Costume Day

It's the second day of Homecoming but it felt like Halloween. Everybody was in great costume. The catch was you had to be a character from a book, movie, of fairytale. I was the evil queen from Snow White. One of my friends was a cave women from the Flintstones and it was really funny. This was a fun day because everybody participated and had fun with it. Some girls even got into character. Good thing no one was Godzilla. *tee hee*

Twin Day

Am I seeing double?! No, today is the first day of HOMECOMING!!!! Each day there will be a dress up day until Friday. Today was Twin Day!!! You pair up with someone and dress alike to look like twins. There's not just twins but triplets, quadruplets and so one. My twin and I went shopping so we had the same exact thing but it's OK if you don't look like a clone. THAT would be creepy.

Dedication

Today the Ann Richards dedication took place. Ambassadors took over and started giving tours to groups. Including the Richards family. The Student Council Officers gave out brochures and warmly greeted guests. The Ceremony opened up with a performance by the choir. Then many people, I can't remember most of them, gave great (and long) speeches including one from Ellen Richards. There was also a band performance. The ribbon was finally cut and the school was initially opened.

Open House

Come in, Come in and see how awesome the inside of our school is!!! Art work is hanging on the walls making the halls look beautiful. You can meet the teachers your daughter has and you can check out different after school clubs in the cafeteria. It is the best time to check the school out.

Fill You In

Okay, this school is GREAT!!!! This is what the school has done for all the kids....

• Given free computers and free lessons to kids that didn't already have a computer
  
• Given free uniforms to the kids that couldn't afford them
• Given us well balanced lunches to eat
• Lately, they just gave every kid in the school a FLASH DRIVE!!!!
  

WOW

Big thanks to both of the Ann Richards Volleyball teams for being so great. People, we even had an away game and the girls that came to support the our volleyball team cheered more than the home team's crowd. WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!!

Student Council

Lets give a round of applause to Student Council... *clap clap*. We are working very hard so our Homecoming will be a blast!!! Committees have been made just for it.
P.S. Ms.DiCaffa and Ms.Fierro are with us at every meeting to make sure we don't do something dumb like.......... let every Tuesday be crazy Monkey Appreciation Day!!!! *clap clap*

World Culters

When will they get along? In World Cultures the 6th graders are learning about Palestinian (Arab, Muslim) and Israeli (Jewish) conflict. Before this, I didn't even know there was a country called Israel, much less a city called Jerusalem. It started 1,000s of years ago when the Jews got kicked out by the Romans so the Arabs moved in and lived there for 1,000s of years but when the Jew came back about 60 years ago and told them to leave, the Arabs didn't want to leave so a war broke out and there is now a strong cultural hate between them. We are watching a documentary on it called "Promises". So far in this class, we have learned about different land forms, the names of the 7 continents and names of the 5 oceans. I just finished my World Cultures project on the 12 Keys of Culture. The 12 Keys of Culture are the 12 categories that define some one's culture easily. This is a great class and I love it. Praise to Ms.DiCaffa!!!

Court Yard Clean Up

I put on my dates post something about a Court Yard Clean Up and I'm going to tell you about it. My dad and I got out there at about nine and I couldn't believe how many people were out there!!! There were about 75 people and they were all pitching in!!! There was a group of people working on making a hill, another was laying down turf and you get the point. There were Bobcats rolling around everywhere picking up dirt and dropping it off somewhere else. Almost all the teachers were out there breaking a sweat too. I worked on the shrubs around the sign which was harder than it looks!!! If you ever drive past and see our courtyard, you'll see how much teamwork can change something (along with a bunch of Bobcats and professionals helpin')

Dates

Since I am part of student council, (Treasurer) I know a lot of dates of event so here they are...


Courtyard Clean-Up
Saturday Oct. 6
8:30-12:00

Dedication Day
Sunday Oct. 21
1:00 Tours of the School
2:00 Dedication Ceremony
Only people involved with the school is allowed

HOMECOMING
Oct. 22-26
Homecoming Volleyball Game
Oct. 26
Adults get in for $2

PE

PE is really fun but it can be tiring. First you have to quickly get to the locker room and get changed, then you have to run 3 laps around the basket ball court, then you stretch. That's what you have to do EVERY day in PE. Right now we are practicing Volleyball which is my speciality so I get to help Coach Brown. She's starting at the basics for those who have never played before. Now she is making us do something a lot of kids my age don't do. Coach Brown is making us keep a food diary which includes what you ate and drank, where you were when you ate it, who you were with and if you exercised (not including PE). We even have and Ann Richards School Volleyball team, it's made up of 7th graders though. Well, that all I have to say about PE. Bye!!!!!!