White Hall Elementary celebrated Veteran's Day this week. Mrs. Little had a great idea for a school Veterans tribute. The second grade sponsored a wall in the "short" hallway which featured our stars. All of the grades participated in placing their veteran stars on our wall. The wall was completely covered with over 100 veteran's stars. What a great idea and a great way to pay tribute to our veterans.The second grade was also honored by a visit from a real veteran, Mr. Jim Rogers of White Hall. He spent a morning with all of the second grade and did a great job explaining what it is like to be a soldier. Thanks Mr. Rogers.
School dismissed early this Friday for a school improvement day. All of the teachers gathered at the High School and discovered some great new teaching tips. Our Superintendent, Mr. Les Stevens, closed our meeting with some great ideas to keep all of you informed about your students and our school. We look forward to open communication lines with all of you and this blog may help in that.
I hope all of you enjoy our blog as we discuss our class and events at WHE. Speaking of that, we had a fun week in our second grade class. We read about joining a team and discussed a lot of new vocabulary words like coach, tryouts, practice, exercise, and uniform. We have been working on the long O sound and our spelling tests went really well. We look forward to next week as we start a unit on Pilgrims and Native Americans.
On a sadder note, our class pet, Buddy, didn't make it through the weekend. We did receive an anonymous donation of a tree frog which now inhabits a small aquarium in our room. Our ants are multiplying and their home is a site of constant interest. We are going to have a "Mayflower Breakfast" next week and look forward to our new discoveries.
