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Happy Summer Vacation!
Summer vacation officially began at noon on Wednesday May 27th. The kids all had a great year with their teachers! Here is Will with Jamya and Ms. Tadrus. http://photos.dspencer.net/Photostream/i-W7vFhQD Thursday morning started with an 8am swim team practice for Amelia and 10:30 practice for Will. We were ready! http://photos.dspencer.net/Photostream/i-Dx4QthF/A http://photos.dspencer.net/Photostream/i-7nVHSqP/A Sunday we cheered […]
Save the Polar Bears – Part 2
Today Will presented information about polar bears, climate change, and what people can do to help minimize their carbon footprint to all of Mark Twain Elementary. It was his own idea to give this presentation, and his teacher made it happen. We are so proud of both Will and his sidekick Amelia:) Enjoy! http://photos.dspencer.net/Photostream/i-GfLGbNf
Blue Ribbon!
Amelia’s science fair experiment, “How Intelligent Are Chickens”, won a blue ribbon at the St. Louis Science Fair! It was quite a night of celebrations as Dave and I took her to the awards ceremony and then out to dinner at Pastaria and dessert at Ted Drewe’s Frozen Custard to celebrate her 9th birthday. So […]
Words of Wisdom
Amelia was helping with (being ordered around by) Margaret and her friend Sarah. They wanted her to push them in the swings over and over and she was getting frustrated. I told her to just ignore them and they’d be fine. She looked at me and very seriously said “I can’t believe you had three […]