WOW!!! Time is marching on! Here are some more Students of the Week for weeks past up through last week. We opened up first grade classrooms to create one humongous team-teaching scenario, and the students love it. Teachers love it too:) Reading, writing, vocabulary, math and science are including more complex terminology, concepts and increased demand for higher-order thinking skills. Students are required to not only use application skills, but also analyzing, evaluating and creating, based on what has been learned. We are practicing "Dominick, the Italian Donkey" to perform at the Christmas Celebration on Monday, December 19 in the evening at The Academy of Hope, and we are making Christmas decorations for the classroom and to bring home as part of our "Christmas Around the World" theme for the school.