Can you believe it's already November?

November already?  Time is going by very quickly here at Mid-Pacific Elementary School.  We ended October yesterday by celebrating Halloween both in and out of the classroom.  We started our day by carving pumpkins.  Each group was able to create their own original jack-o'-lantern.  They really enjoyed scooping out pumpkin seeds and carving faces into their pumpkins. 

The fun continued in the afternoon with our annual Spooktivity.  The entire elementary school paraded up to the high school, led by our principal, Ms. Hussey, who this year dressed up as one of the Three Musketeers!  We hokey-pokeyed our hearts out and then headed back up to our campus.  We settled down to enjoy a mini-concert by some of the high school students.  We even got to participate, as they asked us to scream during one particularly spooky number.  Students then got to trick-or-treat along Treat Street.  We were all exhausted by the end of the day!  Check out the gallery to see all of the costumes.

Check out the gallery for pumpkin and costume photos!

November is filled with many important events and field trips.  Please see last week's entry for all the important dates coming.  Tomorrow we are taking a field trip to Foster Garden to see a talipot tree, a palm making "the world's largest bouquet."  Please see the envelope that went home with your child today for more information.  To learn more about the talipot, you can also visit the Foster Garden website at:

http://www.honolulu.gov/parks/hbg/

I am still looking for some volunteers for some of the field trips next week.  If you are available in the morning on Tuesday, November 6, or Wednesday, November 7, and are willing to chaperone our class, please contact me at 441-3817 or llorenzana@midpac.edu.

Posted on November 1, 2007 2:37 PM | Permalink