February 10

This morning, the class is completing the Mid-Year Assessment in Math. This can be a little stressful for some kids because it covers everything we've done in math since September - but all of them seem to have taken it in stride.

Round 4 of Math Olympiad will be tomorrow morning at 11 for those students who are participating.

On Friday morning, I will be at the District Office for a workshop. This will introduce the revised edition of We The People, a text on the United States Constitution. The "carrot" to attend is that the publisher gives each teacher a free classroom set of the materials. (Elementary teachers are always willing to go to anything that promises free materials!) Mrs. Ulrickson, recently returned from a 15-day cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal, will cover for me - and perhaps tell the class about some of the interesting places she visited.

Remember that February Vacation starts at the end of the day on Friday. (If you forget, I'm sure that your child will remind you.)