Second grade enjoyed a field trip to Styer Orchards! Students took a hayride, picked apples, and found just the perfect pumpkin in the patch. Lots of fun memories were made as well as connections to our ELA unit on seasonal changes! 🚜🍎🎃🍂🚌 📚







Marshall Street teachers and staff had a “Pink Out” event to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 👚💖 Our “Casual for a Cause” donations will go to the Unite for HER organization. www.uniteforher.org
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Kindergarten students visited Kohler Farms. They took a hay ride, picked pumpkins, and saw farm animals. 🚜 🦙 🎃









Third grade learned about Japanese American artist Yayoi Kusama and created their own dotted pumpkin and printed background to show complementary colors!
First grade learned about a pumpkin’s texture and drew a big pumpkin. Then we mixed primary color paint to make orange and green and painted their pumpkins. Last, we created a nighttime background using oil pastels.
Kindergarten learned about sculpture and created their own rainbow paper line sculptures!
Second graders listened to The Perfectly Imperfect Pumpkin by Rachel Cook and learned to be themselves and embrace their uniqueness. Then students created their own special pumpkin out of clay using form, color, and texture!


Nutmeg the therapy dog visited Mrs. Truskowski’s classroom along with Mary Anders, the Deputy Executive Director for the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project. Ms. Anders gives presentations about body safety and online/social media throughout elementary schools in the Norristown Area School District. She was accompanied by Officer DiNolfo from the West Norriton Police Department, and Ms. Katie Moyer.




Marshall Street students and staff had so much fun celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with an assembly on Friday! 🎉 Students learned about Mexican traditions from Mrs. Maria Falco, a former Marshall Street teacher. 🇲🇽 First graders performed a traditional Mexican dance and the whole school enjoyed a dance party featuring Hispanic music. 🎶




Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Traditional Clothing Culture Day” students wore traditional clothing from their heritage.





Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Sports Day” students wore their favorite sports shirt! ⚽️🏈🏀⚾️🏒

Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Fiesta Day” students wore bright, festive colors and florals! 🌼💙🌸💚🌺💜

Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Si Se Puede Day” students were dressed as their future self doing their dream job! 👩🏻⚕️👷🏽👩🏽🏫⛹🏽♀️🕺👨🏼✈️🧑🏽🎨👩🏻🍳 We have future chefs, police officers, teachers, doctors, martial artists, veterinarians, and military members!


Students at Marshall Street celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Flag Day” students wore the colors of their family’s flag. 🇲🇽 🇭🇳 🇬🇹 🇵🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇵🇪 🇩🇴 🇺🇸

Fourth grade students enjoyed their visit to Riverbend Environmental Education Center! 🌳💦🪨🏞️🪶They explored the ecosystems of a forest, a stream and a pond, while learning to identify living and non-living things within each system.










The Norristown Rotary Club visited our third graders to teach them about their work within the community, as well as globally. They also gifted every student Spanish/English dictionaries! Thank you, Rotary Club!


The latest edition of our newsletter is here! You may also find the newsletter on our website at https://www.nasd.k12.pa.us/o/mses/documents/parents%2F-guardians/family-newsletters/19233601.




Marshall Street’s Hispanic Heritage Spirit Week 🎉
Monday, October 13
Día de la bandera - ¡Use los colores de la bandera de su familia o de
cualquier país hispano/latino!
🇲🇽🇭🇳🇬🇹🇵🇷🇧🇷🇨🇷🇳🇮🇵🇪🇩🇴🇺🇸
Flag Day - Wear the colors of your family’s flag or any Hispanic/Latino country’s flag!
Tuesday, October 14
Si se puede Day - ¡Vístete como tu futuro ser haciendo el trabajo de tus sueños!
👩🏻⚕️👷🏽👩🏽🏫⛹🏽♀️🕺👨🏼✈️🧑🏽🎨👩🏻🍳
Si Se Puede Day - Dress as your future self doing your dream job!
Wednesday, October 15
Día de Fiesta - ¡Use colores festivos, brillantes o estampados florales!
🌼💙🌸💚🌺💜
Fiesta Day - Wear bright, festive colors, florals!
Thursday, October 16
Día de deportes - ¡Usa tu camiseta favorita: fútbol, fútbol americano o cualquier deporte!
⚽️🏈🏀⚾️🏒
Sports Day - Wear your favorite jersey - football, soccer, any sport!
Friday, October 17
Día del traje tradicional - ¡Lleva ropa tradicional de tu cultura o un atuendo que te haga sentir orgulloso!
👕👚👔👗🧢👏
Traditional Clothing Culture Day - Wear traditional clothing from your heritage or an outfit that makes you feel proud!
Monday, October 13
Día de la bandera - ¡Use los colores de la bandera de su familia o de
cualquier país hispano/latino!
🇲🇽🇭🇳🇬🇹🇵🇷🇧🇷🇨🇷🇳🇮🇵🇪🇩🇴🇺🇸
Flag Day - Wear the colors of your family’s flag or any Hispanic/Latino country’s flag!
Tuesday, October 14
Si se puede Day - ¡Vístete como tu futuro ser haciendo el trabajo de tus sueños!
👩🏻⚕️👷🏽👩🏽🏫⛹🏽♀️🕺👨🏼✈️🧑🏽🎨👩🏻🍳
Si Se Puede Day - Dress as your future self doing your dream job!
Wednesday, October 15
Día de Fiesta - ¡Use colores festivos, brillantes o estampados florales!
🌼💙🌸💚🌺💜
Fiesta Day - Wear bright, festive colors, florals!
Thursday, October 16
Día de deportes - ¡Usa tu camiseta favorita: fútbol, fútbol americano o cualquier deporte!
⚽️🏈🏀⚾️🏒
Sports Day - Wear your favorite jersey - football, soccer, any sport!
Friday, October 17
Día del traje tradicional - ¡Lleva ropa tradicional de tu cultura o un atuendo que te haga sentir orgulloso!
👕👚👔👗🧢👏
Traditional Clothing Culture Day - Wear traditional clothing from your heritage or an outfit that makes you feel proud!


A tradition continues! 📚💙🦅 In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, NAHS students visited Marshall Street classrooms to read books with elementary students. The high school students belong to Raíces Encontradas, a service-based organization that supports Hispanic young men. The students read Lola Out Loud, by Jennifer Torres, and Areli Is A Dreamer, by Areli Morales and Luisa Uribe. Thanks for visiting Marshall Street! 💚🐾💛




It’s Fire Prevention Week! 🧑🏼🚒🔥
Today, Marshall Street had a fire drill and a visit from Jefferson Fire Company. After the fire drill, students viewed fire trucks and watched Principal Dr. Harper as she climbed the ladder. A very big “Thank You!” to the firefighters who visited our school today!
Today, Marshall Street had a fire drill and a visit from Jefferson Fire Company. After the fire drill, students viewed fire trucks and watched Principal Dr. Harper as she climbed the ladder. A very big “Thank You!” to the firefighters who visited our school today!

