Thank You!!

This week was very busy and exciting!  On Sunday our Donor's Choose project was funded!!

Thank you so much to all of the families and friends who donated!!  I can't wait to start using this in class.  I'm sure it will be a very popular and sought after item.

On Tuesday we had our Field Trip to the Moli'i Fish Pond on the Kualoa Ranch.  The students learned all about the Ahupua'a and how ancient Hawaiians used this area to help preserve and feed their communities.

 

Beautiful views

 



 We all got to take a boat ride around the pond, which seemed more like a lake!

 

 

These were the gates that keep the fish from going in or out.

 

The students then got to look up close at some jellyfish....

 

They hunted for small fish hiding in the Limu....

 

Learned about some of the plants on the ranch...

 

Hiked through the fruit trees...

 

Observed at the pond...

 

and relaxed after a fun day.

 

I hope the students told you all about it!

 

 

 

 

We Need Your Help

Aloha families!! I hope you are enjoying your Fall Break and are well rested and ready for a new quarter!!  This quarter is an exciting on with all of holidays and activities coming up.  Earlier today I sent out an email informing everyone about a new Donor's Choose project that I had listed this week.

I am requesting a new iPad and a case to protect it, to use in our classroom.  There are so many amazing appplications and ways that we could use it in our class and I know my students would love to use it as a learning tool.  When I listed the project  they gave me a match code-INSPIRE. If you use this code at checkout they will double your donation up to $100 until October 14th.

I just received another email today letting me know that for any Donor's Choose project you can use the code PUMPKIN to have them match your donation until October 15th.  So for our class projects I  believe etiher of these codes will work, but the PUMPKIN code has no set limit. You can donate any amount and they will match it!

Please help me get the word out to anyone who may want to donate to our projects and have them use  these match codes to get our projects funded much faster.

 

Here is the link to our class page.  http://www.donorschoose.org/ms.gandara

 

 

Thank you so much for your help and I look forward to a great 2nd Quarter!!