Boosterthon & Walk to School Events

Boosterthon has been a great success at OES this year! The students have gone above and beyond getting pledges to help our school and we've loved reaching our goals. In our class, we've earned extra recess, a day with no shoes, and a day with a furry friend. It has also been fabulous seeing Dr. Patterson and Mrs. Skinner go through with their promises of meeting the 25%, 50%, and 75% goals. We've seen them ride in a tricycle derby, dance the Whip & Nae Nae on the roof, and be duct taped to a pole! It has been very good entertainment! :) Thank you for helping to support our school in this main fundraiser of the year.

We also had Walk to School Week this week, organized by Mrs. Cabe. Wednesday was Walk to School Day, and the BS cheerleaders and football players joined us. In fact, one Senior football player, Lee, walked with us. It's great seeing the students excited about being healthy and active!

My class also performed our first science experiment, called Rain Clouds. They made a hypothesis of what would happen when food coloring was placed on shaving cream. Then they observed and wrote the results. Have them share what they learned with you! We promote a growth mindset at OES (FAIL = First Attempt In Learning) and I was able to show the students that even teachers/adults learn from mistakes. I put WAY too much shaving cream on top of the water at first, so the effect wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. Learning from my mistake of the food coloring having to go through more "cloud," I used less in a cup and showed them a better example of what it looked like. They loved it! I can't wait to perform another experiment with the class! Here a few photos:

Don't forget to visit the link in my previous post to sign up for our Parent-Teacher conference, which will be student led. Your child will be leading it and discussing their strengths, weaknesses, and goals with you, so please have them here with you when you attend. I look forward to seeing you!

Have a fabulous week!