Strawberry Festival is almost here.

We continue to prepare for Arts Festival in Art, Drama, and Music. In Computers we are working on Excel and battleship spreadsheets. You can watch a video of the class on Lelia's Purple Puter Lady blog. In Spanish, we continue to work on clothing vocabulary.

In Kim's math we are doing a microfinancing unit. We sent loan money to people in Bolivia and Colombia. We are looking at how quickly a small amount can make a difference. The consultants of Cornerstone Consultants (www.cornerstoneconsultantspa.com) gave us enough money to give loans to three different people through Kiva. We also looked at Beads for Life. A Ugandan microfinance project that makes jewelry from recycled paper beads. Aimee Mowles came into class to help us and talk about this project and her experience with microenterprise in Morocco. In Betsy's math we are working on area, perimeter and pre-algebra.

We continue to work on poems for Poetry Month. We also work on researching our states. Remember to mark your calendars for our State Museum on Friday, May 21st.