The close of school . . . enjoy your summer!

A huge thank you to all my students over the last 16 years.  You are what made teaching so fun and rewarding!  

Mme. Matisse - Complete!

PIRATE PARTY!!!

After completing the novel, STOWAWAY, the sixth graders celebrate with a PIRATE PARTY! The party was complete with Pirate Punch, hardtack, vegetable stew, walking the plank, and an arm wrestling contest to determine the CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP! A great time was had by all!

Just one of the pictures from today . . .

Just look at those pretty young ladies!  Ready for 7th grade!

Art Gallery Night!

And the evening was a success!

Great job, kids!  You did some marvelous works of art AND you did a magnificent job of showing your family members through the "gallery".  

"chemin à parcourir - Je suis fier de vous"

Small-scale clipper ships.

On the last day of National Lutheran Schools' Week, we took a break from reading during Literature class.  We've been reading the book, Stowaway, by Karen Hesse.  This is the story of a real-life boy who ran away from a life of cruelty to become a stowaway on Captain James Cook's ship, Endeavor.  He ended up sailing with the crew for 3 years!  Today we made miniature clipper ships.

Magazine bowls are underway . . .

The O.R. Tournament - it must be January!