ACS Fall Festival has been Rescheduled

The Auburn City Schools Fall Festival has been postponed due to today’s chance of rain.  The National Weather Service and the Lee County Emergency Management Agency confirm that this afternoon’s chance of precipitation is 50-80% with the potential for isolated thunderstorms.    

The Fall Festival has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 27, 5:00-8:00 at Duck Samford. 

All events, tickets, and volunteer schedules will be transferred to next week’s scheduled rain date. 

It is with great appreciation for the parent volunteers and an understanding of our excited students that we regret the inability to advance as planned. 

Thank you making plans to join us next week! 

STAR Night

Students and Teachers in Academics and Recreation
Math was the focus of our first STAR night for the 2011-2012 school year and it was a huge success!  Whether your favorite activity was the life-sized Tic-Tac-Toe or Hop to It games, the long jump, the table games, the P.E. equipment or HILL SLIDING, everyone seemed to have a great time!  Whiskers, our AEEC mascot made several appearances and Kona Ice provided extra refreshment.  Our next STAR night will be in the Spring and will have Science activities for everyone!

Cameron and his mom enjoying Kona Ice.

William and his two brothers.  The whole family got to have fun!

How far can you jump?

 

Nikhil prepares for his longest jump of the night!

Hill sliding was a huge hit!

Yan and Cameron going down the hill.

Nikhil and Whiskers.

Mason and Whiskers.

Katie Beth and Whiskers.

Cameron and Whiskers.

Evie, Whiskers and me.

Welcome New Friends!

Welcome to our class blog! The children are already off to such a great start!  I hope that you will enjoy keeping up with our class through this blog spot.  You will find pictures of classroom events, projects, websites, ideas for at home, school information and more on the blog.  The blog will connect you to our classroom in so many ways!  I hope this blog will be a useful window into our year at AEEC!

Going Camping

When I noticed that the children were getting a bit tired of playing at the vet's office.  I knew it was time for a change.  After a long discussion and many suggestions, we voted on a few ideas. 

It's easy to tell which one got the most votes.

 The children knew a lot about camping.  We added a tent to the center and they were ready to go. 

Lily and Grace made marshmallows out of cotton balls so that they would have something to roast on the campfire.

Casey helped build the fire with sticks and crumpled up red paper.

Tucker and Brayden made a pond.

Friends at Art Center made fish for the pond. While Lily and Grace figured out how to make fishing poles.

Max and friends decided to make a guitar to sing songs around the campfire.

The children love camping! 

Our Chicks are Hatching!

A tiny chirping sound greeted us as we walked into the classroom this morning.  Sure enough, several of our eggs had cracks in them.  Then, during calendar time, our first chick hatched!  The children were so excited. 

He was soon followed by two more chicks.

The chicks are still wet and VERY tired.  It will take about 24 hours for them to dry out and rest.

Watch one of our chicks hatch!

We now have 3 more eggs that have begun to crack!  Check back for pictures as they hatch.

Hatching Day is Here!

According to the calendar that the children made, Sunday, April 10 should be our big day.  Sure enough, when I arrived to check on the eggs. I could hear tiny chirps coming from the incubator! 

This is the calendar.  Each day the helper crosses off another day. 

After checking all of the eggs, I noticed that two have cracks in them!  The cracks are small but I can see the eggs rock and hear the chicks working to get out!

The egg at the top and the one on the bottom both have small cracks!



Wood Working Center

The wood working center is the newest center in our classroom.  Safety is very important at this center and is not taken lightly.  The children must pass a safety test before they are allowed to go to this center.

Logan is demonstrating how to put a drill bit in the drill.

He is also demonstrating how to hold the wood when using the saw.

Devin and Jordan are using the hammer.

Noah is using the drill.

This center is very popular!