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. 🎶
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Students dressed in traditional clothing from their culture pose for a photo after the Hispanic Heritage Assembly.
Ms. Turner moves along with third and fourth graders to a latin dance.
First grade students perform a traditional Mexican dance.
Mrs. Falco speaks to the students about Mexican traditions.
Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Traditional Clothing Culture Day” students wore traditional clothing from their heritage.
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Students dressed in traditional clothing from their culture pose for a photo after the Hispanic Heritage Assembly.
Students dress in traditional clothing from their culture.
Students dress in traditional clothing from their culture.
Students dress in traditional clothing from their culture.
A student dresses in traditional clothing from his culture.
Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Sports Day” students wore their favorite sports shirt! ⚽️🏈🏀⚾️🏒
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On “Sports Day” students wear their favorite sports shirt to school.
Students celebrated a full week of spirit days to celebrate Hispanic Heritage! 🎉 On “Fiesta Day” students wore bright, festive colors and florals! 🌼💙🌸💚🌺💜
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Students wear bright, festive colors and florals for "Fiesta Day."
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!
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Students dress for the dream job on "si se puede" spirit day.
Students dress for the dream job on "si se puede" spirit day.
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. 🇲🇽 🇭🇳 🇬🇹 🇵🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇵🇪 🇩🇴 🇺🇸
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Students wear the color of their family 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.
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Fourth graders explore the stream at Riverbend.
Fourth graders explore the pond at Riverbend.
Fourth graders explore the forest at Riverbend.
Fourth graders explore the pond at Riverbend.
Fourth graders explore the pond at Riverbend.
A fourth grader holds a leaf at Riverbend while learning about ecosystems.
Fourth graders explore the pond at Riverbend.
A fourth grader shares her discoveries at Riverbend while learning about ecosystems.
Fourth graders explore and learn about ecosystems at Riverbend.
Fourth graders explore and learn about ecosystems at Riverbend.
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!
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Third graders receive Spanish/English dictionaries from the Norristown Rotary Club.
Third graders receive Spanish/English dictionaries from the Norristown 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.
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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!
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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! 💚🐾💛
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A student from NAHS reads a book to first grade students.
NAHS students share a book with students at Marshall Street Elementary School.
A student from NAHS reads a book to first grade students.
A student from NAHS reads a book to first grade students.
A student from NAHS reads a book to first grade students.
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!
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Principal Dr. Harper prepares to climb the ladder on the fire truck.
Students watch Dr. Harper climb the fire truck's ladder.
Students meet firefighters and view fire equipment.
Students watch fire trucks as they leave the school.
Kindergartners played at stations in the gymnasium to learn about throwing using a basketball, balancing with cup stilts and hop balls, and developing manipulative skills using hula hoops.
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Kindergartners use cup stilts to learn about balancing.
Kindergartners use cup stilts to learn about balancing.
Kindergartners play games at stations during Physical Education class.
Kindergartners play games at stations during Physical Education class with Mr. Shrader.
Zoo on Wheels visited Ms. Moser's classroom. The children met Sandy the tortoise who is 21 years old.
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Students touch Sandy the tortoise.
Zoo on Wheels shows Sandy the tortoise to the class.
Marshall Street students attended their first assembly of the school year and learned how to become a Golden Jaguar! 💛🏅🤩 Students may earn a spot at this monthly event by following the “3Bs” - be respectful, be responsible, and be safe. Teachers and staff look forward to acknowledging students who have good attendance; do their work and try their best in class; and show positive behavior throughout the school day. Go Jaguars! 💚🐾💛
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The Jaguar Assembly begins with the 3Bs: be respectful, be responsible, and be safe.
Ms. Rooney leads the Jaguar Assembly.
Students listen at the Jaguar Assembly.
Students listen at the Jaguar Assembly.
Ms. Rooney leads the Jaguar Assembly.
Friendly reminder -
All NASD schools will be closed on Thursday, October 2, 2025 in observance of Yom Kippur. School will resume on Friday, October 3.
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Reminder…Early Dismissal Tomorrow! ⏰
All NASD Elementary schools will dismiss at 12:20 PM on Friday, September 26.
Wishing everyone a fabulous weekend! 🍁🍂
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Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!
This is a friendly reminder that today is our Fall Picture Day.
📸 😀
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Second grade students learned about Mexican American artist Carmen Lomas Garza and discussed her beautiful papel picado artwork. They created their own papel picado art using tissue paper, shapes and scissors! Check out their work hanging in the school lobby.
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Students cut their papel picado projects.
Student shows his papel picado project.
Papel picado projects on display in the lobby.
Student shows his papel picado project.
Student shows his papel picado project.
Kindergarten celebrated Dot Day by reading The Dot and learning about artist Wassily Kandinsky. The message “just make a mark and see where it takes you” was important! Then they drew and painted their own dots in Kandinsky’s style.
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Kindergartners painting for Dot Day.
Kindergartners painting for Dot Day.
Kindergarten's Dot Day paintings on display in the hall.