Tea party

Hello,

It was quite an occasion.  Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama made time out of their busy schedules to visit our tea party.  They weren't disappointed to see that William Shakespeare, Anne Frank, John F. Kennedy, Rosa Parks, Leonardo Da Vinci, Daniel Boone, Steve Jobs, Ben Franklin, King Tut, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Abe Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, Ferdinand Magellen, Helen Keller, Neil Armstrong and Sacajawea all came back to the land of the living for this special occasion. 

The shindig started off with individual introductions.  The stars gave an oath to stay in character and to not pretend to be anyone else, especially young children.  Francis Xavier Sarsparilla served up some fabulous drinks and munchies with some great help from several classroom parents.  Drinks included blueberry juice, mango juice, peach juice and pineapple juice.  Munchies came from all corners of the world and included dragon fruit, smoked mackerel, snow pea crisps, ugli fruit, gingersnaps, dried blueberries, plaintain chips, pockys, beet chips, whoopie pies, seaweed and sweet potato chips.  The guests were very adventuresome in trying new foods and I hope they will let you know what they thought of many of the items.

The celebrities mingled, discovering new people and new foods.  At the end of the party, each celebrity got up in front of the class.  The other party goers then explained some of the interesting things that they had learned about that individual.  It went well and I deemed it a success.  We finished with a round of applause for each other and then set about getting ready to go home.  I hope they can tell you a few things that they learned.  I was pleased.

Thank you to everyone for helping.  The kids were dressed to impress and I know that a lot of that doesn't happen with support from home.  You'll be able to see their biography posters as you come into the room for conferences next week.  One parent took some pictures for me, so maybe I'll put those up on the big screen. 

Spelling test tomorrow.  And then I have a weekend of figuring grades and filling in report cards.  I think I am up to 15 confirmed conference times now.  Feel free to email if your son/daughter mail carrying system is bogged down.  You may have a confirmed date and not even know it.

Thanks for reading.  Have a good night.

Mr. Shea