Sochi Winter Olympics - Athlete Profiles

Over the past few weeks we have been keeping up with Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia.  Many of the students watched a wide variety of sports and a lot of them did not know what some of the sports were.  Last week the class chose an athlete from USA or New Zealand and then researched using the laptops.  Shaun White an American athlete was one of the most popular athletes the students chose to research on.

Watch Zach's video and find out about Shaun White.

Emma and Taylor chose an athlete from the New Zealand Winter Olympic team.  Click on the video to find about the athletes they chose.

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Snowed In!

Here are some pictures of the snow from last week.   School was closed for 3 days as it was not safe to go to school with the snow and ice on the roads.

A lot of the students enjoyed sledding, snowboarding and having fun in the snow!

Snow Day

Today the students had an early release due to the weather.  It looks like the weather conditions will get worse during the next few days.  There may not be any school tomorrow for us but we are not sure until we have confirmation from the Superintendent of Union County Public Schools.

In the meantime, I know the Superstars are probably back home getting warm or even playing in the snow!

Carolina Panthers Flipagram!

American Football is a popular sport here in the USA. Our NFL Football team here are the 'Carolina Panthers'. Before their big game against the San Francisco 49ers last month, the whole school got behind the team and wore Panthers attire to show our support. The local news even came to film the students! Whether you were a supporter or not it was great to see everyone rallying behind our local team!

Click here to watch the flipagram.

Flipagram

Trip to the Raptor Center

Last Wednesday we had a Second Grade trip to the Raptor Center. The students learned lots of interesting information about the falcons, owls and other birds they had at the center. Students were introduced to the birds and enjoyed listening to the presentation. After the presentation the Raptor Center had a trail that you could follow to see all the other birds at the center. Trip to the Raptor Center on PhotoPeach