Original items on this page are Copyright 2009 Diane Trudnowski.

MAPLE BARBECUE

The annual Maple Barbecue lunch was held on May 15. There was a huge turnout of friends and family to the barbecue, and the weather was beautiful! The barbecue was a success thanks to the many volunteers on hand who cooked the hamburgers, served the food, etc. Thank you, volunteers!

HUSKY FOOTBALL PLAYERS VISIT

On May 14, members of the University of Washington football team visited Maple School. They talked to the students about the importance of getting a college education, practicing good study habits, and working hard!

SCIENCE

Our current science unit is called "Liquids and Solids". Here are some greats photo of the students studying the properties of three different liquids: water, corn oil, and corn syrup.

READER'S THEATRE PLAY BY MRS. PROJANSKY'S READERS

On May 12, Mrs. Projansky's second grade readers performed a play in C-2 called "The Foolish Little Hare". The students did a wonderful job of acting, and we enjoyed their performance very much!

MOTHER'S DAY

We made these beautiful "rainbow fish" out of torn pieces of construction paper for our moms for Mother's Day. We got the idea for this project from our Pen Pals in New Braunfels, Texas!

READING IN THE MAPLE MONARCH GARDEN

On Friday afternoons when the weather is nice, the C-2 All-Stars enjoy taking their books outside and reading in the Maple Monarch Garden area.

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

The C-2 All-Stars have been participating in the Jr. Achievement program, "Our Community", throughout the month of May. We have two terrific volunteer instructors from Wells Fargo Bank. The students have been learning about many important parts of their community: businesses, government, taxes, unit production and assembly line production, making good choices, and the role of money in the community. Of the five lessons in the "Our Community" program, the favorite lesson was the one in which we learned the difference between unit production and assembly line production by making paper doughnuts!

MERCER MIDDLE SCHOOL READERS VISIT C-2

On May 22, sixth graders from Mercer Middle School visited our classroom to share books that they had written. Then the C-2 All-Stars got to share some of their writing with the sixth graders. Everyone had a wonderful time reading their writing and giving compliments to one another! Thank you, Mercer Middle School sixth graders, for donating the polar bear book to our classroom library!

HARBOR TOUR/WATERFRONT SIGHTSEEING FIELD TRIP

C-2 and C-1 enjoyed their last field trip on May 27, 2009. We visited the Seattle waterfront to take a one-hour narrated Argosy Harbor Tour. We departed from Pier 55 at 11:00AM sharp. It was a beautiful warm sunny day, and we loved every minute of the boat ride! For some of the students this was their first time aboard a boat. We saw many sights while out on the water, including container ships loaded with cargo. Following our boat ride, we ate lunch at Waterfront Park. Then we did some "waterfront sightseeing" as we headed north along the waterfront to Pier 66, where the school bus met us for the ride back to Maple.