Wow,
Here we are at the 100th day of the school year. Can't wait to see 1st graders doing their 100 steps and all the other 100 things that go with it. Always a fun day!

This week 8th graders have been signing up for their high school classes.  So far it has gone well. They have had an evening presentation on how to enroll in classes and we have taken a few classes since then to go over it on a more individual basis. Some of us have finished and some are still trying to determine their best options for next year.

We are in the midst of getting things ready for the formal dance tonight. Great excitement about this event!

Here is an preview of an upcoming Premiere that looks interesting. What is it that our children are able to do with the digital tools that exist in the world that they are growing up in?!

As I sit here this afternoon we are watching the roof glaciers inch over the edge and crash to the snow banks below I am reminded of the tremendous forces of nature that we witness everyday. Speaking of forces of nature,  8th grade has a test on glaciers tomorrow, today 6th grade had a great discussion about the creation of elements within a supernova and 7th grade  has completed an engineering challenge to get our tanks to feed each other with out flooding the classroom. They also have their webcam set up to monitor the class tank, very cool.  (and the plumber got the water system back online this morning so that we could be here for the day) All this after a 1 hour delay!  

Tonight the 8th graders and their parents will be meeting with the high school administration about signing up for their freshman classes. Very exciting.   And now more snow is coming down. Crazy times!

Last night the student council group got together for the first newspaper meeting. Thanks to those who could stay and were outstanding in their leadership, organization and ability to get started on a task independently. See you all again next week. 

Today seemed to have all the energy that an impending snow fall can have on us. Hard to focus on the tasks at hand and so easy to dream about the possibilities to come!

I think that we have just about finished the NWEA tests for the winter session. Was trying to get it done before the possible snow day tomorrow. There looks to be big planning for the Friday night Super Bowl Party at AVs that I mentioned in the last post. 8th graders got their marching orders from Mrs. Hyland this morning and it is sounding like a great evening event. 
We are also working on trying to sell carnations this week for the Valentines Day delivery date. Not easy with all this snow in the forecast. 

There seem to be plenty of illnesses going around at this time so make sure that you are getting your sleep, washing hands and thinking positive thoughts!

Enjoy the snow as it arrives and I am hoping that we do not lose electricity with this storm.  If you have electricity and internet connection you can check out the RiceBowl Challenge on the FreeRice site as you hunker down for the snow.