Las elecciones y el Almuerzo de Acción de Gracias

It was an election year.  We made the students aware that parents would soon be voting for our next president.  They needed to be part of the elections.

They were made aware of the candidates and what they stood for.  Soon our students would need to make a decision.

The votes were cast.  Now the ballots needed to be counted.

We all awaited anxiously to see who our next president would be.  Regardless of who we voted for, we all knew we would support whoever received the most votes. 

And the final tally.  DUCK won!  The children learn that in a fair election, we would support the winner, even if he wasn't the one you voted for, because the majority ruled.

Today, Thursday, Nov. 14th, was AJ's last day in our class.  His mom, a sailor stationed in Virginia, would finally be able to bring him home.

We love you AJ and we will miss you.  We are very happy you'll finally be able to be with your mom.  And even better, dad, also a sailor, will soon be returning from overseas.

Are not our little pilgrims and Indians the cutest you've ever seen?

Thanks to our moms, Mrs. Ciereszko, Ms. Hill and Ms. Qiuntana for helping turn our little ones into precious pilgrims and Indians..

Ms. Mila and our very own little pilgrim, Luciano.

The students were instructed to disguise the turkeys so they would not be eaten on Thanksgiving Day.  They were very successful. This is Officer Buckle made by Vishaal.

Hello to Spider Turk created by Lorenzo.

Here is Minnie created by Alessandra.

Este es un espia hecho por Victoria.

Howdy to a cowboy made by Owen.

This is Pollo Loco creatively made by Diego.

And here we have Batman.  He arrived in our room actually flying.  This one was made by Xavier.

Ho ho ho to Papá Noel made by Caleb.

Don't mess with this ninja made by Gage.

Pretty funny clown made by Stiven.

Aquí tenemos una princesa hecho por Abby.

Un regalo hecho por Anthony.

And last, but not least, we have our very own Rock Star made by Luciano.

Alessandra, Gino and Owen patiently await their grand entrance.

Diego, Caleb and Abby are ready to perform.

Stiven, Vishaal and Anthony want to hurry and perform so they can EAT!

Lorenzo, Luciano, Gage, Victoria and Anna are just about to go in and get the show stared!

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!

Mmmmmmmm!

I believe Abby and sister Sarah are are enjoying the food.

Alessandra and mom are thankful to enjoy lunch together with friends.

Owen's thoughts:  "Diego, use your napkin."

Past and present Dual Language staff and friends; Gladys LaBoy, Arlene Baez, Nancy Martinez and our very own Anthony Varas.  To all those who were part of making our Thanksgiving luncheon such a success,  we are so grateful to you.  We have always known our Dual Language family always come through to make our events memorable ones.  To all of you, have a wonderful Thanksgiving together with family and loved ones.

El festival de la cosecha (Harvest Fest)

On November 30th our Dual Language Kindergarten Team had our Harvest Fest.  So many of our parents came and volunteered their time to make this a fun, crafty day for our students. 

Caleb, Gage and Anthony hope they can eat their cookies once they finish decorating them.

Jordan and Alex seem to be enjoying adding all that sugary frosting onto their cookies.

Anna and Lorenzo look for more goodies to put on their cookies.

On to making glistening leaves.

Mrs. Perez, always there to help our little ones.  We love you.

"Just a little bit of glue is all you need."

Yay!!!!! Pumpkin carving!

"Make sure to get all the seeds out."

"It sounds pretty empty in there."

"Uno, dos tres.  Cristian, what comes after tres?"

Three pretty ladies amazed at how much our kids have learned.

Ms. Martinez gives a little help to Diego and Caleb.

Jayden and Anthony listen attentively to instructions.

Such concentration!

Ms. Mari ayudando con los espantapajaros.

Mom and Xavier making sure the rectangle is glued in the right place.

Serina, Andre, Emerson and Sienna working with those 5 little pumpkins.

Mom making sure Marquez can read the poem, Five Little Pumpkins.

At the end of the morning all the children listen to a story read by our very own Mrs. Cromer.

It was fun seeing Mickey glow in the dark.

Our dads did a great job carving all those pumpkins.

Mrs. Thompson's class all rally around the pumpkins.  As does Mrs. Cromer's class.

Our Harvest Fest was a very enjoyable event.  We take these opportunities to not only get our parents to come and enjoy the day with our students but to meet and get to know the other parents also involved in the program.  Our next program will be out Thanksgiving Luncheon and, hopefully, again we'll have the opportunity to sit down and enjoy each other a little more.  Once again, thank you to all the parents who came out and volunteered their time.