Pumpkin Carving

Today, the classes decided to carve pumpkins in celebration of fall.

Mrs. Allen and Oswin trying to design a face for our jack-o-lantern

Danny helping Mrs. Allen scoop out the seeds

Layla playing with the seeds

Will scooping the seeds

Ta-da!  Our finished product

Mrs. Glenn with the group

 The afternoon class also carved a pumpkin!  Here is Mrs. Glenn cutting of the top.

 "Look at what's inside!"

The afternoon's cute pumpkin!

Looks like they had a great time carving pumpkins!

Good-bye For Now

 Today was my last day of school before having Baby Carsyn.  I am beyond excited about getting to meet my precious baby girl, but I will also miss these sweet babies while I am gone.

 Our class and Mrs. Cureton's class surprised me with a little "going-away" party/shower yesterday.  It was so sweet and thoughtful.  Everything was pretty in pink!

Thank you, Mrs. Glenn, Ms. Charroux, Mrs. Cureton, and Mrs. Wilhoit and ALL of my precious school babies for giving me such a special send off!

Olweus Kick-off

Today we had a kick-off for our Olweus Bullying Program

Waiting for the kick-off to begin

First, Coach Miller and some of the Byrnes High football players explained the River Ridge Anti-Bullying Expectations to us.  They are: 

1. We will not bully others.

2.  We will help students who are bullied.

3.  We will include students who are left out.

4.  If we know that someone is being bullied, 

we will tell an adult at school and an adult at home. 

Next, all of the teachers went on stage to lead the "chicken dance" with us!

Salina doing the chicken dance.

Dancing with Ms. Taylor and Dr. Bigby

Our Class and Mrs. Cureton's class at the balloon launch.

Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Wilhoit with our class balloon.

River Ridge pledging to be a "bully-free school".

Mrs. Johnson leading us in our anti-bullying chant.

And there go our balloons

Thank you Ms. Yang, Mrs. Johnson and Dr. Bigby for planning such a fun kick-off to a very important program. NO BULLIES!

Walk to School Day 2012

Today we had our annual "Walk to School Day" to emphasize the need to live a healthy life through fitness and exercise. 

 After our walk, we got to enjoy Popsicles for a snack!