Live Wax Museum

Our Live Wax Museum was a huge success! Thanks to all the parents for helping your children with this project! Check out some way-cool pictures from the Museum:

A Class Full of Wax Statues!

Thomas as Frederick Douglas

Vanna as Anne Frank

Roosevelt and Jessica as Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt

Amer as Muhammad Ali

Tyra as Oprah Winfrey

Devon as Malcolm X

Jayla as Hillary Clinton

Spencer as Theodore Roosevelt

Luke as King Tut

Aniyah as Queen Cleopatra

Shan as Clara Barton

Spencer as Teddy Roosevelt...again

Rami as George Washington

Denis as Abraham Lincoln

Esther as Sacajawea

Caitlin as Helen Keller

Recreating Mount Rushmore!

We hope everyone enjoyed taking part in the Wax Museum! I have a lot more fun stuff planned for December! Stay tuned for details about our poetry unit, spelling bee, door-decorating contest, CandyGrams, Gingerbread project, Learning Buddy holiday crafts, and our Annual Holiday Party!

Wax Museum

The Wax Museum was great fun last night! A big thanks to everyone who participated and who came to see it! Make sure to check the newspaper for an article about the event, including pictures of Esther as Sacajawea and Denis as Abraham Lincoln!

We'll be putting on the Wax Museum for the whole school TOMORROW, Thursday, all morning for the other classes in the school. Check back on the blog for pictures! Unfortunately, I can't post them now because of my modem being down at home. :(

My Internet's Down!

I'm sorry I was not able to update the homework last night. The Internet was down at school and when I arrived home after the Wax Museum, I found that my modem wasn't working! Wonderful! It still wasn't working this morning, so I may have to call it in to get it replaced, which means I may not be consistent with posting updates to the blog for the next few days. Please bear with me!

But the good news is that we have a lot of great things planned for December! There will be loads of great, fun things going on at school. Check out the calendar of events to the right of the blog for some of the highlights! More info to come soon (assuming my Internet cooperates!).

Veteran's Day Concert

Our Fifth Grade Chorus performed a special concert for Veteran's Day, featuring patriotic music. The quality of these pictures doesn't do justice to the great performances. Great job Caitlin, Jenah, Vanna, Denis, and Jessica!!!

Wax Museum

A note went home yesterday regarding the Wax Museum presentations. We will be having a special presentation of the Wax Museum on Tuesday, November 18th at 7:15 PM for all parents and families.

We would like for all of the students to participate in the night showing of the museum. Please fill out the form letting us know if your child will be able to attend. They need to arrive at 6:45 to get ready for the presentations. Students should come in full costume, ready to go. They need to arrive early so that we can arrange them into different sections of the Museum.

Please make sure to return the note ASAP!!!! Thanks!

Barack Obama Elected President!!!!

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - Martin Luther King Jr., August 28th, 1963

Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama!!!

Pumpkins and Politics!

We've had a busy week! First, we spent some time discussing and debating the two candidates for president and which would be best for our country. Take a look at some of the ideas the class came up with:

Then, on Thursday, the entire school participating in a mock presidential election! Results of the election will be revealed on Tuesday, Election Day!

Then, on Friday, we joined our kindergarten learning buddies for a activity involving weighing, measuring, floating, and counting the seeds from pumpkins!

Finally, our class enjoyed homemade candied apples thanks to Mrs. Flaherty!

Hey, what's Rami doing?