
Students wearing items that are blue and / or red.
Students and teachers wearing something red.
Students and a teacher all wearing red and blue.
5th grade at the African American history museum! 🎨🎶
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Group of students wearing matching red shirts are singing in a church.
People are sitting in a church.
An art piece showing an African American lady and a white lady.
People sitting in a church.
People sitting in a church.
People sitting in a church.
People singing in a church.
A man speaking in a church.
Students sitting in a church.
Srtifacts in a glass case.
😋 When it’s Friday and you feel like having a “Food Fun Friday” you make cheerio krispy treats!
🤗 Mrs. Haffley’s class had left overs from their 100 days celebration so they made a sweet treat today.
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
A screen that says It's time to cook.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
A teacher teaching students how to cook in class with hands on experience.
🤗🥰 Our winners for their Black History Month display are Mrs. Klapsinos & Mrs. Fachetti with 142 reactions and Mrs. Haffley’s class with 112 reactions!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
A door decorated for Black History Month and says Respect at the top.
Kindness changes the world decoration in a hall for Black History Month.
❤️💙 Read Across America Spirit Week!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Read Across America Spirit Week flyer.
Hello Connell Families—
We would like to intrduce our new apprentice assistant principal, Joanna Polakowski!
Joanna writes, “I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining JoAnna Connell as your new Apprentice Assistant Principal! This marks my 16th year with Erie’s Public Schools, and I couldn’t be more excited for this new adventure. 💛
Over the years, I’ve had the joy of teaching grades K–5 in a variety of roles, most recently spending time with an amazing group of fourth graders at Perry. Each experience has shaped my love for learning, leadership, and supporting students as they grow.
I can’t wait to partner with our incredible students, dedicated staff, and supportive families to help make Connell the very best it can be. It’s going to be a wonderful rest of the year, and I’m so happy to be on this journey together! ✨”
Let’s all take this time to welcome Joanna to our Connell Family!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Two women standing in a classroom.
🎳 Mrs. Haffley’s class goes bowling!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Kids sitting in a bowling ally.
A teacher helping a student bowl.
A teacher helping a student bowl.
People standing in a bowling ally.
A student holding a bowling ball.
People bowling at a bowling ally.
A teacher helping a student bowl.
A teacher helping a student bowl.
A student bowling.
A teacher helping a student cary a bowling ball.
🎳 Mrs. Savoia’s class goes bowling!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
A group of students sitting in a bowling ally.
A kid bowling.
A kid holding a bowling ball.
A kid dancing at a bowling ally.
A kid bowling.
Students smiling at a bowling ally and dancing.
🎳 Ms. Nietupski’s class goes bowling!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Kids bowling.
Kids bowling.
Kids sitting in a bowling ally.
Kids sitting in a bowling ally.
Kids bowling.
Kids bowling.
🎳 Mr. Nickson’s class goes bowling!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Kids eating at a long table.
A child bowling.
A child smiling at a bowling ally.
A child bowling.
A child bowling.
A child bowling.
A child bowling.
A child bowling.
Kids eating at a bowling ally.
A child bowling.

🎟️🎪 Do you love carnivals?! If your answer is yes, please fill out this survey so we can plan accordingly for our end of the year after school family carnival! 🤗

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBsK622XHoBKSYOfpoJ7QXXgXInktVbMOnuAY9soO1Jri9lQ/viewform

