Getting Ready for Christmas

 I love this time of year.  We crank up the Christmas music and the kids quietly make ornaments for our classroom tree.  Okay, maybe it isn't so quiet, but it seems peaceful somehow. 

Kickball ... Minnesota Style

I looked out the window at recess today, and this is what I saw... a bunch of fifth and sixth graders playing kickball in the deep snow.  How they got the ball to roll on that fluffy white stuff, is beyond me.  I love when the kids come in from recess with rosy cheeks and covered in snow.  It just seems so healthy!

Christmas Concert

It was another wonderful Christmas concert at Hill City Elementary School.  I have been teaching here for 19 years and have witnessed 19 of these concerts.  I am always amazed how Mr. Kneeland can pull this together from 25 minutes of practice a day, every other week.  I am also amazed at the talent and courage of these kids.  I know I would never have been able to sing a solo in front of a gym of parents when I was 10 years old.