October & November - Phoebe

The school wide fall Fun Run was held in October.  Kindergarten and 1st grade run 1/2 mile.  2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th all run 1 mile.  It had been very rainy leading up to race day.  This resulted in a move of the normal course/path to a new course/path, resulting in it not being a timed race.

Phoebe was ready though.  She ran hard the whole time.

Strong to the end!  Great job Phoebe!

Below, Phoebe and her friend Lila after the race.

Below, a group of 3rd graders with Phoebe, eating their popsicles after their races.

Popee and Nanee were able to come and watch the races that day with us too.

Phoebe had another successful two months of school.

I helped with the fall events Pastries with Parents and the Book Fair.  That meant my family spent some extra time at school too helping and reading.

We had the first nine weeks parent/teacher conferences in mid-October.  Phoebe's teacher had lots of positive things to say about her and the efforts she puts forth at school.

The school has a new music teacher this year.  We all really like her!  She planned a new schoolwide event for all of the kids and families to participate in called Boogie On The Blacktop.  Each grade level got to perform and song and dance to some Halloween music.  It was a very well attended event, and seemed to be very well run and enjoyable for all that were there.  Phoebe's class danced to the Monster Mash and Purple People Eater.

For Halloween Phoebe dressed up as Violet from the Incredibles.  A couple of her friends did not even recognize her with the black wig on!

On Halloween the school had their annual costume parade followed by the classroom parties.

Phoebe's class played a game of making people into Mummy's using toilet paper.

In 3rd grade they levelize for reading and math, a high group, an on-level group, and a below level group.  Phoebe is in the high group for both reading and math.

She continues to do well on her weekly spelling tests.

Her class took a field trip to a roller skating rink.  They did some STEM activities and then got to skate.  Afterwards they ate lunch and played at a local park.

Below, is a Thankful folder that Phoebe made.

Phoebe has a math worksheet for homework almost every night.  She usually can complete them independently.  Sometimes Eric gets to help her.

They did a few fall and Thanksgiving art projects.

Below is her Pigeon project.  The writing on the inside of this made me laugh, (3 Good Reasons to Eat Hot Dogs on Thanksgiving).

A New League - The First 3 Games

** GUEST BLOOGER**
~ Eric Hendrickson ~

Sarah decided to play both Haysville Rec basketball and Upward Basketball this year. I am helping coach with Ro (black hat). 

Game 1 - December 1st - against Mulvane 3

Coach Ro and I have a number of girls we have coached in the past: Sarah, Bella, Savannah, Cari, and Alexis.  We also have four new girls and one girl that I have previously coached in softball.

We started off strong but just couldn't get the basket to fall.

Wow, look at the form on Sarah's free throw!

Only one coach is able to stand during the game.  Since I am the assistant, I am to sit.  This is not easy for me to do, and I was told once by the facilitator to sit down.

Sarah played a good game on both offense and defense.  Out of the 20 points we scored, she had 14 of them.  She shot many shots, but she also had some assists.

The game was a nail biter and we ended up winning 20-19.  I believe we were the more talented team, but missing easy shots and turnovers on inbound plays made the game close.

It was a good first game.  We saw some things we need to work on and many things we liked.  Good job girls.

Game 2 - December 8th - against Clearwater 3

We had team pictures before our game with Clearwater 3.  All the girls and coaches were there but one.

This Clearwater team didn't put up much of a fight.

We shot a lot of baskets, unfortunately we missed a lot of them.  It wasn't just one girl, it was all of them.  It seemed like we got 2 or 3 shots for each possession.  On the positive, it helped us work on our rebounding, which they did pretty well.

Since we were up by more than 10 most of the game, we were able to play our non starters more than 1/2 the game.

Our 2-1-2 zone defense was tough.  This was fun and rewarding to see.

We played man defense much of the second half, which also did well.  Sarah played exceptional defense, forcing several steels and tie-ups.

Sarah made one of two freethrows.  She ended up scoring 9 points.

It is fun to watch our girls at the end of games.  They come off the court super excited.  We ended up winning 23-3.  Several girls scored and I think all girls got at least one shot.  This team is going to be hard to beat.  Good win girls!

Game 3 - December 15th - against Mulvane 2

We had a 9am game in Mulvane so it was an earlier than normal start for the team.

The other team seemed to be well coached.  They played a tough zone defense and they ran a decent motion offense.

Our team started off flat and never really got into a groove.

Sarah shot quite a few shots but ended up with no points.  Thankfully a couple other girls stepped up their scoring and we won the game 13-6. 

Coach Ro just lost his mom (Bella's grandma) to cancer this week.  Glad the team could celebrate a victory.