An unusual week...

This is an exceptional week for Summers-Knoll in many ways, and especially for our class: the Tantre Farm field trip is tomorrow, the Howell Nature Center trip is on Thursday, we're gearing up for the Curious Epicures this coming weekend, and POOT is launching. It seems as though ordinary school work will have to be crammed in around the edges for the next few days; among other things, we're still creating our North African tiling to help decorate Cobblestone Farm on Sunday! All of the madness notwithstanding, I am bursting with pride over the résumé drafts that were brought in this morning. I see the kids taking great care with the style and content of their POOT writings, and I was overjoyed to hear their thoughtful contributions to our discussion of free speech on Friday. Our kids are doing a fantastic job of entering into the world of this Place Out Of Time, and I know they're going to hold their own admirably in the coming weeks.