Skelly hosted a Family Fall Fun Night on Nov. 14, 2024. Families were invited to enjoy fun educational games, meet animals, have a sweet treat, and learn about some of the community resources and supports available in El Dorado.
School staff was joined by several community groups who provided activities and information during the family night. As families entered the building, they were provided with a Skelly Math/Reading Night Checklist. They wrote their student’s name on the back and turned them in after visiting each station to be entered into the attendance raffle. They could take selfies with SRO Jason Lowery, enjoy an ice cream sundae in the commons served by district administration, or play cornhole in the gym. The Butler County Sheriff’s Department also attended the event.
In Blue Hall, Child Start hosted a puppet show. Love on a Leash brought several therapy dogs for families to meet and interact with. HF Sinclair demonstrated a vacuum experiment and provided ice cream in a bag. Food4Thought Dairy Goats brought three different breeds of dairy goats for students to pet as they learned more about them. The YMCA also provided information about their programs. There were books available for families to read together for a quick story time.
In Green Hall, Bradford Memorial Library had a guessing game for students to guess how many pumpkins were in the jar, a bingo game, and free books for students to take home and enjoy. Mr. Counts made balloon animals. Big Brothers Big Sisters had information to share with families about signing up littles and volunteering to be a big. There were also board games available for families to play together that reinforced math concepts appropriate for various age groups.
Red Hall featured PTO/Girl Scouts karaoke in the music room and Coutts Art Museum masks and bookmarks in the art room. The Butler County Health Department had coloring pages for students and a display for parents showing how various medicines can easily be mistaken for candy to stress the importance of keeping medicines locked up. The Kansas Oil Museum also had a table. The math activity was estimation. There was a jar for each grade level, and each jar was filled with a different item. Students wrote their estimation of how many of that item was in their jar.
