Police Department Visit

Today our local police department came to the school to teach the children about what all the police department does.  The entire school got to participate (except for the preschool as this was during their nap time!) and it was so interesting!!!

This board had several pictures of the different types of police officers as well as the different vehicles.

One of the police helicopters landed on Capitol Park.

This kids thought this was amazing!  It was so cute to see how excited they got!

We got to meet one of the dogs from the k9 unit.

This is a robot that is used on the bomb task force.

A detective had the students touch a piece of paper and then showed them how he could see their finger prints.

We learned that the police department has several helicopters used to be army helicopters.  I believe he said this one flew in the Gulf War.

I am so thankful for our police officers not only for keeping us all safe, but for taking the time out of their busy schedules to come and teach my students.  It was a day that my students won't soon forget!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Today was a BEAUTIFUL spring day.  The sky was the most amazing shade of blue, the wind was blowing, and it was cool enough you needed a jacket...well cold natured me needed a jacket!

This afternoon as all of the elementary students were outside playing one of the teachers mentioned that it was "perfect kite flying weather".  Fortunately Mrs. Spencer remembered someone had donated some kites to her class some time ago.  So she got the kites and after we put them together we let the kids have fun!  It was a wonderful afternoon.....to me there's no better sound than hearing my kiddos laughing and having a good time.  I took some pictures from my phone...because of course I didn't have my real camera at school today....so these pictures might not be great quality, but I hope you enjoy!

What a great afternoon!  I love (and am so thankful) that I work at a school to where we are able to do something like this.....it was a perfect afternoon!