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The student teachers in our group (14 total, 7 in our group who teach on the North Side) took a day off school (!!!) and visited Andersonville.

I'd like you to meet our fearless leader and supervisor, Carole. It was St. Patty's Day.

Welcome to Room 105!

Our folktales are now hanging on the cloud board.

The flag to which we, every morning, pledge our allegiance. We also recite the Farnsworth pledge, sing the Star Spangled Banner, and the Farnsworth Fight Song. Old school? Nah.

I love the tall windows.

I had the little ones make Suns - Science and art integration.

They turned out incredibly cute!

My solar system bulletin board.

Every young scientist needs a Space Journal!

Our Concept/Question board on Courage. It's a work in progress.

Counting down the days until it looks like this :)

Sweden, Cupcakes, and Lead Paint

SHORT Update.

Mid-Week 7 and I have yet to catch a bug!

Full-control officially begins next week. Some fear here, but by no means do I feel over-whelmed.

I was a chaperone for the first time last Friday - Adler Planetarium. I came home and slept for five hours. Great times were had!

We had the day off yesterday (Sunny with a high 0f 75) and visited a Swedish neighborhood (food, museum, walking tour, etc.). Afterwards, Leah and I decided to embrace the beauty of the day by talking a walking trip to Lincoln Park for cupcakes. The walk there was AMAZING.

Our ceiling is being stripped...finally! Put it this way - the ceiling has not been re-painted since the building was built....in 1924. They didn't cover anything so, needless to say, lead paint chips are everywhere. I've been teaching in the assembly hall, chalk board and all. The kids have loved the change. I, on the other hand, have not. Behavior hasn't really been an issue - it's just the whole idea of not having your materials and resources at your disposal when you need them most :/ It has been a great challenge, though.

It's hard to believe that this is the half-way point!

My roommates are gone.

Kazimierz Pulaski: Polish soldier, member of the Polish-Lithuanian szlachta and politician who has been called "the father of American cavalry". A member of the Polish landed nobility, he was a military commander for the Bar Confederation and fought against Russian domination of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. When this uprising failed, he emigrated to North America, where he became a General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. [AKA: No school tomorrow! Thank you, Mr. Pulaski]

Here are some photos of our apartment. Enjoy!

View #1

View #2 [my bus!]

View #3

Hello, table.

Our desk [and Scrabble].

View from the door.

The little girls' room.

This is where we, um, cook.

Mmm, rest :)

This would be me...in our living room...obviously hard at work :) [You can tell that this was taken early on!]


Perhaps we will get some updated photos soon - things around here are looking a bit more lived in nowadays :)

By the way, Leah and I have been attending the LaSalle Street Church on Sunday mornings. The information provided on the website is fairly comprehensive so check it out if you'd like. We're excited and thankful to have found a place - we appreciate the atmosphere and teachings, and are especially fond of the 2 minute walk :)