Ocean Play

Yesterday was Declan's play at school.  It was all about the ocean and the creatures that live there.  He was a narrator and a killer whale.  He can tell you all kinds of things about the orca but always informs us that it belongs to the dolphin family...interesting.  Here are some pictures from this fun day!

The whole family outside school...yep, Bette who took the picture noted we all wear sunglasses!

Declan in front of the USS Corvian with his published story, The Bad Man.  This is particularly funny if you know him.  He is, let's just say, a little intellectual.  His interests are far ranging and a little different for a kid in kindergarten.  And yet...he wrote about a bad man who breaks down a building and has to go to jail.  His teacher asked him several times if he was sure this is what he wanted to write about and he said yes.  She followed up telling me that by telling me how he was having a discussion at lunch with one of the other kids about how different liquids freeze at different temperatures and the other kid was a little bewildered.  The Bad Man is a great story, even has a moral!

Author page...a favorite.

Reading us his story.

Mrs. Shields, Declan's kindergarten teacher.  We are truly thankful for her.  What started off as a horrible year at a different school has turned into a spectacular one at Corvian.  Declan is one of those kids who is sad for summer to come because he loves learning so much.  He feels so at home at school that he just wants to be there as much as possible.

Under the Sea performance

Declan and Charlize extolling the virtues of the killer whale.  Nope they did not plan their wardrobe, just both were thinking the same thing.

Miss Amber, his assistant and Terefech's kindergarten teacher for next year, playing the recycled bottle drum.  

Oh yeah, whales are big, uh huh!

Mark the shark!

Locke has one of our favorite performances, he was a jellyfish and wiggled and jiggled all over the place while saying his lines!

It was a wonderful year at Corvian Community School.  We are small, an upstart, praying for a charter, full of wonderful people who want children to have an outstanding education, learn to think for themselves, be confident, and love learning!