Community Spirit

Mr. Labb started the day with the James Taylor song, "Shower the People" and translated that idea into actions when he asked the entire Blanchard Community to create a shower using their hands and feet.  Ask your student to create the shower for you.  When the kindergarten students left for the day and saw the evidence of rain on the ground, several were convinced that they had made it rain!

In addition, the fourth grade shared the poems they created with the theme: If I Ruled the World. Ask the fourth grade students about their poems and the audience response to some of their ideas!  The fifth grade students showed their enthusiasm for the STARR value of Respect for our environment, making us all think about how to Recycle and Reuse the materials we use to Respect our environment.  This will be a continuing theme for the year as we work to save energy throughout the building.

STARR Talks

Mr. Labb and I spoke to the students at every grade level about the expectations we had for students' behavior in the class, during recess, in the cafeteria, and on the bus.  Mr. Labb focused on the STARR values (Support, Teamwork, Attitude, Respect, and Responsiblity) to help students understand the importance of helping each other, having a good attitude, respecting teachers and students, being responsible for doing homework, taking care of school property and each other, and most of all being good friends.