Team Hyper Space: What a Caring Group!

      This week has been just as hectic and busy as most December weeks are in a fifth grade classroom. This week has also made us realize once again what a caring group of kids we have this year. We took on the task of adopting two families and with your help and your children's we have been able to provide these two families with a Christmas they will always remember. We wrapped several outfits for each of the four children as well as, boots, shoes, snow pants, toys, books, socks etc. We gave each family two boxes of food and were able to give them gift cards to the grocery store and we gave each family a Martin's coupon book! At the time of writing this post one of the families came in and the mother could not believe when Miss Cobb told her that all five boxes were for her family. She cried when she realized that we had provided them with so many needed items. Thanks to all of our families, whether you sent in one item or many they were all appreciated and you helped teach your children a great lesson about helping others.
     We have been in 'build' mode for our latest PBL project this week and it has been a bit stressful and very messy. We had a few days where we were questioning this entire project but, after some refocusing the kids have rallied and they are looking pretty good. The kids will be presenting to each other next week. We are excited to see how it turns out. We are all learning in this process not just the kids.
     We are happy to report that a lot of the kids on our team are signed up for PBL next year. If you have not applied but would like to it is still not too late. Applications will be available online until December 21. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact one of us and we will do our best to answer or find the answer for you.