Wednesday, the 3rd grade had their Assembly. The stage was set up like a “Jeopardy” show. David (our ESL teacher) was Pat Sajack and Pat was Vanna White. The 3rd grade was split up into 3 teams and we had a team of teachers. They had to answer questions about 7 countries in the world. The audience (the rest of the elementary) asked pre-written questions and the contestants then had to answer. It was a wonderful assembly and the 3rd grade was did learn interesting things about these countries.
Thursday evening was our annual "Fall Festival". We started setting up at 4 PM and the Festival started at 6 PM. We had games and food. People from the outside came in and sold items such as jewelry, wall hangings, glassware, scarves, etc. Pat had a Ring Toss booth with the Kindergarten teacher. They made a big sign and had prizes to give away. It was fun because everyone dressed up in Halloween costumes. Pat said she went as a “Pretend Cow”, whatever that means. I am a sponsor of the Seniors and we had three activities: “Dunk a Punk”, a Haunted House and “Pie in the Face”. The Seniors also sponsor a dance at the end of the evening.
The quarter has ended and it is a very busy time for the teaching staff as they work on finalizing grades. Remember when report cards were just grades? Now we have skills to assess for each class and of course, comments for each student. I am fortunate with only one class (along with two other individual independent study classes). Many of our staff will be assessing many more students in a variety of classes.
Thursday evening was our annual "Fall Festival". We started setting up at 4 PM and the Festival started at 6 PM. We had games and food. People from the outside came in and sold items such as jewelry, wall hangings, glassware, scarves, etc. Pat had a Ring Toss booth with the Kindergarten teacher. They made a big sign and had prizes to give away. It was fun because everyone dressed up in Halloween costumes. Pat said she went as a “Pretend Cow”, whatever that means. I am a sponsor of the Seniors and we had three activities: “Dunk a Punk”, a Haunted House and “Pie in the Face”. The Seniors also sponsor a dance at the end of the evening.
The quarter has ended and it is a very busy time for the teaching staff as they work on finalizing grades. Remember when report cards were just grades? Now we have skills to assess for each class and of course, comments for each student. I am fortunate with only one class (along with two other individual independent study classes). Many of our staff will be assessing many more students in a variety of classes.
