Savoring Our Last Days
/Our last days of school together were filled with gratitude, laughter, and reflections. Last week we expressed our gratitude for our parent volunteers and ELC staff members who helped us learn and grow this year. Students carefully measured ingredients to make “cookies in a jar” for our volunteers. They created thoughtful cards with kind words to express their gratitude. We created keepsake bookmarks and said our goodbyes to our Seal and Dolphin buddy readers. This week we had popsicles and ice cream sundaes to celebrate our summer birthdays. Former Otters, Timofey and Rebecca, returned for celebratory visits and we shared some play time together. Students in the engineering center created the tallest block structure ever created in our classroom! On Monday we had water play day with the Sea Lions. We got to play at the campus volleyball courts, run through the sprinklers, and try out Pierce’s reusable water balloons. Yesterday we released our praying mantises in the pollinator garden with Mr. Mark. Students had an opportunity to gently hold these amazing creatures before releasing them to explore their new home in the garden. We are hoping that we’ll get to see some full grown mantises in the garden when we return to school in September. Today we packed up our classroom, played with shaving cream on the tables, enjoyed a picnic lunch, and created a poster of our favorite Otter memories. We also watched a slideshow of our year together and celebrated as teachers said kind words about each Otter before presenting him/her with a memory book from the year.
