A Great Day at Crater Lake!

Though the 3+ mile hike was grueling for some, the kids were GREAT during Friday’s Crater Lake excursion. We climbed Garfield Peak, stopping just shy of its 7,976 ft. summit. The students had incredible views of the fifteen-story tall Phantom Ship, the legendary Llao Rock, and even Old Man of the Lake (the ancient floating tree stump–not the accompanying educator). That’s Phantom Ship over Symphony’s right shoulder (at left). For more pics from the trip, click on the picture–and stay tuned for the next episode of CPETV for more!

I’m proud of out students for doing such a good job both on the bus and at the park. I’m also appreciative of the excellent group of adult-chaperones who joined us. Thank you to Mr. Wood, Ms. Casillas, Mrs. Bugarin, Mrs. Wyatt, Mr. Qualls, Mr. Joy, Mr. Liles, and Mr. Kilbane!

Our next event is the Adopt-a-Street Clean-up on Thursday, Oct. 16th. This is a fun trip. To get an idea, check out these pics and videos from previous years. We’ll need at least a couple chaperones, and if anyone works at an organization that buys nitrile gloves in bulk, we could use a donation of approximately 150 pairs. Contact me if you have questions. More details about the Clean-up will be released later this week.

In class this week we’re resuming our Roald Dahl book clubs, wrapping up our independent novel reading presentations, and continuing our sometimes-challenging study of Place Value in math. Kids will also be getting back their most recent math exam and vocabulary test. Here’s the math homework for this week: Monday, Oct. 6; Tuesday Oct. 7; Wednesday, Oct. 8; Thursday, Oct. 9. Note that there is no school on Friday, Oct. 10. This is the old Federal Columbus Day holiday. Finally, Walk-and-Bike to School Day is this Wednesday, so be sure to help your child dust off his or her bicycle and meet us at Van Horn Park or American West Bank for the ride to school.