Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Rough Riders' Game!

Mrs. Arredondo has connections!  She arranged for our K - 4th grade students to sing the national anthem at last night's Rough Riders' game! 

After a warm-up, students had over an hour before the start of the game.  This was valuable time - as they got autographs from the players, were first in line at the concession stand, and had time to play on a playground. 

Once it was game time, students lined up and walked through the tunnel - coming up to the field.  Not only was this a very fun experience, but our students sounded awesome!

The night was filled with family fun.  We had a section reserved just for us - right behind home plate!  It was a great evening and all votes are in to indicate this should be an annual event!



Our warm-up and sound check:



We enjoyed time for dinner, autographs and pictures before game time!






And - GAME TIME meant lining up and waiting for time to take the field and sing the Star-Spangled Banner. 




What a special night for families!


Eight of our students were able to go to the field between innings and participate in a bouncy ball race!  


What do you do when the Rough Riders only have eight bouncy balls and eleven students want to participate?  Well - you make three junior photographers and give them the school camera!


Photo credits below go to the three students above (right to left!) I have to admit - action shots with stadium lighting would be difficult for me!  These student photographers did a great job!





Some great news is that the kind folks of the Rough Riders organization found enough t-shirts for all students, including our junior photographers!  


A HUGE SHOUT-OUT to our music teacher, Cindy Arredondo, for helping us obtain this fabulous opportunity!  And - of course, Anslie Dysart, our PCA North administrative assistant, kept us organized with ticket sales, seating, and general communication!  

Definitely, sign us up for next year!


Monday, May 18, 2015

Splash Day!

What a joy for a sunshiny day! I feel as if today was the first day without rain in about two months, but how great it was TODAY!  We had the perfect weather for our first annual SPLASH DAY! 

Students were scheduled by grade levels throughout the day and enjoyed the BIG water slide, water guns, sprinkler, slip and slide, and bubbles.  All was GREAT, but it was amazing how much fun students had with a couple of buckets and a wading pool of water! 

All of our students had a blast!  Thanks, Coach Anthony, for organizing our Splash Day!  Also, thanks to one of our fourth grade families for providing the snow cones!  Mrs. Glover - how did you know your idea of volunteering your snow cone machine would be so timely?! 






























Brave AND fun teachers!