High School Teaching Buddies

Students from Mr. Barrett's high school class are participating in an independent study class that focuses on communicating about science. We were lucky enough to have them prepare and teach our class a lesson on weather. The girls did a great job!

College Tour

 We started our day as "college kids" in a classroom where we met Miss Brigid, Director of Alumni Relations at Aquinas College and our tour guides for the day, all student ambassadors to the college.

Checking out the view from the library with tour guide Amanda

We visited the Moose Café, where students can enjoy a snack while they study.

We were invited to see a real dorm room and see where the students live and hang out with their friends. Here's where they get their mail from home.



President Olivarez was out of town during our visit, but we were still allowed to check out his office.

Here is Holmdene - administrative offices are housed here and this building used to be the home of the people that owned the estate before it became a college many years later. Some people even think there is a ghost upstairs! 

Photo op outside of the Academic Building

We even got to participate in a college business class! The first graders were so brave to share their ideas with the professor and students.

Aquinas College aims to become the first college ever to go "zero waste" in a couple of years, meaning they will recycle, compost, or teracycle everything - no garbage! Here the kids are checking out a floor made of recycled tires with Tyler and Amanda.

Big, big hugs for tour guide Molly

Everyone's favorite part of the day- enjoying lunch with the college kids!

Boy or Girl???

 The kids all made predictions about whether the new baby would be a boy or a girl. We took their predictions and made them into a graph. There were many more boy votes, but when they opened their cupcakes to find pink cake, the truth was revealed- a baby girl!

Zoo Field Trip

Well, it was pretty rainy but we still managed to have a great time on our Halloween field trip to the zoo! Thanks to all the parents that came along to chaperone!