Home of Steve, Christine, Katherine, Ally, Rosebud, and Rex
Katherine’s last day of school for 3rd grade with Ms. Iverson and Mr. Shuel. Allison’s last day of 1st grade with Mrs. Sorenson and Ms. Grijalva at Open Window School. Both girls had wonderful teachers and years. We couldn’t have asked for a better teacher in Ms. Iverson for Katherine. She was able to work with Katherine, reinforcing her strengths and working on her areas of needed growth.
Open Window School has a end of the year celebrations where the parents can see all of the work produced during the year. This year we also said goodbye to our principal Wilder Dominick who retires this year. Allison and Katherine produced some amazing projects this year. Allison as a 1st grader studied Penguins and the Ocean as key themes. She also picked Massachusetts as per favorite state and corresponded with her Aunt Sharon who lives outside of Boston.
Katherine studied Native Americans this year. She made an amazing diorama out of clay. She has also become a proficient creative writer. Christine and I are so happy with how Katherine’s first year at OWS went. We couldn’t have asked for a better set of teachers Mrs. Iverson and Mr. Shuel.
Allison’s OWS class went to Seahurst Beach. Christine was a chaperone. They had a guide who showed them the tide pools and beach inhabitants.
This weekend we had our first puppy school with Rosebud. She performed like a champ but Christine and Katherine got “homework” to work with Rosie. Over the weekend, 520 was closed for construction work. The “old” bridge to Yarrow Point got demolished in preparation for extending the “new” bridge into a making a “lid”. We’re hoping the construction starts soon on the new sound wall to reduce the night time noise from the freeway.
On Sunday we trekked out to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. The kids were tired so it was a “rough” visit. We decided to attend the hour-long glass making workshop where the kids got to make a forged glass coaster. Christine and I didn’t anticipate how hard this project would be to figure out what to build, coach the girls through the design process, and complete with quality without an hour time limit. Needless to say both Katherine and Allison had their own challenges. Allison’s final coaster implementation didn’t match her “vision” and got very upset.
