Special Olympics: Track & Field

Today we participated in track and field events for Special Olympics at Wi Hi. We have been training with Mr. Spangler at least once a week all spring. He has been teaching us how to do our very best at running/walking, throwing, and jumping. He has even shown us how to improve those skills. Even though it was a really hot day, there was a nice breeze to keep us cool. We had so much fun, we didn't even notice how hot it was! We all participated in 3 events, and each of us won 3 medals!!

Mr. Spangler getting Louis and Regis ready for their run

Brian doing the running jump

Action shot of Logan doing the running jump

Brian and Michael doing the 100m run

Logan and Andrew doing the 100m run

Miss April and Mr. Spangler help Andrew
with the softball throw

Alexis with the first of 3 medals

Regis and Louis win medals!

Michael was so happy with his medal

Brian showing off the "bling"

Everyone did a great job!

 Thank you for training us, Mr. Spangler!!

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Taylor!

Mrs. Taylor is our Family & Consumer Science teacher. She always goes above and beyond to take extra special care of us. We have had such exciting projects in her class, such as sewing, taking care of the babies, and cooking. We decided to surprise Mrs. Taylor for her birthday by baking her some cupcakes. Mrs. Purnell was kind enough to let us use her kitchen so Mrs. Taylor wouldn't smell our delicious dessert baking. We all pitched in to make the cupcakes on Wednesday morning. Then Wednesday afternoon, once they were cooled, we all decorated them. Today, we delivered them to Mrs. Taylor with a birthday card.

Miss April helping Michael and Brian mix the batter

Alexis pouring the batter into the cups

Alexis studying the box

Miss April gets Andrew ready to decorate

Michael washes all of the dish towels we used

The finished product!

Alexis presents the cupcakes to Mrs. Taylor

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Taylor!!!! We love you!

Armed Forces Day

This week we learned all about Armed Forces Day. First, we read a News-2-You story about the holiday and answered some questions about what we read. This helped us to identify the 4 military branches. We also learned how to salute the soldiers and to tell them thank you for their service. We learned that these people and their families sacrificed a lot to fight for our freedom.


Miss April helping Michael
with his comprehension questions



After we read about Armed Forces Day, we made cards for all of the Salisbury Middle Staff members who have served in the armed forces. We went around the school to deliver the cards. We visited Mr. Coalter, Mr. Evans, Mr. Cushman, Ms. O'Neal, Mrs. Bowie, and Mr. Williams. They were all so appreciative of the cards! We also mailed some cards to the Paralyzed Veterans of America to thank them for their service.



Karoline answering questions about
Armed Forces Day

 

Karoline, Regis, and Savannah working on their cards

Brian saluting with his finished card for the
Paralyzed Veterans of America

Michael, Savannah, Karoline, Joshua, Brian, and Regis
salute our soldiers with cards for the SMS staff

A touching moment: Savannah giving Mr. Coalter her card

Brian was so excited to give his card to Mr. Coalter too!

Mr. Cushman and Joshua

Savannah and Ms. O'Neal

Karoline gives her card to Mrs. Bowie, one of the most
patriotic people we know

To all of our military friends, teachers, and family, WE SALUTE YOU!

Miss Mitchell's Last Day

Brian helps Miss Mitchell open her gifts

Today was Miss Mitchell's last day at SMS. We were very sad to see her go, but we are so proud of all of her hard work and accomplishments. She is officially done with her Masters Degree from UMES! We know it was a lot of hard work and that she will go on to be a fabulous teacher. We are hoping she will come back and see us very soon!

To celebrate the fun times we have had with Miss Mitchell since March, we had a pizza party, followed by gifts and cupcakes. Miss Mitchell made us each a bag with our favorite things, including a certificate with a personalized note on the back.

Miss Mitchell gives Savannah and Karoline their gift bags

  

Miss Mitchell and Alexis

Logan and Miss Mitchell

  

Savannah and Brian give Ms. Ennis
a gift from Miss Mitchell

Miss Mitchell and Regis share a laugh

Savannah got Miss Mitchell some candles from Bath & Body






Everything we will ever
 need to bake!



Miss Mitchell gave our entire class a wonderful gift that we cannot wait to use. She gave us a giant bin for the "Culinary Cuties" to continue baking and cooking! It had everything in it that we could possibly need to cook a gourmet meal! 





Michael and Miss April check out the
bin of baking and cooking supplies

Miss Mitchell, we will miss you and your smile very much! Best of luck to you, and congratulations! We love you! 

Terrifically ^Tyra^ Trip 5/12/11

We were able to take our field trip to celebrate Tyra on Thursday, May 12. It was a day beyond all of our imaginations! We got to ride in a Hummerzine to our favorite place, Ocean City, and play mini golf, have lunch at the boardwalk, and then get ice cream.

Tyra sent us beautiful weather: Ocean City was about 72 degrees, a bit breezy, and full of sunshine. When the Hummerzine pulled  up, we couldn't believe our eyes! We are used to taking the big yellow school bus on field trips. We rode in style in a limo full of fun, friends, laughter, and even balloons! 

It was tough to narrow down the 200 pictures to fit our adventures into this blog. Here are some highlights of our day, thanks to Miss Nicole and Tyra. We can't thank them enough for their kindness and generosity, and only hope that these pictures begin to show how we celebrated Tyra. We know she was looking down on us from heaven smiling and laughing with us.

Before we left, we each put on our Terrifically ^Tyra^ buttons
that Miss Mitchell made for us.

The Hummerzine pulled up to SMS to pick us up.
We were rockstars for the day!

Alexis was beyond excited in the limo!

Karoline holds a picture of our guest of honor

Ms. Karen helping Savannah perfect her swing

  

Regis and Michael taking turns at their golf game



Savannah, Michael, Miss April, Regis,
and Miss Mitchell at the mini golf course

Brian checking out the caveman

Savannah high-fives Regis (aka Tiger Woods)
 after he gets a hole-in-one

Logan posing, shortly before his ball landed in the water

Having tons of fun at Old Pro!

Regis and Miss Mitchell having a blast at the golf course

Miss April got a great group shot of us!

   



Brian signs his name on a balloon that will be
sent up to Heaven for Tyra

 

Miss Mitchell writes a message to her brother Sean,
who also passed away in March 2009

Preparing for the balloon release!

Tyra played a trick on us and decided to send her balloon on a wild ride

Lunch at Caruso's was delicious!

Alexis holding a picture of our guest of honor at the
giant Ripley's tire

Brian and Miss Mitchell dancing on the boardwalk

Finishing up our trip with some Dumser's ice cream

  

A note from Mrs. Grunden:

I know it took me a while to write this because there was so much to narrow down! However, while writing this post, I realize that our original Tyra Trip was exactly three years ago today. Looking through the pictures from the last trip reminded me that no matter how annoying I am with my camera, I will continue to be my class's paparazzi. Two people from our last trip have since passed away, and I treasure their memories  that I was able to capture on "film." The trips that Nicole and Tyra provided us with will always be two of my favorite days.