Chets Creek is an "A"!!!

For the 12th year in a row, Chets Creek is an "A" school! In a year when predictions were negative across the state because of more difficult tests and deeper cut scores, Chets Creek made an overall GAIN! That kind of success year after year doesn't happen by accident. Congratulations to our principal Susan Phillips, to the hardest working teachers that I know, to our families who continue to provide unconditional support, and to our little Creekers who continue to outperform our expectations! We are so-o-o-o proud!

While you were away...

Was over at the school yesterday and... Oh my! All of the downstairs classrooms are having the carpet ripped out and are being replaced with tile. I guess the carpet is 15 years old now so it's probably time. The room looks lighter and brighter but it sure looks like a lot to do before school starts!

What's cookin' for next year?

Each year at the Creek we have a new theme. Last year's theme was Superheroes and next year's theme is going to be "Recipe for Success." Enjoy the video that will greet our little Creekers every single morning on the WCCE boadcast.

Chets Creek has the Recipe for Success - 2012-2013 from Chet the Eagle on Vimeo.

Last Week Fun!

So what do you do in kindergarten the last week of school.   Well, you read stories and write letters and play games.  Today was game day!

Field Day!

Today was our first Field Day in celebration of our Kindergarten year!

 The highlight of the day was probably Mrs. Ruark getting dunked in the Dunking Booth!

 Thanks Coach Bailey and all your team for providing a fantastic day for us all!

Our Last Kindergarten Awards

Our newest Soaring Eagles!

It was bittersweet to welcome parents to our last Kindergarten Awards Ceremony.  This has been an amazing year!  We have made deep and lasting relationships.  The good news is that we will all be together again next year.  Of course, at the end of any year we say good-by to some of our friends whose families are moving.  Thank you for coming out today to support this special group of Kindergartners.

After the parents left, the class enjoyed an outrageious game of "Act It Out!"  What fun!

Can you tell it's the end of the year? LOL!

Happy Parents' Day!

Thank you to all our parents who joined us to celebrate Mather's and Father's Day!

A Walking Field Trip Through the Garden

On Friday we visited our school garen.  Dr. Brenda Zenk, a parent of students at Chets maintains the garden for the school.  Lots of classes have planted flowers and different veggies.  We were able to recognize corn, beans and squash from our Three Sisters Garden.  In this school garden the corn, beans and squash are not planted together in mounds but are planted seperately in rows.  The squash has yellow flowers and the corn is as tall as we are!  The peas and beans had stakes with strings so the vines could grow on the strings.  Dr. Zank told us that some of the peas and beans were ripe and that each student could pick a ripe bean or pea pod to take home and open.

We also saw spinach growing and green tomatoes that weren't ready to be picked.  One student thought the tomatoes were potatoes (which is one of the reasons why we are visiting the garden!)  We also saw watermelon just coming up and potatoes that will be dug up next week by the class that planted them.  Dr. Zenk had just cut some broccoli for her 2nd grade daughter to have for lunch!  To our surprise a few of the children recognized the radish plants!  We even saw pretty purple and pink flowers.  We planted two different types of beans to add to the garden.  We can't wait to see if they are like the beans that we picked or different. How thankful we are to have a parent who is willing to provide such an engaging experience for our youngest gardeners!  Thank you Dr. Zenk!

Before school

For several weeks now, children have been pulled from the hallway before the first bell to review sight words with an upper grade helper.  Mrs. Ruark and Mrs, Timmons have several helpers that come in each morning.  They pull children one-on-one and let them practice the sight word list that they have been studying at home.  The kindergartners just LOVE having the upper grade friends give them that special attention!

How does your garden grow?

Remember our post about meeting our fifth grade partners and planting the Three Sisters - corn, bean and squash?  Well today we met our 5th grade buddies again and checked on how the plants are doing.  The fifth graders have been watering and weeding since we planted.  We were so surprised at how well the plants are growing!  Do you know which is corn, which is beans and which is squash?