Many families are joined by Bangu Under 14 soccer team

Bangu Under 14 girls soccer team joined families, students and teachers on April 21 for another successful day of work in the garden. We are most thankful for the time and effort on this project.

Progress in the courtyard garden

The first Saturday work day in the garden was a huge success!

Our Principal, Eric Paulson, was very busy with the sod kicker. Community members, staff and students all helped to line the paths with brick. Please join us for more garden work on Saturday April 21.

April in the garden

Richfield had an inch of snow this week but it is gone now. Tomorrow, April 14th, will be the first scheduled "work day" in the garden and we hope that the temperature will be in the 50's. On May 15th we will be sharing our garden through a video conference. We will learn about other school gardens in Kyle, Texas; Humble, Texas; Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

The Media Mouse learns about the court yard garden

The Media Mouse (shown here as Poppy the deer mouse) is ready to go outdoors to the Courtyard Garden. Third grade classes have been making observations of the garden since last fall. As the seasons change, so does the activity in the garden.

Some podcasts are ready!

Students in Mrs. Munson's class and Ms. Tschumper's class have been very busy in the Computer Lab and Media Center writing and recording their podcasts. More will be added as they are finished.
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Pre-production of podcasts!

Many grade 5 students are writing book reviews that will be part of our first RIS Spartan World podcasts. They are getting so excited to do the actual production! Do you have any ideas for other topics for our pod casts? (We are starting with what we know well, books.)

BIG NEWS: Read Across America video conferences

Four classrooms have been matched with classes across America to celebrate Read Across America!

The third grade classroom of Mrs. Schleyer will participate in a video conference on Monday, March 5, 2007
at 10:30-11:30 GMT-5: Eastern Standard Time
with the class of
Karen Burlington in Michigan

The third grade classroom of Miss Rosie Holt will participate in a video conference
Friday, March 2, 2007
Time: 09:30-10:30 GMT-6: Central Standard Time
with teacher
Natalie Moore in Texas

The third grade class of Mrs. Diane Erdmann will participate in a video conference
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Time: 10:00-11:00 GMT-5: Eastern Standard Time
with teacher
Sue Woodliff in Michigan

The video conference for Grade 5 class, Mr. Pregler has not been assigned yet.