This year Capitol Elementary had twenty-three students that participated in their campus Spelling Bee. The first place winner was third grader, Faith B., second place was taken by Yolliet R., and the campus alternate was Felicia V.. The first and second place winners will then compete with the other Levelland district winners on Wednesday, February 15th at the Levelland Middle School at 2:00p.m.
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Capitol Elementary second graders celebrated the 100th day of school. They made glasses, crowns, and cereal necklaces.
Mrs. Chase’s second grade science classes studied the different phases of the moon. They made the phases using OREO cookies.
To reinforce the letter “G” Nick Williams brought his guitar to play for the purple team. He taught the children different parts of the guitar and the students enjoyed singing along with him.


On Saturday January 9th Christian Pacheco, a Junior at LHS, became the first trombone player from Levelland to make the Association of Texas Small School All State Band. Christian competed with students from over 60 different school districts from around our area, which stretches from El Paso to almost Fort Worth. He will be traveling to San Antonio on February 8th for 4 days of clinic and convention fun!! We are very proud of this huge accomplishment!!
For more information on Levelland ISD Bands, click here.
Mrs. Dobson’s Kindergarten class wrote a sentence as a group and sent out e-mails asking LISD employees what their favorite gift was for Christmas. As each student opened their e-mail he/she categorized the item and constructed a graph from the data they received. The students enjoyed this project. 


Mrs. Stephenson’s and Mrs. Condit’s language arts classes have been studying winter! They wrote Cool Poetry, using their five senses. They drew a SnowBuddy, incorporating a glyph. They culminated their day of activities by writing, “Winter Is….” and drinking hot chocolate, complete with marshmalows. Yum!
Mrs. Johnson’s third grade science students are studying matter, including solids, liquids and gasses. They were engaged in several classroom activities where they can learn the differeneces in matter.
Mrs. Sanderson’s third graders studied penguins during December. They read fiction and non-fiction books about penguins. They wrote their own fact book about penguins. They experienced and wrote a cinquain poem about penguins. They ended their unit with a black and white day, by wearing black and white and enjoying black and white healthy snacks.
Capitol parents joined their students in Yvonne Smith’s first grade classroom to assist in making gingerbread houses for Christmas!