Today we had Convocation. The whole school was in the Big Gym and Geoff said there were 700 people there. It was great to see everyone together. We made butterflies and we wrote ideas about change on them. The butterflies were hanging around the gym and it really looked good. The idea of Convocation was change. There was a band and some people read ideas about change written by everyone in the school. Then Ami sang a song and we all jumped up to cheer for her. It was awesome! Here is the video: https://vimeo.com/233842305




Every year 4-5 takes a mystery trip. We don't know where we are going and we find out when we get there. Sometimes we go to the beach or a lake. The teachers kick off the conversation with absurd ideas. Sometimes it is an exotic place or a spot that doesn't even exist. This year they told us we were going to a bean factory, (which was knocked down) a farm that had a rare and elusive invisible sheep called cloud sheep, and that we would be working for the Morton Salt Company picking salt off the salt hay on the marsh. The teachers told us that after we help with the beans and salt we would get credit on the labels of the containers and we would get to bring home the wool of the cloud sheep. Last year's kick off was even more absurd. They told us we were going to a donut farm to plant donut seeds which were cheerios, go to have tea with the late Queen in England, go on a treasure hunt, and visit the cheese museum. After telling us where we were going the teachers gave us a pa...

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