This past Saturday the kids had their first time trials for swimming. They both did great and had fun and swam all four events! More time trials Wednesday and we're hoping to get a good picture of Edison, too!
Monday, June 12, 2017
End of the Year for Charlotte and Edison
Charlotte and Edison wrapped up a year of Spanish class with
a presentation for the parents. We played bingo, heard the kids tell us their
age and favorite foods, and got to enjoy a skit about a family going to dinner.
Edison played the padre and Charlotte was the dishwasher.
The weather has finally started to improve and it is fun to
have picnics down at the Civic Club again. We met up with Heidi and her kids
there this past week. Max was super thoughtful and handed down a bunch of his
Pokemon collection to Edison who was over the moon to spend time with Max and
to get more cards.
Edison had his end-of-the-year concert at school this past
week, too. They did a bunch of songs, a number of them from other cultures, and
did a series of dances, too. Edison does enjoy singing even though you can’t
tell that by his expression!
Nana took Charlotte shopping for her birthday this weekend.
Charlotte is a wise shopper who made her spending money go extra far. She
selected a My Little Pony umbrella and a few stuffed animals as her special finds!
End of the Year Celebrations at Shorecrest
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\This past weekend was Senior Prom at the EMP (now MoPop)! I
think we chaperones might have had just as much fun as the students. They had
the exhibits open for the first hour-and-a-half – even the Jim Henson Muppet
exhibit. It was so awesome to see Bert and Ernie, Kermit, the characters from
the Dark Crystal and more of his pioneering work on display.
June is the month of closure and transition at Shorecrest
High. We kick it off with Senior Academic Awards night right after Memorial
Day. This is Evan and Kate– two ASB officers that I have had the pleasure of
working with for the past four years. They are off to awesome things at UW and
Gonzaga respectively. They are such awesome people and it is hard to say
goodbye!
The first Monday evening in June we have our ASB Awards
Banquet to celebrate and close out the year. I got to work with this amazing
ASB Core Officer team this year. Nathan, Abby, Alaiyi and Annika set a tone of
inclusiveness in all they did and they developed and led a six-part Race and
Equity Forum series at Shorecrest to provide a venue and a nudge to help
students talk about difficult topics such as race, religion, gender, and more
this year. They even got featured on the news for their work!
This is Kayla – I got to work with her all year in Advanced
Leadership and this semester she has been my TA and has helped me with a TON in
that role. I don’t know how I would have managed without her! She is off to
train to be a teacher at Western and I’m so proud of her!
This is our class of 2018 crew who worked in support of
prom. They will take the reins next year!
Here was the leadership crew and bunch of photos with some great students!
JUNE - Mr. Therrell and Pete and Jennie's Visit
My favorite teacher, Mike Therrell – my U.S. History teacher
– dropped by to visit this month. He brought about 20 boxes of newspapers with
him that he wanted to pass into good hands. The newspapers range in age from
the 1880s to 2010. I had help from students and TAs to organize them into bins
by each decade and to whittle them down to 14 boxes. The goal is to have US
History students be able to read and access them while studying and researching
each decade. It was a quite a project! But the best part of it was to reconnect
with Mr. Therrell and tell him that he had been a huge influence in my life and
the inspiration for my own teaching career.
Pete and Jennie came out to visit the cabin a couple
weekends ago. This was their first time out since Evie was born and it was fun
to share the weekend with them and watch the kids play so well together. Pete
even brought a tent and slept outside with Alton, which was Alton’s first camp
out.
The next morning, we went hiking up Dirtyface Mountain to
the waterfall. The wildflowers were in full bloom and the hike was just right
for the kids. Reed did almost all of the 2 mile round-trip on his own!
After Pete and Jennie left, Eben and I took our kids floating down the
Upper Wenatchee River in the new raft. The water was high and fast – at least
as compared to last summer when you could float the lazy river in an innertube.
There were just a few waves, but the kids enjoyed punching through them and
getting a big splash and a little bit of a ride.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Charlotte's Seventh Birthday!
Charlotte turned 7 this year! She is getting so capable, witty, and friendly. She enjoys trying to make puns and word riddles, learning the play the piano, swimming, running around with her friends, and reading Harry Potter. She chose to have a Harry Potter themed birthday. The cake has golden quidditch rings and a snitch on top.
Her classmate Lizzy is also a big Harry Potter fan and came in her Hufflepuff dress.
This was the cooky team Ravenclaw who came up with fiesty ways to use the spells.
The line up pre-pinata.
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