Hey, guys! Last week was National School Choice Week, a time when students, parents, teachers, and the community celebrate the decision to support private education and their chosen school. Schools around the country put up posters, held events, and made presentations to get the word out. The foundation that hosts National School Choice Week sent us a ton of decorations, and yellow scarves commemorating the week. We at FMLCS are certainly proud of our school, and we decided to show that pride by wearing our yellow scarves while making a commercial to show online and local churches. The commercial should be finalized by the end of this week, so look for it on our Facebook. For now, here's a picture of the kids in their scarves holding some of the nifty signs we had posted during the week.
I want to give a couple shoutouts to the Agents today. They sometimes can be a bit...silly, shall we say.
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| The dedication in this picture is astounding. |
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| Agent V-in-the-box. |
But they can also be kind, caring, and helpful. Agent M. had a fantastic week when it came to being a classroom helper. She was constantly asking her friends if they needed help with their work, if she needed to read them the directions, if she could get them anything - all unprompted. It was a really beautiful thing to watch, and helpful to me as well as the other Agents. Thanks, Agent M.! Keep up the hard work!
She also noticed this while we were deeply engrossed in math, and it is too crazy not to include here:
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| "Miss P.! Miss P.! We have that doll!" |
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| *cue Twilight Zone theme song* |
I also want to congratulate Agent J. on his fantastic tracing. I told him if he did his level best, I'd put it on the blog - and I meant it! Great job, Agent J.!
This week we did our line project in Art, taken from the Arts Attack videos I worked with during my time at Pine Tree Academy. The kids had so much fun with it; I don't think I've ever seen them draw different lines and then trace them so studiously. I mean look at them.
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| So focused. |
It was warm enough to go outside several times last week, which hasn't been the case recently. The kids really, really needed it!
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| As did the staff. |
We've made some progress with our library cataloging, slowly but surely. We've got most of the books logged on our Library Thing catalogue, so now we're going back through and grouping them by genre. Eventually all the bins will have signs, and all the books will have stickers to match those signs - this way the students will be able to keep track of where books come from and keep the library tidy themselves. Right now, however...
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| Yeesh. |
We made some progress in another area of the room, too! Behold, the Concentration Station:
This is where the kids go if they're having a hard time focusing with the noise of the main table. The noise cancelling headphones and the smaller area help keep the kids calm and focused if they get over-stimulated or too distracted. The kids have been using the Concentration Station for a while now, mostly on their own - many times they'll stop whatever they're doing and announce they're headed over to the station so they'll focus better - but over the weekend I fixed it up so it looks less like exile and more like an actual station. Hurray for progress!
I hope to have a lot more progress to show you next post, especially regarding the book bins. Stay tuned!
God bless,
Mia
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