As we get closer to summer vacation, the excitement grows and the celebrations continue!
.....My students have been enjoying a bowling unit recently and they have been so excited! We are fortunate to be able to set up six bowling lanes and at times it sounds like a real bowling alley when the pins go down! I loved the looks on the faces of my students when they were successful with a strike or a spare. Many students this week looked both shocked and excited and exclaimed "I got a strike!" or "I got a spare!"
.....We were treated to a day long visit from chefs from the Culinary Institute of America on our Wellness Wednesday this week! This event was made possible by our Fuel Up to Play 60 grant and a generous grant from a family which funded our Healthy Snack Cart. Chef Rico and Chef Christina spent the day and taught our students how to make healthy snacks. The variety was fantastic and each grade level made a different snack. Students were able to participate in the creation of the snacks and then eat what they had made. The students were so engaged and excited! One of our fifth graders said: "That was awesome!" after he made and ate a spring roll made out of rice paper and fresh vegetables. I could not help but think that this was an amazing opportunity for all involved! Click here for a slide show of this event!
.....Most who know me know that I am a creature of habit and that I am a detail oriented person. That being said, I do forget things sometimes, especially when there is so much going on at the end of the school year. This week I forgot to put out one of our character bears - "PE Paddy", and our "Stop and Think About it Center". One of my kindergarten students noticed and reminded me that I had forgotten to do both! I appreciated another "detail oriented" person helping me out!
.....At the end of the week our principal, librarian, and myself had the opportunity to go to another school in our district and present a Healthy Highway assembly to the student body. This particular school is closing, and while we are all sad that the school is closing, we are looking for ways to make the transition smooth. Most of these students will be coming to our school so we thought it would be fun to introduce Healthy Highway to the new students. We brought Fitness Frankie, our Courage Lions - Courageous Carlos and Courageous Cassie, our NP Healthy Highway car, and the book that I wrote about Fitness Frankie's Summer Adventure. We had a great time introducing the program to the new students and they seemed to enjoy it. At the end of the assembly we danced the Healthy Highway dance! It was great fun! I felt a little bit like a rock star when students came up to us to ask questions after the assembly! I also was able to visit with some former students and I enjoyed catching up on their adventures!
.....Our Kindergarten Celebration was held on Friday afternoon and I had the pleasure of taking pictures for our school website. This events celebrates the growth and hard work of our kindergarten students. We are all so proud of how much they have learned and how much they have grown! There were more than a few tears of pride and joy from parents and teachers alike!
Thanks for reading about the "Best Parts of My Week!"
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