The school year may be winding down, but that doesn't mean we aren't busy with some exciting projects and fun events. Here's a quick peek at some of what we've been up to at school for the past two weeks:
Henry and his kindergarten reading buddy made art projects out of recycled goods for Earth Day.
The school book club is still going strong! After reading The Candymakers by Wendy Mass, the kids designed their own candies for a mini school competition. Will and a friend came up with "Flavored Medigum" that keeps its flavor forever, can change flavors AND cures all types of the flu. Sounds pretty good to me!
Henry was student of the week in his class last week and we filled the "Bravo, Darling!" board with pictures of all his favorite things.
Last week, Gene and I hosted a library volunteer appreciation coffee at our house for all the school library volunteers. I work closely with our school librarian to help train and schedule all the volunteers. We have over forty volunteers (more than ever before) and our library just wouldn't work without them! They are an amazing group of women that I am so thankful to know and call friends.
And I couldn't have thrown this party without Gene, who made homemade bagels, scones and two quiches AND who prepped everything and made it pretty! It was fun party and a great way to say "thank you" to all our lovely volunteers.
In addition to thanking my library volunteers, I attended the volunteer appreciation breakfast for Read Houston Read. What a joy it is to spend an hour a week reading with my second graders at Cunningham Elementary!
Back at our school, the second graders are gearing up for the annual Strega Nona luncheon. Henry's class made pinch pots, which will be fired this week so that each child will have his own magical pasta pot.
Finally, I'll end with the Baseball Reading Celebration in Henry's class. Two teams, the Lightning Bolts and the Cowboy Chickens, duked it out to see who would rack up the most minutes read in a two-week period. In the end, the Cowboy Chickens accumulated more than 6000 minutes!
Henry was the MVP for his team, with a whopping 1234 minutes read! He is competitive and on all but one night, he wouldn't go to bed until he'd read the maximum allowed (90 minutes).
His teacher gave him his own baseball with his name and minutes read on it. Way to go, Henry!
The Baseball Reading competition ended in a friendly baseball game on the field.
And then Henry's teacher provided hot dogs, chips, lemonade and baseball cupcakes! What an incredible way to encourage reading.
The next two weeks are full with even more of end-of-the-year activities at school. It's busy but exciting too!
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