Our Special Guest

Today we were delighted to have a visit from a very special person to both the fourth and fifth grades! Zach Waara, the marine that we sponsored, returned from Afghanistan and came to visit us! Zach thanked the kids for all the prayers and care packages that they sent to him and took time to answer questions. He also brought along a slide show to share with pictures from Afghanistan! We are so happy that he is back with us safe and sound. Please continue to keep Zach and all of our military in your prayers. He will be returning to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina tomorrow.

Thank you to all who sent food and toiletries in to send to Zach. He said that it felt like Christmas every time he received a package and he shared his good fortune with all of his fellow marines. Any items not used were left for the group that came in to relieve Zach's company.

Reading Month

Reading month was quite an event! We had three guest readers: Mrs. Martin, Sister Joan, and Mrs. Krause. Mrs. Martin shared a St. Patrick's Day story with the kids and then we made prayer boxes; Sister Joan read a book about peace and gave us bookmarks to write our peace pledge on. Finally, Mrs. Krause read 1-minute Easter stories. The kids had a read-in in Miss Blanton's class, we had a read a hat/shirt day, and a pajama day (always a crowd pleaser!). We buddied up with the preschool and read stories in the gym. The preschoolers then drew a picture to go with the story and dictated a sentence to the fourth graders. I was so proud of my students. They worked so well with the little ones! They asked questions, made predictions, and even explained the important aspects of a sentence! Unfortunately, we did not meet our 500 hour reading goal but we are still plugging away at it!