Middle school is opening the doors to new opportunities for Walker. He is now eligible to participate in Speech. Speech has a short but intense season. Weekly practices began mid-September and now there are weekly meets against other schools in the diocese. There are a number of categories to choose from for Speech but Walker […]
Walker is now a dozen years old! He woke up to a yummy breakfast and then got ready for school. Special guests joined him for lunch at school and I happily received a big hug from my birthday boy. Tonight Walker headed off to a special scout weekend with Bill so we will have his […]
Knowing how much work Walker invested in his part of the colonial village, I wanted to take a tour. Let’s start at the Town Hall. Here is the print shop. I believe this one is the school. The tanner The mason I’m not sure about this one… The blacksmith The cooper Looking into the apothecary […]
Part of the fifth grade class curriculum includes study of Colonial America and every year the students create a colonial village. Because of the connection with Bill and medicine, Walker chose the role of the apothecary. Last year several friends suggested we look carefully at the villages to get ideas for this year but alas, […]
Around these parts, Reitz Memorial High School is just known as Memorial. Memorial is the Catholic high school on our side of town that all of the Catholic grammar schools feed into. Today they hosted a special mass just for the 5th graders and the seniors. At the beginning of Mass, each of the grammar […]
Walker’s current teacher is passionate about writing. He has been doing more essays and writing prompts and is learning quite about the writing and revision process. The fruits of their labor are paying off as Walker’s piece was published in the local newspaper. If we could only bring Learning Man to life!
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The festivities began at dawn when Mason leapt out of bed to be the first one to wish Walker happy birthday. Bill and I dined with him at lunch and he doled out a Brookie to each member of the fifth grade and the teachers as well. After school we had a seek and find […]