Summer is around the corner

As I write this last post for the school year, we have just one full week plus 2 days left of this school year.

All of our ELPA21 scores have come back, and next week we will congratulate our students who scored Proficient and will be exiting the ESL program. Promoted, but not forgotten-- we'll monitor their progress for four years.

Like the butterflies we released into the school garden a couple of weeks ago, our students will soon "fly" off into summer sunshine. Lucky for me, I'll get to see most of them back here again for 2018-2019. Good luck on your next chapter to the 5th graders moving on to middle school!
For everyone-- may summer be everything you hope for!

As promised last month, a couple of photos of adult insects. The mealworms became...

Adult Darkling Beetles

...Darkling Beetles. You could ask a 1st grader why they are different colors. Or do an internet search, if the 1st graders you know are busy on summer adventures!
As most students had predicted, the Painted Lady Caterpillars became...

Painted Lady Butterfly withfascinated 1st graders. (Sorry this is sideways; I don't know how to turn it.)

...Painted Lady Butterflies!

Interestingly, some Painted Lady Butterflies have a migration story that was only relatively recently discovered. I'll include a link to a video about it to the right here:

Happy Summer!

~Kristin