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Schools will be closed on Monday to celebrate Labor Day. Labor Day celebrates American workers, but not everyone will be off from work on this Monday even though it is a national holiday. However, government offices, schools, and banks will lock their doors. Do you think this is fair? Could every business in America close on the same day? Why or why not? Can you think of another national holiday that is not celebrated by all people? Do you think that people in all countries celebrate the same holidays as we do in the United States? Let me know your thoughts.

Well it is that time again and school has begun.  One of my favorite times during the school day is LUNCH TIME.  Sometimes I bring my lunch and at other times I eat in the school cafeteria.  Our cafeteria tries really hard to plan a well-balanced meal each day, and I do like some of those meals.

I would like to know what is your favorite meal served by your school cafeteria.  If you are a student at White Oak, please tell me which days are your favorite days to buy your lunch.  If you are NOT a White Oak student, please share with us some of the meals cooked by your cafeteria.

Click here to see our school lunch menu.

Where did this school year go?  It seems like we just bought new folders, sharp crayons, and fresh pencils, but the folders are now ragged around the edges, the crayons are all blunt on the ends, and the pencils…..who can find a pencil?

So what are you summer plans? Will you be taking a vacation out of town or will you just use this time for resting and refueling for the next school year?

We are interested in hearing all about it, so please leave us a comment and share those plans with us.

As spring begins to sprout and clover appears around my mailbox, I start to think about St. Patrick’s Day, leprechauns, pots of gold, and four-leaf clovers.  I am always tempted to go digging around in that dark grass looking for the lucky “sprig”.  Four-leaf clovers are uncommon indeed. There are 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every single four-leaf clover. According to Irish tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaflet represents something: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck.

If this is true, I wonder just how much luck the Japanese farmer who found this 21-leaf clover had on his very lucky year? What other items do you associate with good luck?  What was your luckiest day? Write us a comment and tell us all about it.

You may not “carrot” all for me

The way I care for you.

You may “turnip” your nose

When I plead with you

But if your “heart” should “beet” with mine

Forever “lettuce” hope

There is no reason in the world

Why we two “cantaloupe.”

There are many words you can use to express your feelings of love at Valentine’s Day. How many words can you find in the Red Heart above? How about writing a short Valentine rhyme back to us in a comment? We would love to read it.

Snow just doesn’t happen that  often in East Texas, but this past week we found our little town right in the middle of a deep freeze. Every student (and teacher) was hoping for snow. Even a single flake would have thrown the campus into a frenzy, but alas it was not to be.

Let’s not let that stop us!  If the snow will not come to us, then we will  just go to the snow. I would like for you to visit SnowDays and create a snowflake using online scissors. Add ONLY your first name – Remember our internet safety rules!  Be sure to list your city and state.  Next, visit Flurrious and create a different kind of snowflake using geometric lines and shapes.  You may then add a message to your flake and add it to the online blizzard.

What a beautiful sight, and you did not even need to put on a sweater!

This Christmas season our class, C-O Connections, participated in Jen Wagner’s Christmas Card Exchange. The kids absolutely loved it. Not only did they have fun creating all the cards, but we were also able to make it a learning experience. The children learned the correct way to address envelopes. They also became more familiar with our United States. We created a map to track the cards we received. They were excited each time we received mail! We really enjoyed this project. Hopefully, we can do it again next year. Enjoy the pictures!

Miss Wyatt’s challenge #7  proved to be very interesting for our kids.  As the class discussed vacations, they came to realize that a vacation really doesn’t have to be anything fancy.  A vacation is simply going somewhere with the family and spending quality time together.  I hope you enjoy the recaps of our students’ most memorable vacations.

My favorite vacation was a trip to Washington D.C. I flew with my mom, dad, grandmother, and my little brother.  We went to see where the president lives.  It had lots of presidents on the wall.

Adrian

One of my favorite vacations was a trip to Six Flags over Texas.  I went with my mom and dad.  We drove there and spent the night.  We rode lots of rides together.  We went to Hurricane Harbour too.

Alex

My best vacation was when I went to Wyoming.  I went in my mom’s car.  My mom, her boyfriend, and my sister went in the summer.  We saw the state flag.  We had a lot of fun.

Kristen

Do you have a favorite vacation or even a dream vacation?  We would love to hear about yours and be sure to link some attractions that you saw, or would love to see.