Kathi said that Hannah got into a special class at school called “Reef Ecology”. Evidently, part of the class actually has them out snorkeling the reefs! From what I understand, only a few students got into it, and only a few schools got the funding for it.
Looking forward to hearing more about THAT!
Posted on 16 January '12 by admin, under Activities, kids, school. 1 Comment.
So, the kids have to wear Uniforms at their new school!
Melinda and Rockwell are going to “Pearl B. Larsen Elementary” and Hannah is going to “Manor School”
Hannah dodged a bullet, as they don’t have to wear skirts in 8th grade. lucky Girl.
Posted on 12 January '12 by admin, under school, St Croix. No Comments.
Cant help but feel good after receiving a letter like this from a teacher:
Can you please get their mailing address for us? I want to have the class write Rockwell letters. Wish I could go with him! I will be sure to get all of his grades in and the paperwork from the office.
I will miss him. He is a bright spot in my classroom and it makes my heart sad to see him leave!!!!!
JulieJulie Greene
3rd Grade Teacher
North Augusta Elementary School
400 East Spring Grove Avenue
North Augusta, SC 29841
Posted on 13 December '11 by admin, under Friends, school. 2 Comments.
Hannah marched with the band in the North Augusta Christmas parade. Unfortunately, because of my lame camera, this is the only picture I have of her. arrg.
Melinda was in the parade also! She was in a “step” group from school.
And, we visited Santa again this year. I can’t tell you what I wished for. It might not be granted if I do.
Posted on 12 December '11 by admin, under Activities, Holidays, school. No Comments.
Hannah performs in Concert band as they perfrom a Christmas medley.
Posted on 7 December '11 by admin, under Activities, Holidays, kids, school. No Comments.
Here is a article that was in the local paper (The North Augusta Star) I thought it was quite an article! (The north Augusta Elementary mascot is a dolphin.)
Posted on 18 November '11 by admin, under kids, school. 2 Comments.
Hannah is running for student council president this year. She is giving her speech this morning, and I believe the vote will be today.
Wish her luck!
OK, That title is odd.. but those are the subjects here.
The kids started 3rd, 5th and 8th respectively, and, we now have chickens!
Rockwell, practicing BMX.. He’s obsessed.. He will cool of a little I’m sure. Although.. Melinda was impressed with that trophy he brought home, she wants to go the the track and see what she can do now… Hopefully we will have two racers in the family!
A pose with his nameplate with his official number! the bike is a loaner.. its a nice one, but I don’t have 500$ to get one.. he will have to wait on that.
Melinda, posing one of the chicks we got.. These chicks are called “golden nuggets”. (I just “found” this picture on my phone.. Melinda posed it on her own.)
Ok, so I was inspired by Luke an Tammy.. Hmm. Inspired or just jealous. Not sure.
You can see the coop I built in the back of the shed. I either need to let them out in the yard, or build them a run.
Kathi said “the back of the shed? Why cant you make a cute one like Luke did?
My response was: “I did, its hung up in a tree and the kids play in it. When they get older, its coming back down and will have chickens in it.” Until then, it’s the back of the shed for them.
I like the “chickens running around in the yard” idea, but the run might be lazier.. I mean easier.
In my first lesson on what I don’t know.. I HAD to get three different age groups. So, sure enough, the older one (a “Jersey Giant” picks on the middle one, (a “Dominique”.. a lot like a “barred rock”) which picks on the chicks (the “golden nuggets”)
“Hmm, I think I will pick on the chick for sport!”
Rockwell holding his (adolescent) “Jersey Giant”, while some friends holding Hannah’s Dominique. They gave them names.. I’ll have to post them later.
I think Rockwell needs a lesson on holding a chicken. I have to admit.. chickens are friendly! And soft, and they even smell good. They seem to make exceptional pets. Who knew.
First Day of school! We did our usual “first day of school walk” again, this time some neighbors joined us.
How do you like Melinda’s Curly hair…
So Pretty.
Posted on 28 August '11 by admin, under Activities, kids, school. No Comments.
You are growing up so fast. Rockwell is doing great. He has lots of friends and loves the outdoors. Rockwell is a rising 3rd grader now. At the 2nd Grade awards ceremony, He got an ward for going 10 points beyond the required Accelerated Reading (AR) goal, and graduated with an A-B average for the year. Excellent job!
And in other news… Melinda got into GT!! (the “Gifted and Talented” program in school) Oh, we are happy about that. Her big sister would never have let her live it down had she not! 🙂
Melinda did not reach her AR goal this year.. however, she was the only one in her class to get a All A average for the year! way to go Melinda! You know we are proud of you!
Last weekend, Melinda and a friend set up a lemonade stand out front. it was almost 100 degrees out, and they maned it like troopers for 4 hours! dont know how they lasted so long.. they only had a few takers, but the people that did stop typically gave them more than a dollar for the lemonade! so they were happy. Right before Melinda was going to break down the “store” (she was the last holdout), a news crew from NBC (not where I work) came and interviewed her.. She made it on the 11pm news that night! Unfortunately we did not see it. However, we know she made it on because other people saw it and told her.
Posted on 25 June '11 by admin, under kids, school. No Comments.
Melinda has Polaroid camera.. So I took a picture of her with it.
(the film is getting old, that is why the color is off…)
While I’m at it.. Here is an interesting video from Melinda’s last day in class… The kids where reading their favorite poems to each other.. (some of them they wrote themselves.. And I don’t know why Melinda was so nervous..)
Posted on 5 June '11 by admin, under Activities, kids, school. No Comments.
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