No Mustang Ran Alone - Marathon 2012

What a perfect night it was, Friday, April 27th... marathon night! After weeks of training and clocking miles on our campus, we had over 160 student participants who enjoyed running their final mile down Woodland Street together with parents, grandparents, and teachers. There are no words to describe what it was like watching each pass by in their shirts proclaiming, "No Mustang Runs Alone." It was pretty poignant and heartwarming to see the message in action. Thank you to our organizers, Belle Cromwell and Melanie Grogan, their fantastic helpers, and all of our families who made this event such a success! "Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!" 1 Cor. 9:24

All the way from Mexico?!?!?

On Monday, Ms. Collins, kindergarten teacher and Monarch Butterfly extraordinaire, reported Monarch eggs on the milkweed in our school gardens.  It's the earliest she can remember such an occurrence, and there is great excitement that this means the female came straight from Mexico!  The children, along with Ms. Collins, were all a-buzz yesterday morning visiting the garden and doing "big math" as they added the number of eggs on various milkweed plants. 

As designated Monarch Waystation #1056, DLES continues to use the butterfly project in cross-curricular ways.  Metamorphosis and environmental needs are discussed in Science, graphs plotting gender and kinds of butterflies in Math, map skills, cultural studies, and discussions of migratory patterns to Mexico are a part of Social Studies, not to mention the phonics, spelling and journaling that becomes central to Literacy.  Above all, during Bible and other spiritually formative times in the classroom, kindergarten students absorb the age-old story of God's wonderful creation and His protection of even the tiniest creatures. 

Kindergarteners, thank you for taking care of our earth.  You make God smile!