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Concordia has many free dress days. When you wear a uniform, the free dress days are so much fun. Elle will enjoy free dress along with the crazy dress throughout the school year. It is also a fun recap of the year.

August 25: School Photos

The first free dress day of […]

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The final concert of the year – Eleri’s music “informance”. This is an informance for the parents to see the fun the children have in music classes and not a performance. We enjoyed hearing and seeing Eleri perform her music. She enjoys music and is always singing the songs at home.

Eleri, […]

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Emersyn is officially eleven today – sort of. With the travel time living half way around the world, she is officially eleven during the night. On Sunday, I made cake #4, the school cake. I am done baking the family chocolate cake until October – where is my good Mom award!?! Emersyn did the […]

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Tonight was the second Middle School Concert of the year. Emersyn was so excited to show us how much the 5th Grade band had improved. For the last concert, the new band had only played together for a couple months. Jim was out of town for work, but Eleri and I enjoyed the performance. […]

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Since I am a summer birthday, I am more aware of the importance of a cake at school. I made my second chocolate cake on Sunday for school cake on Monday. Eleri was all smiles blowing out the candles and cutting the cake.

Our little one is growing up […]

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Concordia Idol – what a fun night. Concordia Idol for the 5th/6th graders was Friday night. The 7th/8th Idol was on Saturday night. After the Idol, a dance was held for the children.

The staff and teachers did a fabulous job with Concordia Idol. Mr. Stone was Simon Cowell. He would “criticize” the […]

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Emersyn has finished her “westward expansion” studies of crossing the Great Plains to Oregon. The class played a game of rolling the dice to make decisions about crossing the rivers, encounters with Indians and other hazards along the route. She made it to Oregon, but died on the last day on the roll of […]

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Lately, the blog has been “All about Elle”. It reflects one child is in early learning while the other is not. Eleri’s school days are full of fun activities.

On this day, Eleri’s class began with an Invertebrate Showcase at 8:15am. As Room Mom, I had to be at school later in the […]

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Eleri had a field trip to the Bug Museum (not sure the real name) as the class finishes their studies on invertebrates. The Bug Museum fits the description of a China museum – not worth the effort. Since we arrived back to Shanghai at midnight from Kathmandu last night, I met the class at […]

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On a beautiful, sunny afternoon, the ES children had field day. This year, the 8th graders were helping the Elementary Children. Many stations were set up for the children to enjoy an active day in the sun.

The Bean Bag Toss:

Hospital Bed Race:

Barrel […]