What a fantastic two days we had!!! The students were great, the Lord blessed us with good weather, and we saw all our sights.

Here are some quotes from the kids about the experience.

"I think the best place was Fort Snelling. I liked it because we got to see all of the different buildings from that day."        Brett

"This year's class trip was very fun! ... We also went to the Cathedral and right down the street we went to the J.J. HIll House. That was a very BIG mansion. The last thing we went to was the Festival of Nations. We learned about a lot of countries, ate food from different countries, and went shopping for things from other countries."        Brady

"I liked birding in the marshes ... The J.J. Hill House was awesome."     Tim


"The second day we started out bird watching on a boardwalk that was over water and some of us got wet. Then we went to the Cathedral in St. Paul, and I was personally amazed at how huge it was."                    Jonathan


See the newsletter for the week of May 7th for two complete writings.

Beginning January 2, we will begin an 11-week unit on World War II, Hitler and Germany, the Holocaust, and Anne Frank:  The Diary of a Young Girl.  At the end of the unit, we will synthesize all that we have learned and put it into various writing assignments.  Our best writing samples will be submitted to the Kidz Forum, which will be published in the March 25 issue.  If you have any artifacts related to these topics that you'd like to share, please send them with your child.  If you have any relatives who served during World War II, we'd be interested in hearing those stories passed along or even first-hand from an actual veteran!  Feel free to join us for any part of this unit to share your input and knowledge!