Greetings,
GreenMount Community,
It’s theme week! That’s right, we are going ahead with the
theme event on Friday in spite of all the days we have lost. This will be a test of our resiliency and our
ability to work cooperatively to get a lot done in a short period of time. As a little preview, let me describe some of
what you will see and hear.
We will
begin the morning with some rousing patriotism and the performance of our sixth
through eighth grade “recruits”. You will then see that this period in history
was a time of America’s expansionism, which included activities such as women’s
suffrage, World War I and the sinking of the Titanic. It was the time of Theodore Roosevelt and
“Boss Tweed” as well as many other familiar names in history. You will be able to follow a timeline from
about 1876 to 1917 and our students will teach you some interesting things that
I’ll bet you did not know (remember to have a Buddha Day). The musical portion of the program will interest
you as you will hear selections from this time period that you surely will
recognize. The students have learned
songs that include everything from trench warfare to lullabies and marches. You are certainly invited to sing along.
One
disappointment we may have to endure is our parking situation. You may have noticed that we have had some
snow recently and for the rest of the week we are likely to see a significant
meltdown accompanied by some rain. While
I know we welcome this change in the weather, it will make for some very muddy
conditions on the field, which does not belong to us. On Friday morning I will assess the condition
of the field to see if we can allow parking there. It may be that we can use the lower half of
the field and I will try to mark off areas that are not suitable for
parking. We’ll just have to see how this
plays out. I’m guessing at this point
that is the ground will be too wet.
One area that we have not considered
in the past is the parking lot across from the Burger King on 29th
Street. This lot never has any cars on
it and there are no prohibitive signs there.
Parking there would be easy for about 20 vehicles and access to the
school is just up the slope to a break in the fence. Our neighbors, Potts and
Callahan, have agreed to let us use this space, so you may want to consider
this alternative. In any case, we hope
to see a great crowd and I know that you will be impressed with the learning
that has gone on for the last 53 days.
We are all very proud of our students and I know you will be, too.
Finally, on
another logistical note, I would like to begin planning for our summer
spruce-up. We need painting done and
several other organizational and “brightening” activities. Please let Heather or me know if you would
like to help us during the month of June.
Cheers,
Steve
