Mrs. Handy

What a whirlwind week! We packed in quite a bit of learning and fun these past five days. The visit to the Air and Space Museums on Tuesday kicked off our creation of bottle rockets. Students are working in teams… [Read More...]

Excitement is building as the intermediate kids rotate through each classroom and participate in flight activities leading up to the bottle rocket design unit. Thanks for the influx of soda bottles; we now have more than enough! So far, our… [Read More...]

Happy springtime! We spent the afternoon outside today – planting native species in our outdoor classroom with the help of Bethany and Sarah, the ECO ladies, running the trail for PE, and even listening to our read-aloud. (It didn’t take… [Read More...]

We submitted our answers for the Mystery Class project this week. As you may remember, we have been figuring and charting photoperiod (daylight hours) for ten secret locations around the world since January. Last month, we calculated the exact longitude… [Read More...]

Most folks had a wonderful time at Donkey Basketball last night. It was great to see so many of you there! Your support helps CHAMPS to fund the senior all-night party. I have been reading aloud to the class a… [Read More...]

I’m just a bit tired and could use a nap. The jog-a-thon isn’t quite as easy as it used to be! Everyone kept moving forward all of the time and several of the kids ran quite a few more laps… [Read More...]

Welcome back! We’re hard at it once again, reading, writing, and doing ‘rithmetic! As we enter the home stretch (Only eight more weeks to go!), please be sure that your child is reading each day, learning weekly spelling words, and… [Read More...]

Spring just can’t make up its mind! I sat through a very cold, wet, and windy hour watching the varsity baseball team shiver through the first inning on Tuesday before the game was finally called due to inclement weather. The… [Read More...]

On Monday,  we hosted several special guests in our room. Tippy from the Oregon Zoo introduced us to four local creatures, explained some of their characteristics and adaptations, and allowed us close-up views. The saw-whet owl was my favorite, but… [Read More...]

What a gorgeous day today! I’m really ready for spring now! We were very fortunate with the weather on Tuesday for our excursion. Though rain was forecast, we only got sprinkled on. All of our intrepid hikers managed to climb… [Read More...]