CRAZY HALLOWEEN WEEK

Well, this will be a short post but just thought I'd give a quick update:  This past week went by crazy fast - and probably because it WAS crazy....The combination of Halloween, All Saint's Day liturgy, and a FULL MOON created quite the atmosphere in the room.  Needless to say, however, it was still a fun week that included lots of "fun" time for the kids which they surely enjoyed.

Last weekend was great fun as well - we had a little get together at our house last Friday and there were some great costumes including Three Blind Mice and Wonderwoman from our household.  Then, on halloween the next picture is of the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade teachers in our costumes....if you can't tell I am a gray crayon with a black tip?  Couldn't find any gray paper alright...no judging.  The fifth graders thought it was pretty fun to call me Mr. DeMaGRAY for the day though which was enjoyable.

Next week, will be starting a few more neat projects with the kids including dissecting of simple machines such as old radios, cd players, electronic toys...the kids will love that.  I will also be having the 6th graders plan a lesson for the kindergartners - we are reading Sign of the Beaver where a young settler boy teaches a Penobscot Native American boy how to read...so I wanted to give the 6th graders a little taste of what it's like to be a teacher...it should be great!

Anyways, last night, Jamie (another mercy volunteer who teachers at the high school) had put together a talent show at the high school to raise money for the drama club that she is the head of.  They needed some acts so I played Waterfall by Jon Schmidt (Little shout out to little bro John...I thought about playing "All of Me" but simply would not have been up to your standards John...haha)  It was a great event that I believe raised a couple hundred bucks for the drama club so we were all pumped for Jamie.

Now, we are off to our fall retreat at the Desert House of Prayer here in St. Michael's.   Sister Jeanne O'Rourke (wonderful Sister of Mercy from Omaha Nebraska) is here visiting for it too so it should be great!   Alright, peace!!!

Meant to post this morning....but didnt have time to add the pictures so now I am posting it...the retreat was great!!! And we stopped at the pow wow in honor of Sister Marguerite at the high school gym afterward where a few of my students were actually dancing...check it out...