Back to School 2020

 

With the whole COVID 19 thing causing chaos with things, our school decided to do online learning for the first 2 weeks of the school year. The kids are not going to have lockers AT ALL all year. They have to carry everything with them from class to class. To help cut down on the amount of stuff they have to carry, they switched to a block schedule with 3 classes a day. We were not allowed in the school beforehand for orientation or anything, so I just did the usual pictures by the front signs and none inside the schools.

We have two high schoolers now!

We also have two middle schoolers!

First day of school -- online edition (8/19/2020)

First day of school -- in person edition (9/2/2020)

Walking down to the bus

Getting on the bus

Getting off the bus (I didn't get pictures of the girls getting off)

Andy started cross country today so he didn't ride the bus

Snow Day

We got snow on Sunday again, although not as much as the week before. The back roads were not cleared yet, so they cancelled school. (I'm not sure why they have a "paved roads only" plan when they never seem to use it, but just cancel school if the back roads are bad).

William declared that he wanted to make another igloo that would be for everyone (he made one last week for himself) and wanted to know who wanted to help. No one volunteered, so I told him I'd help him. Emily and Andrew decided to help, too. Sarah didn't want to.

We piled snow in a big pile and then packed it down with the shovels. It wasn't packing snow, but it worked okay. Once we had a big pile, William started digging out the inside. The kids took turns carving out the inside while I piled the excavated snow on the outside of the igloo. We talked Sarah into coming out for a little while, but she didn't stay long. We were outside for at least 2 hours working on the igloo.

We didn't dig out all of the snow but enough to fit all of us in it sitting up.

About 6:00, Will said he wanted to add another room to the igloo. I joined him and that brought Emily and Andy out again, also. It has more work to be done, but it was dark and cold with the sun being down, so we decided it was time to come inside.

We put a window in the addition to keep it from being too claustrophobic. 

Picture looking in through the window

 Me laying on my back in the new addition looking toward the original area where Andy is.

First Day of School 2017

 

Emily (6th) and Sarah (8th) by the sign for the middle school

Emily at her locker

Emily going into her first class.
She has the same teacher she had for Kindergarten.

Sarah at her locker

Sarah going into her first class.

Andy at his locker

Andy with his 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Jenkins
(Will also had her for 3rd grade)

Will at his locker

Will with Mr. Suess, his 5th grade homeroom teacher.

The girls getting off the bus for the first time this year.

The boys getting off the bus for the first time this year.

The girls waiting for the bus.

The girls getting on the bus for the first time this year.
It's hard to get a picture at 6:15 am!

The boys getting on the bus for the first time this year.