Colchester Food Shelf

This is just a reminder that our class is in charge of collecting food for our neighbor, the Colchester Food Shelf, during the week of April 16th.  You can donate nonperishable items like toothpaste, diapers, socks, and deordorant.  You can also donate food such as cereal, pasta, sauce, beans, and salad dressing.  Thank you in advance for your support!

Ms. Fournier's Solo Week

Next Monday, April 2 will begin Ms. Fournier's solo teaching week.  She has planned for the week and will be in charge of the class.  I will be in the building, but Ms. Fournier will be running Room 9!  I have gone over all of her lessons and she has a great week planned for your child!  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at marshallc@csdvt.org

Iditarod Dreams

Happy Friday everyone!! We have successfully completed learning all about the Iditarod dog sled race that is run in Alaska every year.  I usually have at least 2 posts about this exciting race, but this year, I totally forgot! I am so sorry!!

We read the true story of Balto which details the serum run that 21 dog teams traveled from Anchorage to Nome to help cure an outbreak of diphtheria.  It was a courageous run through blizzard conditions to save the town of Nome.  The Iditarod race was started in the 1960's to commemorate this historic event.

Each year in March, seasoned dog mushers race over 1,000 miles.  We learned all of the rules and we even presented the rules to the entire school at a school wide meeting!  Each child followed a musher through their journey. It was an exciting race and Dallas Seavey was this years' winner!

We finished our unit by watching the Disney version of Balto and comparing it to the book.  We found many differences between the two stories!  We even discussed that Disney embellished some details to make the movie more interesting, but not truthful.  We had a blast!

Town Meeting Day

Today is the day to vote!  This is a friendly reminder to get out and make your voice heard!  Vote today!

Conference Day

This is just a reminder that comferences are tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6th from noon until 8:00 p.m. I have already sent home a reminder with your conference time. If you can not make it, or can't find your time, please email me at marshallc@csdvt.org and I will respond with your time.  You can also call the Main Office at 264-5959.  I can't wait to see you and discuss your child's progress!!

Three Brothers Pizza Night for the UMS PTO

Today, Monday, March 5th is UMS day at Three Brothers Pizza. A portion from each sale today will go directly to the UMS PTO!  This is a great way to support the school AND have someone else prepare dinner!  Enjoy!

"Go Fish" the Musical

The second graders in Room 9 presented the musical "Go Fish" on Wednesday night, February 22nd.  We had a great time and the show was a HUGE success!! I would like to extend a special thank you to Ms. Mutz for all of the hard work and dedication that she put into this show!  We had a tremendous time!  Here are some pictures that I took during dress rehearsal and a few right before the play started!

(I meant to put these up sooner, but the stomach bug hit the Marshall house HARD over vacation so I didn't have time! Sorry for the delay!)

 The entire school made colorful fish and sea creatures to hang in the hallway!

 Here are some excited second graders getting ready for our dress rehearsal in the CHS Auditorium!

 The Tiger Fish is starting her lines.

 Maco Shark is playing a great game of "Go Fish".

 The square dance caller had a great rythym as he delivered his lines!

 Here are the Red Snappers helping to wrap up the show!

 The evening of the performance and we were all excited!

Looks like the clown fish are ready!

 Here we are backstage, just before the curtain went up!