New Schools...

Yesterday, we broke ground for one of our new elementary schools in the Twin Falls School District.  Each grade level at Perrine chose a student to represent them and help with the groundbreaking ceremony.  The second grade teachers selected Lorenzo to represent us.  He was able to go and be one of the first ones to dig a shovel in.  Congrats Lorenzo and thanks for being such a good representative of the Perrine Panthers!

 

 

Courthouse Fieldtrip...

We had the best fieldtrip at the Twin Falls County Courthouse.  It was so informative and really taught us a lot about communities and heroes. 

 

Julie Sturgill is one of the prosecutors at the courthouse.  She took us on a tour of the old courthouse.  It was really cool.  We got to learn a little bit about voting there, we learned how old the building was, and we learned about some of the different architectural features of the courthouse.

She took us into one of the old courtrooms.  It is now used as a Grand Jury Trial room.  Ms. Sturgill taught us about some of what goes on in there.  Many of the students said this was one of their favorite parts. 

 

 

 

Next, Officer Mencl led us in such a great discussion about how police officers help our community.  He also talked to us about how kids can be heroes everyday.  He did a fabulous job.

 We were able to go into a real courtroom, where judge Kershaw spoke to us.

 Last, but not least, the Twin Falls Police Department were able to bring one of their police dogs.  They told us about what the dogs do and how they train them.  This was definitely a favorite!

 

We had a great fieldtrip!!

 

Bats...

Recently, our class studied bats.  We researched many different facts about bats.  All of the students took notes using books, videos, and information from the internet.  Next, they were paired up with another student.  Using both note sheets, they made an informational bat poster. 

 

Leticia and Sabina's poster.  Sabina was absent on the presentation day, but she did lots of great work on the poster.

 

Darbi and Braydee

Brittney and Landon

 

Keegan and Alexa B.

Kinsey and Jolie

Avrey and Alexa S.

Brenden and Natalia

Noah, Quinn, and Lorenzo

Claire and Cameron

Dylan and Malia

 

The posters were all very well done.  I could tell the children all worked very hard.  Great job guys!

 

St. Luke's Fieldtrip...

Our class had a great opportunity to walk to St. Luke's for a fun fieldtrip.  We have been learning about communities.  We have talked about how to be a good citizen in a community and who are heroes in a community. 

 

We started out walking up to the helicopter pad.  The kids were able to see where the helicopter "lives."  Unfortunately, the helicopter was out on a call, so they were not able to see it, but we enjoyed learning about the helicopter and where they keep it.

 

 

 

 Cameron got to try on the pilot's helmet!

 

Next, we spent some time with the paramedics and one of their ambulances.  We saw what they bring out of the ambulance when they go on a call, and then sat inside of the ambulance to hear some stories and take a look at the equipment in the ambulance.

 

 

 

Next, we were taken on a tour of the hospital.  We got to go through the emergency room and then we sat in the foyer to hear about all of the different people who work at the hospital.  It takes a lot of people to run a hospital.

 

 

We sure are thankful to have a hospital in our community and we are grateful for all of the heroes who work hard to take care of us when we are hurt or sick.  Thanks for having us St. Luke's.

Hero from History Award...

The students did a fabulous job presenting their "Hero from History" awards.  Students read the biographies of many people from the past.  Their job was to choose one character from history that they viewed as a hero.  They were to give facts that proved why their choice made a good hero.  They did a wonderful job.  I was so impressed.  We even had a visit from Mother Theresa and Albert Einstein.

 

AR Reward...

We had more students earn the reward of reading to a first grade class.  All of these girls earned 25 AR points.  The first grade teachers reported that they did a wonderful job!

 

 Braydee read Shoe-la-la to Mrs. Burch's class.

 

 Cameron read Hooray for Reading Day to Mrs. Burch's class.

 

Kinsey read Bugs in my Hair to Mrs. Vriesman's class.

 

Jolie read The Sandwich Swap to Mrs. Hart's class.