Colesy is February Clubber of the Month for the younger TnT girls!!!!
And
Shelby is February Clubber of the Month for the older TnT girls!!!!
Love my girls!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Creative Writing
So, Pastor Mark also thought it would be a good idea to sign up as the host school for the ACSI Creative Writing Festival. For 3 years!
This contest is individual, so each student writes something, and then makes 3 copies of it and sends ME the whole packet. Then I sort the entries and send them off to judges from other schools to evaluate them. When the judging is done, each entry is returned to me and then I resort them all and record the three scores and average them and then determine the place each entry has earned. Any Superior entry get sent on to the next level of competition.
It was a lot of work, but not really HARD. I did enjoy it (mostly!)
ACSI sent me 2 boxes of ribbons, so I was able to send appropriate colored ribbons back to the schools, with the entriies after they were judged and tabulated.
Anyhow - our school had 4 Superior entries. I was proud of our kids! One of the 11th grades had 2 entries, and both of his are going on, a 4th grader (Gavin!) had a poem that went on, and my Shelby was the other Superior! Yeah!
This contest is individual, so each student writes something, and then makes 3 copies of it and sends ME the whole packet. Then I sort the entries and send them off to judges from other schools to evaluate them. When the judging is done, each entry is returned to me and then I resort them all and record the three scores and average them and then determine the place each entry has earned. Any Superior entry get sent on to the next level of competition.
It was a lot of work, but not really HARD. I did enjoy it (mostly!)
ACSI sent me 2 boxes of ribbons, so I was able to send appropriate colored ribbons back to the schools, with the entriies after they were judged and tabulated.
Anyhow - our school had 4 Superior entries. I was proud of our kids! One of the 11th grades had 2 entries, and both of his are going on, a 4th grader (Gavin!) had a poem that went on, and my Shelby was the other Superior! Yeah!
Shelby's poem
The Sun
O Sun, you burn so bright,
You are the most brilliant light.
You dance on children's faces,
Leaving sunburned traces.
You are a wonder to all people.
You have climbed the highest steeple.
You are made of liquid gold,
A fire no one can hold.
God made the usn,
Just as He made us each, everyone.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Geography Bee
Well,
Pastor Mark thought it would be a great idea for our school to host the Geography Bee this year. Sure.
So, I over organized and was ready to smoke this event, when all my plans got shot down because of a snow storm. All schools had no school the day the even was scheduled for. I was frustrated.
So, I put everything away and we rescheduled for one month later.
I pulled everything back out and contacted the schools who were planning to come a week and a half before the second date. One of the schools was now unable to bring over half the helpers, plus, about 5 of their students were unable to come as well.
I scrambled around and reworked all the helper assignments and was able to make it work - just barely.
The morning of the Bee (yesterday!) the school bringing the most students, and the most helpers pulled out. So, the girls and I headed for school with a lot on my mind! We got there early, and I began trying to figure out what to do now.....
I'm quite pleased to say that we pulled the day off beautifully. It wen t really smooth, all the schools that came were relaxed and friendly and helpful. (and willing to make last minute adjustments.....)
PAstor Matt opened the day with an amazing praise team. He really set the tone for the day. Upbeat and fun. I was so proud of our school!!!
All DCS staff stepped it up a notch and just did a great job.
And, our students did an exceptional job! DCS took 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th in the final round! Pastor Mark was very happy with that! :)
And my Shelbaloo did the best out of the 5th grade.
And she had fun!
We got 100% positive feedback from all the helpers and the schools that did come.
I was exhausted, but oh so happy and proud of ourselves!
A HUGE thanks to Becky for having my back throughout this whole time, and to Pastor Kenny for co-chairing this event with me. We Rocked! :)
Pastor Mark thought it would be a great idea for our school to host the Geography Bee this year. Sure.
So, I over organized and was ready to smoke this event, when all my plans got shot down because of a snow storm. All schools had no school the day the even was scheduled for. I was frustrated.
So, I put everything away and we rescheduled for one month later.
I pulled everything back out and contacted the schools who were planning to come a week and a half before the second date. One of the schools was now unable to bring over half the helpers, plus, about 5 of their students were unable to come as well.
I scrambled around and reworked all the helper assignments and was able to make it work - just barely.
The morning of the Bee (yesterday!) the school bringing the most students, and the most helpers pulled out. So, the girls and I headed for school with a lot on my mind! We got there early, and I began trying to figure out what to do now.....
I'm quite pleased to say that we pulled the day off beautifully. It wen t really smooth, all the schools that came were relaxed and friendly and helpful. (and willing to make last minute adjustments.....)
PAstor Matt opened the day with an amazing praise team. He really set the tone for the day. Upbeat and fun. I was so proud of our school!!!
All DCS staff stepped it up a notch and just did a great job.
And, our students did an exceptional job! DCS took 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th in the final round! Pastor Mark was very happy with that! :)
And my Shelbaloo did the best out of the 5th grade.
And she had fun!
We got 100% positive feedback from all the helpers and the schools that did come.
I was exhausted, but oh so happy and proud of ourselves!
A HUGE thanks to Becky for having my back throughout this whole time, and to Pastor Kenny for co-chairing this event with me. We Rocked! :)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Winter Jam!!!!!
We had the opportunity to go to Winter Jam this year! We took the girls (their first "real" concert). We had a BLAST! and the bands were amazing!
Newsboys were the final act, and they were beyond AWESOME!!! 
Shelby took the pictures. Mostly, we were too excited to use it though!
RED was there too. Not my style of music, but, they had FIRE! It was so cool!
There were a ton of different bands: Chris Sligh, Chris August, David Crowder Band, RED, Franny B, KJ52, New Song, Newsboys!!!!! Oh, it was amazing!
Our friend Amanda went with us as well. The 3 of them had an excellent time! (and we did too, though in the background of this picture, you really cant tell!)Thursday, February 24, 2011
Pocahontas
Shelby had to do a book report poster on Pocahontas and so the girls were playing Indian the other day. Indians must have a fire, so this is what they built.
:)Colesy in the kitchen.....
She was helping me chop in the kitchen the other day while we were making soup. I gave her the onions to chop. She was having troubles with it - her eyes were watering a lot.....
This was her solution to the problem. Hysterical! :)
This was her solution to the problem. Hysterical! :)
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