School Is Out

School is out and there are mixed emotions.... Elation and a little sadness. Abby, Fare and Anna all loved their teachers so much and each offered them opportunity for a number of positive learning experiences. I asked the kids to share a memory w/me: Anna said she is going to miss Mrs. Seibach and all of her friends that we don't know. :) Here is Anna's class at a field trip to Albertsons. (Anna is in the middle w/pigtails.)



Farrell's class did many memorable activities, one of which was the Second Grade Egg Drop. An activity for the kids to concoct some sort of a container to hold an egg in, have it thrown off the roof of the elementary school building, and then see if the egg broke. Farrell made his container of foam, 3 small boxes, duct tape, and a dowel. He sure was surprised and excited to find his egg whole.



Abby's teacher is an artist and therefore made many, many creative artistic projects throughout the year. Something fun and memorable for her was the fourth grade Wax Museum, she really loved this project. Her assignment was to be Wilford Woodruff, and I loved how animated she was as she explained who she was. Check it out on this short video clip.



So I have stacks (and stacks) of school papers, art projects, important stuff to the kids. I have made books (3-ring binders) of their stuff in the past, and I guess ;) I'll do that for this year too. But really, do we have to keep everything? Of course!! Not.

Something else the kids are going to miss..... the crossing guard. There is none like her -- she loves the kids she 'crosses' and she unfailingly was there to help Anna cross the street everyday at noon, even though Anna was the only child that crossed at noon and we live just down the street from the school. She would give the kids treats weekly, sometimes daily, always remembered their birthday and even gave them christmas gifts. She built friendships with each of them and always went above and beyond. Thanks Amiko!