It is easy to
take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
~Author unknown,
sometimes attributed to M. Grundler
On Monday, we
celebrate Veteran’s Day. While this day
is on the calendar for all to see and recognize, we often let the day pass
without truly acknowledging it. For some
it is a holiday from work or school and like many of those days we use them to
catch up on errands or appointments. At
Eagle Ridge Academy, this is not the case.
Not only do we acknowledge the day, we make certain to appreciate those
among us who have sacrificed (in many different ways) so we can live the lives
we do. We will be having our annual
Veteran’s Day programs on Monday. We
hope you will take the time to discuss the significance of the day with your
family, as well. The schedule for our
programs is below. Please feel free to
join us at one of the programs, if you are able.
We invite
all families to Eagle Ridge Academy’s 2013 Veterans Day Celebration. We
encourage you to bring a veteran that you know. We will take time to honor all
veterans in attendance. The celebration includes performances from our choir
and orchestra, a presentation from veteran and ERA parent Mrs. Samantha
Sommerness, and honoring of our veterans in attendance. Please note that students are to wear formal
dress uniforms on Monday (including their black or brown shoes). Thanks!
Program Times:
8:10-8:35
Kindergarten through 3rd grade
9:00-9:25
4th grade through 8th grade
9:55-10:20
9th grade through 12th grade
Mr.
Anderson has given us a new set of Lower School office artwork. Currently we have Illuminated Name Plates
from the 4th graders. Here is
an explanation of the project and some pictures of the art work, but they
hardly do them justice. Please stop in
the office to see them if you are in the building.
Students
in second grade have been studying clouds.
The classes have been led in an experiment to see why rain comes from
clouds by their teachers. Here are a
couple of pictures of Ms. Rickard’s class as she led them through the
experiment.
As
you may know rainbow bracelets are the new fad among our young students. It is always interesting to see these fads
come and go in the Lower School. We have had some young entrepreneurs who were selling and trading them. I applaud their ingenuity, but could not
condone the running of these businesses at school. Right now we are struggling with what is the
appropriate number of rainbow bracelets to wear at school. I visited each 4th and 5th
grade classroom (as these seem to be the grades most directly impacted) personally on Wednesday to announce only one rainbow bracelet
may be worn at school. Rainbow bracelets
with multiple strands on one band are not a way around the one bracelet
rule. If these bracelets prove to be a continued
distraction in the classroom, we will have to resort to a no rainbow bracelet
rule. At the current time we are going
to see how the one bracelet rule goes. I
will keep you updated.
Have
a fantastic week!
Mrs. Baier
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