Helen Laabs' fourth-grade class is the featured Luverne Elementary class of the week this week. Pictured are (front row, from left): Jordan VonHoltum, Josh Boomgaarden, Kayla Kruger, Callan Sawtelle, Caitlin Miller, Paige Olson, Rachel Saum, Joshua Petersen (middle row) Tabitha Sanderson, Erick Phommaracksa, Nicholas DenHerder, Cody Lape, Krista VanDyk, Ashley Siebenahler, Christine Stassen, Kelsey Wessels, Tanya Tacuban (back) Alyssa Reese, Austin Richters, Eric Kor, Jacob Dressen, Jonathan Kruger, Jordan Huls, Danielle Schilling, Taylor Luke and Mrs. Laabs.
"The pre-holiday season has us all jumping," Laabs said. In social studies the students are finishing work on the southeast region, and in writing they are learning how to put together persuasive paragraphs, "which has them thinking," she said. In math, the students are looking at solids and silhouettes, and science takes them to the Amazon rainforest. In addition, Laabs said, "Accelerated Reading lets us read books we like."