Children were dressed as bighorn sheep, pioneers, miners, railroad workers, military servants, cowboys, Indians, and even tourists.  On top of that, several famous folks and one very familiar lady came to campus to make Colorado History Week a special time of learning.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown brought her paddle and told us about her adventures in Colorado and on the Titanic.

Helen Hunt talked about the early days of Colorado Springs and her love for this special place.

Aunt Clara Brown shared how the Lord helped her move from slavery to business-owner to being reunited with her long-lost daughter.

Calamity Jane burst into our classrooms to talk about the excitment of the Wild West.

Katherine Lee Bates showed us how the words to America the Beautiful were first written on a shirt sleeve.

Our own Mrs. Jacobson brought quilts and talked about the stories that quilts tell - including a long walk to Golden, Colorado!

Mrs. Moreton helped us finish it all of with some Colorado songs on a beautiful, sunny day as we sat outside on the playground facing Pikes Peak.  We don't yet know all of the reasons God put us here in Colorado, but we know He put us here for a reason.  We also know that He wants us to be a blessing to the people around us.  We convinced it's a blessing to be in and see His wonderful creation called Colorado every day!

Hard to beat!  It was a great week.

Fourth Graders are learning about how animals stay protected and safe.  They're using color, texture, and amazing materials to come up with their own creatures - and they're disguising them very well!  We're showing them to you here rather than in their "natural environment" just so you can see them.  In their natural environment they're nearly invisible.

Some of these recently "discovered" creatures look exactly like grass.  Some resemble wood chips.  One even looks like a potato chip bag!

Last school year we experimented with keyboarding classes for first graders on up.  That had previously been a skill we reserved for older elementary-aged students.  However, our inaugural year of keyboarding with first graders was graded a nice success so those first graders are at it again!

Mrs. Trempert, our Technology Instructor, has them already logging in with their individual user names and passwords.  They are moving past that skill now and just getting started with learning the letters on the home row of their keyboards. 

What do you do with the mulitple handfuls of energy and enthusiasm that are a Kindergarten class of students?  You take them to the gym for P.E. and show them how to use their bodies and that energy for a lifetime of good health!

Mrs. Evans works on large muscle groups with Kindergartners, helping them learn to hop, skip, jump, and do a variety of those movements in a coordinated way.  In the mind of a Kindergartner, FASTER seems to be better - and that means running.  Mrs. Evans tries to help them see the fun in using their bodies to run but also to do many other activities.