Since one of the best parts of being schooled at home is staying in your pajamas all day, and last Friday, March 27, was supposed to be our annual Donuts with Dad celebration, we ended our Virtual Spirit Week with celebrating our dads from home in our jammies. We missed seeing all of our dads at school, but really enjoyed seeing all the photos. Visit our Facebook page to view the entire album from Donuts with Dad. Link in full story.

Thursday, March 26th was Jersey Day. Wow...we have a lot of Reds fans! Thanks for sharing the ❤️ for our Cincinnati Reds ⚾️ on the day that would have been Reds Opening Day.

We’ve got SPIRIT yes we do! In keeping with our Wednesday tradition of wearing Blue Jay spirit wear, students wore their blues on Wednesday, March 25th. Click on the title of this story to see more photos.

In honor of hair stylists and salon employees that have been affected by the shutting down of all salons due to the Corona-19 Pandemic, on Tuesday, March 24, we had some crazy hair-dos going on at home. Some of them made us laugh, and that is something we all need right now. Click on the title to view some CRAZY HAIR!

In an effort to keep our school families more connected, we decided to have a Virtual Home School Spirit Week. On Monday, March 23, students dressed as super heroes in honor of all doctors, nurses, hospital employees, first responders, grocery store employees and all other essential personnel. Click on the title to see more of our student super heroes.

Getting it done on day one of distance learning! Our students have set up school in their homes and thanks to technology today, are able to continue learning and complete assignments. Thank you to all our wonderful families for your cooperation, patience and understanding during these challenging times. We are truly all in this together. Want to see more photos? Just click on the title of this story. We would love to see more! Please send your distance learning photos to [email protected]. You might just see them featured on social media, in the newsletters or in the yearbook.

We recently welcomed accomplished author, Jeff Alt, to share with our students information about his books. History came alive for grades K-4 as they explored our national parks with time traveling Bubba Jones and his sister Hug-a-Bug, the main characters in Alt’s National Park book series, ”The Adventures of Bubba Jones.” Students especially enjoyed participating in several short interactive skits. Grades 5-8 had a more mature version of what Jeff Alt experienced while walking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. They heard about his motivation for walking the trail, the preparation, how he accomplished the endeavor, and his encounters with nature's friends. Thank you to Jeff Alt for sharing your adventure and knowledge of National Parks. Also, a special thank you to all who supported our extra book fair in the fall to make this visit possible.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden brought a few small friends to share with our third and fourth grade classes. Third graders had their own little encounter with Mataco, a three banded armadillo and Cueball, a python snake, while fourth graders were entertained by Snuffles, a screaming hairy armadillo and Sapphire, a blue tongued skink. Thank you to our PTO for providing us with these fun learning enrichments!