Thursday, December 22, 2011

Visit with Zambo and Officer Greathouse

Students enjoyed visiting with Officer Greathouse and his retired police dog, Zambo. We learned about the important jobs a police dog does and even saw a few cool tricks!



Thanks for the fun visit Officer Greathouse and Zambo!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Happy Holidays!

We've had a great week learning about holiday traditions around the world! Our Elf even got into the spirit! Of course, our Polar Express party was a big hit!
 I hope everyone has a wonderful winter break! See you in 2012!


















Saturday, November 26, 2011

Pictures galore!

We are busy as usual!

 Lately students have enjoyed finding shapes in magazines........






 Counting by tens to 100.............






Everyone did an amazing job on their turkey decorating! I'm impressed by the creativity! 

 We learned about the history of Thanksgiving as well as made pilgrim hats and vests.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Fall Fun!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at Western's Fall Festival! We had a great time!
 And thanks to our wonderful parent volunteers who helped us raise money for our classroom!
 We had a great day dressing up as our favorite book characters! We had everything from pirates to princesses and it was so much fun! Plus, our class was the winner from Western's Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A! Thanks for supporting our school!



Saturday, October 15, 2011

Red Ribbon Week

October 24- 28, 2011 is Red Ribbon Week at Western Elementary
Some of the activities happening at Western will be:


Monday- Students will receive a red ribbon to wear all week.

Tuesday- Students receive a Red Ribbon Week pencil

Wednesday- Students will sign the “Drug free” pledge in their classrooms

Thursday- Wear Red Day- All students and staff are encouraged to wear red!

Friday- Judging of Red Ribbon Week door decorating contest (the winning classroom receives 30 certificates for a free ice cream from Chick-Fil-a!)

Firefighter Visit!

Enjoy these pictures from our visit with the firefighters from the Georgetown Fire Department! We learned lots about fire prevention, sat inside the fire truck and some of our friends even got to try on a firefighter outfit!