GratiTour Day 1: Monday

 

GratiTour Info

Be at the school by 7am sharp for our GratiTour! Here is the packing list and itinerary. :)

Packing List

Warm, comfortable clothes for five days. 

A light jacket. A sweatshirt.

A bathing suit.

Stuff to keep your teeth, hair, and body clean and shiny. 

A Bible.

Comfy shoes. 

Please do not bring those things that annoy the Principal... 

No hand held video games. No iPods. 

Kindles? I am a fan of reading, but I am not a fan of lost expensive electronics. Because this is a seventh grade trip, I’ll say yes. Two words... Protect it!

Don’t forget a Bible.

Cell phones? Keep ‘em hidden. No random, frivolous texting. Misuse a phone, lose a phone. The trip is about gratitude, so you will be encouraged to call your parents often to thank them for being great people who love you and who have sacrificed greatly for you.

Money for five, fast food lunches.

Money for souvenirs. But the trip is about gratitude and not about you and stuff and things you wont use when you get home. More will be said about this on the trip, but some money for worthy mementoes is encouraged. 

If you still have it and still like it, bring the Bible Mrs. Barr gave you. It’s okay to bring two Bibles if another one is your favorite.

Questions? Feel free to contact me.

-Pastor Steve

Itinerary

Monday

Lunch San Luis Obispo / Carls, Jr. 

Drive up highway 1 stopping multiple times to experience the beauty of the remote coastline. 

Dinner: Pizza in Monterey

Tuesday

Morning: Monterey Bay Aquarium

Lunch: Monterey

Afternoon: Maybe Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Continue driving up highway 1 to Half Moon Bay stopping multiple times to experience the coastline

Visit Mavericks beach.

Dinner: Half Moon Bay

Evening walk on the beach

Wednesday

Drive into San Francisco

Morning: Visit and explore Cliff House

Afternoon: Row boats in Golden Gate Park / Roller blade in Golden Gate Park

Evening: Visit Cal Berkeley

Thursday

Morning: Bicycle across the Golden Gate Bridge

Afternoon: Walk through Grace Cathedral and St. Mary’s Cathedral, and trolley car

Evening walk up Market Street

Friday

Drive home, with a stop at Stanford University

Bullfrog Tadpoles

To go along with our chapter on vertebrates, we are raising 6 bullfrog tadpoles!  They currently breathe with gills and have tiny, non-functioning hind legs and no front legs.  We'll watch the metamorphosis into adult bullfrogs over time. Did you know a female bullfrog can lay as many as 20,000 eggs? To learn more interesting facts about American Bullfrogs, click here for their page on National Geographic.  http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/american-bullfrog/

Spring Break

Thank you to all the parents who brought food for our delicious Easter Breakfast!! You were a huge blessing.  Students, I hope you all take some time to reflect on the power of Jesus' resurrection this weekend.

Also, have a FUN and safe Spring Break! Don't waste it! Read books! Spend valuable time with loved ones.  :)

Long Beach Grand Prix

Talent Show Pictures

Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities

I hope you are enjoying graphing systems of linear inequalities! If you feel like you need some more review, watch this short YouTube video that goes over what we've been learning. :)

Elizabeth Joice Article

I came across this article about a pregnant woman who had a very hard decision to make.  It's a powerful story.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mom-succumbs-cancer-weeks-giving-birth/story?id=23180762

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to our spelling bee winners!  Great job!!

In other news... Here are the earthworms from our wormery before they burrowed into the soil. 

Archimedes

Check out our new class pet, Archimedes!