Home School Dissection

Today was a big day in Science Class for the students. We were fortunate enough to have a very large cow heart donated for us to dissect! Today started off with a very excited science teacher (Shawnna) and a very helpful aide (Dan Giles) who was gracious enough to help us out today. It was great to have the extra help as three teachers in class are always better than one! Thanks Dan!




The students seemed to enjoy the dissection, some of them wanting to get in there themselves, others content sitting where they were and watching. It gave us a good feel for who is going to be good at this when we do our fetal pigs next fall, and who is going to be our note takers! I must say, I was VERY impressed, as some that I thought would not want anything to do with it, stepped right up, touched, held, and did a great job! Well done!

Unfortunately, I did not get pictures of the older class during dissection, but did get a few of the younger class, and also some students after class that wanted a closer look. Check it out!

Thanks also to friends Bill & Debbie who went the extra mile to help us get this incredible cow heart and to Marcus (one of our students) and family for bringing a deer heart (AND for storing it all winter in your freezer). They were great learning tools today.

TESTING FOR HOME SCHOOL (ESD TESTING)

To be compliant with ESD Home School Laws, you need to test your child in Grades 3,5,8 & 10. Some parents choose to test each year, just to make sure they have covered all the bases for the grade they are teaching. If you need to have testing done for ESD or for your own knowledge, then check out the following dates, and/or one to be added sometime after June 3rd.

Dana Giles has graciously set two testing dates so far. There will be one more testing date set sometime in June. If you are interested, please get with Dana to schedule. The cost for each child is $40.00. 466-3525

May 8th, Testing Grades 3 and up, 9:00AM

May 14th, Testing any grades, 1:00PM

Civil War Re-Enactment May 1st 2009

Join us on May 1st at 8:30 AM (events start at 9am) at Cheadle Lake Park for the Civil War Re-enactment. This is more than a re-enactment though--it is a day geared for kids to learn. There are stations set up around the battlefield, where kids can switch stations every 25 minutes to see all aspects of the Civil War.

These are the stations that are available:

Artillery

Medical

Infantry

Calvary

Civilian Life

Period Dance

Period Fashion

Music

War Reporting

Military Music

At the end of the stations, approximately 1:30, there will be skirmish re-enactment. The battle will be finished around 2pm.

Lunch is sack lunch, and seating is on the ground. Please come prepared.

The cost is 2.00 per person, and needs to be paid by April 20th. If you are not able to attend with your child, please make arrangements prior to the day of the event for another parent to be responsible for your child. We can not have kids dropped off at the event without supervision. Please sign up in the hall outside the K-3rd grade class, or contact Shawnna for other arrangments.

If you have any questions, please contact Shawnna at 367-5178. Thanks!

Check out last year's trip here http://bvillehomeschool.blogspot.com/2008/05/civil-war-field-trip-05-16-08.html