MARCHING into SPRING

Little birds fly over

And oh, how sweet they sing!

To tell the happy children

That once again ‘it’s spring.
—Celia Thaxter

Spring has shown its glorious face on campus at SJDS and second grade is soaking up the warmer temperatures. Outside recess is back! We took a trip to middle school to help unload over 300, gallon milk jugs to donate to the Lunar Habitat project the 7th and 8th graders plan to build. We are anticipating a tour of the habitat when it is complete.

Mrs. Burkes’ 3rd graders presented their biographies in the lower school commons and we were able to attend. Our class was presented golf tees from Tiger Woods, a sparkling juice toast with the Queen of England, and we were even serenaded by the one and only Elvis Presley. Our class is very excited to do this next year in 3rd grade!

In science, we learned that laminin is the glue that holds our cells together. Laminin can be seen using an electron microscope and is shaped like a cross. We learned that God reminds us that we are His creation and is a picture of how Jesus holds our bodies, our souls and everything together. We created our own laminin models using beads, pipe cleaner and sticks we found on the playground.

Second grade recently had a special visit from a very talented storyteller. The class was amazed and tickled to death at the silly stories we heard. A special thank you goes to Drew’s Nonnie for spending her afternoon telling us some amazing stories.