Archive for May 3rd, 2008

Holocaust Awareness Week

May 3, 2008

I don’t know how many of you realized that is was Holocaust Awareness Week. Our fabulous Language Arts teachers in 8th grade are completing a unit on the Holocaust. They are comparing stories and books. The kids are really getting into it and hopefully, it will make them think about their own behaviors. The students all wore paper clips everyday and made sure to offer them to other students and adults that didn’t have one. You can read about the paper clips here. On top of all that, they decided to make a visual representation of those that lost their lives.

In case you can’t read it, the blue flags represent non-Jews and the yellow flags represent Jews. One flag represents 10,000 individuals that died in the Holocaust.

The kids did a great job and were all so proud! There were a few more posters out there with explanations and several with pictures and stories of victims.

More white stuff

May 3, 2008

Well, I woke up Thursday morning to snow. It was on the ground, in the trees, everywhere. I knew we were getting a storm, but I figured we would get a light dusting. No cleaning off the truck. It would be more like rain. It’s been warm. We got snow.

My truck had to be cleaned off. Here is a view from my windshield.

And, here is a few of me with snowflakes in my hair. Happy May 1st!

I’m thinking about cutting my hair. It’s getting so long. Any thoughts??