Science Thursday!

Today we were lucky enough to have two more special visitors.

First, Principal Johnson came up for the second time and was able to drop in on many of the afternoon core classes and special interest classes.  The kids were glad to see a familiar face and were able to catch up Mrs. Johnson on their exciting week.  Mrs. J. received the flags at the flag ceremony, and then was able to participate in our classroom meeting.  Thanks for coming up twice in one week!

Next, Mrs. Howard (Heather's mom) came and did an evening science program for us.  She did the kickoff at Outdoor Lab that she did for the rest of the school on Tuesday.  The kids saw some awesome demonstrations, and then they were able to go around and explore different stations on their own.  The favorites were the dry ice bubbles, and the expanding Ivory soap.  Somehow in the mix-up I didn't get to say good bye to her, but we thank you so much for coming!

The kids also had a wonderful closing ceremony run by the principal at Windy Peak, Mr. Gneiser.  The kids did some readings about the iCARE philosophy  here (integrity, commitment, awareness, respect, and empathy).  We heard some amazing insights from many of the kids about what they learned this week at outdoor lab, and how this week has brought us all closer.  We are so thankful for our time here, and all of our kids did a great job representing Colorow.  We are so proud of everyone!

Here are a few pictures from our afternoon and evening.  We will see you tomorrow!

Thursday Afternoon

This morning I got to go to the Initiatives core class with the Pronghorns.  It was so much fun!  We did a lot of team building challenges that required cooperation between group members to solve a problem.  The longest, and probably most enjoyed activity, was the "Mohawk Walk".  We had to get over wire lines suspended between trees as a group, without touching the ground.  We worked really well together on our activities and were successful with all of them!

Pictures below are of the Pronghorns, the Weasels (Mrs. Yelton spent her morning in Archery with them), as well as a picture of our "Golden Broom" winners, the boys from Castleview.

 Two bullseyes for Aireana!

Video Update

The videos are not posting... I'll put them up when I have a better internet connection back in the lowlands.  Take care!

Visitors, Special Interests, Line Dancing, and Mammals

First, we had a bunch of visitors at Outdoor Lab today.  This morning Mr. Kenney and Scott came up and participated in the Archery class.  Then, Mrs. Higley came up for lunch.  Mrs. Deignan, our wonderful Kindergarten teacher, came for dinner, and she and Mrs. Higley stayed all the way through our evening programs.

Students also got to participate in their first high-school-leader-run special interest class.  The students chose between friendship bracelets, water color, team building, snowshoeing, and a camera hike.  Then we did our class meeting, dinner, and had a bit of a break.

Our evening program was line dancing!  We had Ms. Schaeffer come and teach us 5 dances... The kids had a REALLY good time and got out a lot of energy.  I have some video that I will try to upload here on the site of our highly coordinated dance moves.


We also had a Colorado Mammals program run by our awesome high school leaders.  The kids got to see, touch, and learn about different animal pelts.  Enjoy the pictures (and hopefully video) below.