They are actually planning their own mysterious mysteries, creating cartoons with their first-grade friends in Kathy Banks' class, and corresponding via letters with their penpals at Kirkpatrick Elementary in Nashville. The children are doing so well in reading and writing that they now see themselves as readers and writers. This week P. Mooney worked on rhyming words, classifying groups of words, completing sentences and sequencing animals by size. The children are staining their wood and creating a sculpture from their wood kit this week. Fairview High Today students will meet in buzz groups and progress reports will go home.
Next week is spring spirit week.
Monday is pajama day. Mark your calendars now for the first annual May Day celebration all day long May 5. There will be a carnival, pony rides, a basketball tournament, silent auction and a yard sale in a major community event. Dairy Queen in Bellevue donated 25 free sundaes for the May Day silent auction. They will be touring the memorials, Smithsonian, Arlington National Cemetery, Amish farmlands and Gettysburg.