HELLO! and welcome back everyone!

The 4th, 5th and 6th graders are back in full swing now that we are into our second week of the school year. We have SO many amazing classes that have started already, such as gymnastics, reading games, greek mythology and people's history...The kids have also been busy sewing and making toys, playing football at the park and organizing themselves as a new class. There are 9 students as of now and we are happy to be back together. Please keep your eyes out for weekly update and reminders. 

Ok, so we manage to fill up every classroom we use to the brim and kids are getting used to sitting on tabletops! So what if we take up three lunch tables? Who's looking at the sign-up list after all 19 of our names take up the entire chalkboard anyway? This year's 1st-2nd-3rd Grade class is a big, boisterous, sweet group of kids who have taken the Downstairs by storm. Suprisingly, this adorable groups of kids is not all that loud and although energetic seems to navigate the Downstairs with grace considering their numbers. Just wait until we go bowling tromorrow!!!!

The downstairs kids have been really into the new Animal Class that we started after break. We are working our way throught the alphabet, picking what we think is the most interesting. So far we have gotten through ARMADILLO and BISON. So, our fun animal fact is... The nine banded armadillo gives birth to four genetically identical quadruplets in each litter! And who knows what we will learn about next? Will it be the Capybara or the Chupacabra?

The second and third grade class worked hard to raise money to explore the Big Apple. We had multiple bake sales and one amazing, fun, exciting and successful mother's day cafe (that really raised most of the money! ) Thank you to all of you who enjoyed and bought our sweets!

When we boarded the van we were all very excited to get our trip underway. For many of the students this was their first adventure exploring the Bronx and Manhattan. Our first stop was the Bronx Zoo. We ate lunch and headed toward Tiger Mountain. There was a huge crowd gathering around the Tiger's entrance and the kids snuck their selves to the front of the crowd so they could get an up-close view of the gigantic Tiger eating a ball of meat from a stick! We walked all over the zoo, enjoyed a tram ride through a safari like atmosphere, and ended up in the World of Darkness where the kids saw beautiful bats from all over the world. Our Zoo day was a huge sucess. We hopped in the van and started our next adventure ..... Manhattan!