Earth Day Every Day

We have been studying the Amazon rainforest and its importance for the whole world. We created a mural/collage to show the information we have gained from our rainforest animal research.

Mrs. Roberts gave us a great puzzle of the rainforest and we worked as a team to put all the pieces together. It was a lot of fun!

On Earth Day we read books, read a Scholastic News, and watched a BrainpopJr. movie. Then we created posters to let the school know about what we learned. We have a whole group of ecologists now in the class.

Soon we will begin researching woodland animals and go on our annual trip to the Bear Mountain Zoo.

Pictures of Our Community

As you know we have e-pals in North Carolina. They wanted to know what our community was like so we took some pictures to share with them.

Gabe C. was our roving photographer and took some great shots for us. See the pictures at

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/album.sfly?sid=0AcNnLNyzcsWLlI&startIndex=0&fid=90778c754fa9d92f

Jill Rappaport from the Today Show Comes to Cherry Lane

Jill Rappaport came to Cherry Lane to read her brand new book called Jack and Jill. All of the money from the book sales go to the Tails of Hope charity. Gabe C. is the Junior Ambassador for this charity and has raised a lot of money for sick animals. Here is a flip video taken by Mrs. Elberg.

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/bc789b34729fc15b894442e5d529a988/video/3828698

Ms. Rappaport was given a special award and flowers for her generosity.

Mr. Leach also recognized her good work.

Can You 26.2?

Today we launched the 26.2 Challenge. Can you run a marathon like Ms. Esposito has done before (2 x!) over the course of 2 months? We are all ready to go with our snazzy backpacks.

This was the first day and we logged in 1/4 mile. After some warm-ups we did a lap around the school (April showers bring May flowers).

Don't forget to log in your miles on the website!

April Fools!

Ok. I recant my statement about becoming principal. It seems that somebody at school decided to switch around the name plates and I ended up at the principal's office. I will let Dr. Leach move back into his office now and I will be content to stay with my first grade class. As it turns out, being principal is tough work!

Ms. Steffens Becomes Principal

Yes... the writing is on the wall. Ms. Steffens has moved into the Principal's office at Cherry Lane Elementary















It is official, sorry Dr. Leach.