Fall Carnival and Classroom Celebration

I hope everyone has enjoyed their little (rainy) break!  I can't wait to see everyone back at school tomorrow morning!  I just wanted to post a little reminder that Friday is our Classroom Fall Celebration, 1:30 - 2:30, as well as Claxton's Fall Carnival from 5-7 pm!  I hope to see everyone there!

Field Trip #2 - Asheville Fire and Police Departments

We had one of the most amazing days today on our field trip!  Aiden came to school all decked out and ready to head to the Fire and Police Stations!

 Asheville Fire Dept. Chief better watch out because someone is ready to take over!

 These excited kiddos are ready to check things out inside the fire and police departments!

 Learning all about the different types of trucks and what they carry on them in case of emergencies! 

 Watching a Fireman suit up in his full fire fighting gear!

 We learned if you are ever in a fire and see someone looking like this, they are there to help you and to not be scared! 

 Then we got to try on the heavy equipment that these amazing men and women wear every day to help keep us safe in case of fires!

 After trying on their safety gear we then got to go inside the fire truck and sit where the Firefighters sit on their way to fires!

 Some very happy firefighters-in-training!

 More Firefighters-in-training

 Making sure everything on the Fire Truck is right where it needs to be!

 My little Firefighters had so much fun at the Fire Station!

 Then we went next door to the Police Department

 We learned all about bookings and where they keep evidence!  We also had a super special treat and learned how the Police Department take finger prints off of things for evidence when investigating important cases!

 Learning all about our fingerprints and how they are different from each others, unless you have an identical twin brother or sister!

 Then we got to watch her take a hand print the exact same way she would if she was trying to find some evidence in an important case!

 Dusting off the print

 Then securing and recording the print that will last for 100 years!

 The final product, Amayei's hand print that will be read-able for 100 years!

Then we all got to do our fingerprints on the back of her truck to see how different all our finger prints were from each other!

We truly had so much fun today and I cannot say thank you enough to the wonderful community helpers at the Asheville Fire and Police Departments!  They truly care for our students and go out of their ways to help educate them on the importance of their jobs!  Thank you so much, we had a blast today!

Just a reminder...

Tomorrow, Wednesday the 21st, is our Field Trip to the Asheville Fire and Police Station!  We are very excited to see two of our most favorite Community Helpers in person.  We have been reading and writing all about them over the past two weeks!

 

Also, please don't forget to continue to turn in your Fun Run pledge donations, if you have not already done so!  Thank you so much to everyone who already has donated!  We are very excited and looking forward to tomorrow's big day! 

Boosterthon Fun Run

 My Little Runners "cheesing" before we went to the Fun Run all decked out in our awesome new Claxton t-shirts, thanks to the best PTO around!

 On the bus heading to Memorial Stadium

 Warming-up and stretching before our big run!

 Our class flag, Miss Jones' Joyful Joggers!

 Waiting our turn to get announced and head through the Boosterthon tunnel!  

 Here we go...

 I have the best class full of "Joyful Joggers" 

 Working hard to run our laps!

 Everyone doing their best jobs running laps and enjoying the fun day!

 Tyana with her brother, Tirun, and Sam, who were both in Miss Jones' class last year!  Everyone is all smiles after a successful Fun Run!

 Wilson making sure our class flag stayed flying, even after the run was over!  

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and I can't wait to see all my Joyful Joggers in the morning for another full week filled with exciting learning and fun!  Don't forget, we have our field trip to the Police and Fire Departments this coming Wednesday!