Healthy Snack Week

It has finally come. Next week is the week that I provide snacks to the lowerschool- grades 3rd-5th. I emailed Mrs. Locke the plan:

During the week of the 21st, I will be providing home made healthy
snacks for the lowerschool students to purchase (as a part of my
senior project). Snacks will cost 75 cents for each day. Each day of
the week, I will have a different snack available. If teachers could
remind their students to bring 75 cents a day if they want a snack,
that would be great. I have also asked Mrs. Ledbetter to put a
reminder in the Knightly News so that parents know what I'm doing and
know to give their child money for this upcoming week. The snacks are
as follows:

Monday- banana muffins
Tuesday- granola and yogurt
Wednesday- popcorn
Thursday- trail mix
Friday- ants on a log (with peanut butter or cream cheese for children
who are allergic to peanuts)

 (all snacks are homemade and healthy)

I will also be handing out posters tomorrow to every class grades
3rd-5th. With these posters, each class must decorate it in some way
to promote a healthy and active lifestyle. Tape the poster on the outside of the
doors. Be creative! I and a few other seniors will be judging the best
posters next Wednesday. The winner of the healthy poster contest will
be getting free fruit smoothies on Friday at lunch!
Snacks will be available for purchase in the lunchroom from 8:00 to
8:30 and the kids can take it back to their classrooms and eat it at
snack time. Because the yogurt and granola needs to be refrigerated,
on Tuesday, the kids can come pay for their snack in the morning and
then when it is snack time, I will deliver the yogurt to each class to
make things easier. Or a teacher can specify when they are eating
snack and I can bring them their yogurt.

So that is what's happening next week! Sunday is going to be super busy, as will every night of the week be. But, because next week is what would have been "Adventure Week", things aren't very busy, so I'll be alright. That's it for now!

Potatoes and Plans

Last week, I finally planted potatoes among other seeds. The process was orderly and efficient- I took 5 4th graders at a time to plant a row of potatoes until I finished with Mrs. West's class and Mrs. Nethery's. Everyone got to be involved and plant at least 1 potatoe. Then Monday, I took Mrs. Lummus's class, 5 at a time, to plant other seeds. The potatoes, I have read, grow rather quickly, so I am hoping to see them pop out of the ground within the next few weeks.

I think they all had a good time planting. Coming up is the Healthy Snack week. It's going to be during what used to be Adventure week. On the first day, I'll have samples for the kids to try so they know what they like and then for the rest of the week, they can purchase a snack. I also hope for Mrs. Gibson, an organic farmer to come and speak to the kids. I will also be handing out posters to the classrooms for the students to decorate, the theme being a healthy lifestyle. The winners will get a healthy, delicious, home-made snack! The next few weeks will be busy for me, so I hope all goes well!