8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
🥰 Two classrooms, one amazing community 💛
During their daily Morning Meeting and Respectful Ways social-emotional learning time, these students in Mrs. Haffley & Mrs. Chludzinski’s class showed that teamwork really does make the dream work!
Today they collaborated to complete puzzles and design a classroom poster that captured their shared learning.
Along the way, they practiced so many important skills—communication, active listening, patience, problem-solving, flexibility, responsibility, encouragement, and compromise. They learned how to share ideas respectfully, divide tasks fairly, and support one another when challenges popped up.
We are so proud of the way these students worked together, lifted each other up, and proved that when we collaborate, we can accomplish great things! 🧩✨
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
The Cat Park paper that students drew on.
Students putting together a puzzle.
Students putting together a puzzle.
Students putting together a puzzle.
Students waiting to draw and write on a large yellow paper.
Students putting together a puzzle.
Students putting together a puzzle with an adults.
Students coloring on yellow paper.
🧩👏🏼 Team Work makes the Dream work!
✨ Students in Mrs. Mackowski and Miss Lachica’s class have been working on what perseverance is and how working together takes patience and hard work. Today they worked together to complete puzzles!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
Students are putting together a puzzle on the floor.
THIS FRIDAY!
Friday the 27th is the rescheduled movie night! If you already were planning to come to the first one, you don't have to do anything but show up! See you there!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
JoAnna Connell Family Movie Night flyer for February 27.
March can feel like a loooong month when everyone starts catching a little spring fever 🌷☀️ So let’s add some extra fun with Flashback Fridays!
Each Friday, we’ll celebrate with a fun throwback theme to show off our school spirit and share some smiles. 🎉
Participation is open to both staff and students — and as always, it’s totally optional.
We can’t wait to see all the creativity and school pride! 💙✨
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
A Flashback Fridays flyer for JoAnna Connell.
☕️🍩 Our Life Skills Teachers & Coffee Cart Kiddos Received Donuts from Erie News Now This Morning! 🥰🤗
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Students and staff accepting donuts from Erie News Now.
This Black History Month, we’re proud to celebrate the incredible contributions of Black leaders, creators, and changemakers who have shaped our world 🌍✨
Our displays highlight powerful voices and achievements across Language & Literature 📚✍🏾, Science 🔬 (featuring Michelle and Barrack Obama, Maya Angelou and Malcolm Mitchell), Technology 💻 and Engineering 🛠️ and Math ➗ (Katherine Johnson, Mae Jemison and George Washington Carver), Art & Music 🎨🎶 (celebrating legends such as Jacob Lawerence, Ray Charles, and Queen Latifah), as well as Social Studies and Political Science 🏛️ (recognizing leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman and Ray Charles).
We honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future by uplifting stories of resilience, brilliance, and impact. ❤️🖤💚
#BlackHistoryMonth #CelebrateBlackExcellence
🥰 We are having a contest for the best display. Please react to whichever picture you like the best. We are looking for two winners who have the most reactions and will announce them on 2/27!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Respect displayed on a wall with art around it.
For Black History Month a classroom door decorated.
A wall decorated for Jimi Hendrix.
The school office decorated for Black History Month.
For Black History Month a classroom door decorated.
A wall that has a rocket and astronauts around it on a wall.
For Black History Month a classroom door decorated.
For Black History Month a classroom door decorated.
A poster that says kind things that students can say they are.
For Black History Month a wall decorated.
🗞️ extra extra, read all about it!
🤗 quarter two swpbis news is available!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
JoAnna Connell Elementary School News they create in school on what's happening.
JoAnna Connell Elementary School News they create in school on what's happening.
JoAnna Connell Elementary School News they create in school on what's happening.
🌏 Mrs. Nicklas’ class has been learning about the layers of the Earth. Today their class made models of the Earth showing each of the layers!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Kids sitting in class with a green ball of playdough on one table.
Kids cwriting and making crafts in class.
Kids making a craft using playdough.
Kids writing in class.
Kids coloring and making crafts in class.
❤️💕 World Kindness Day!
8 months ago, JoAnna Connell Elementary School
Students and teachers dressed in pink and red.
Students and teacher dressed in pink and red.
A student and teacher dressed in pink smiling.
A teacher and students dressed in red.
Students and teachers dressed in pink and red.
Students smling in the hall.
Teacher in a red shirt holding a student smiling in a red shirt.
Student smiling in a red shirt.
Group of students smiling in class.
Group of students and teacher smiling in class.