Sixth Grade:
Sixth Grade will be finishing up Call it Courage and begin a study on Shakespeare.
The trip to the Orpheum Theater to see As You Like It will be on November 5th.
Fifth Grade:
Fifth Graders will be finishing Thesaurus-Rex stories and beginning a breakaway on popcorn. The trip to the Corn Maze will be October 22nd.
Second Grade:
Second graders will be taste testing chocolate this week.
George Rodrigue and Blue Dog
Last year many of our students studied the life and works of George Rodrigue. He will be doing a book signing and demonstrating the art of painting the Blue dog this Thursday at Davis-Kidd book store. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to meet George Rodrigue and experience his creativity up close. 
Rodrigue will be at Davis-Kidd Booksellers Thursday at 6:00 p.m. Davis-Kidd is at 387 Perkins Ext. in Laurelwood.
Third Grade:
Third Graders are becoming “Rockhounds” as we study petrology, the study of rocks. As a part of our research, 3rd grade CLUE students will participate in a rock and mineral lab at the Pink Palace. Ms. Hendrix and Ms. Turner’s CLUE students will be going Monday morning, October 20. Ms. Johnson and Ms. Smithers will be going Wednesday morning, October 15th
3rd graders in CLUE had their chess tournament November 3. The overall winner was Elizabeth Vaughn. Sri Choudannavar was our second place winner. Everyone played well and the chess costumes were very creative!
