Bartholomew Bats!


Our school is located in Round Rock, Texas which is near Austin. Austin and Round Rock both have huge populations of Mexican Free Tailed Bats that live under our bridges. A colony of bats lives beneath the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin and in Round Rock, another colony resides under the Interstate 35 bridge over McNeil Road. Each evening from March to about October, the bats fly out from beneath the bridge and search for insects to eat. The emergence of the bats is a wonder to watch. We are also thankful that all these millions of bats eat the bugs by our homes.

Our class mascot is the Bat to honor the mammals that live so close to us and help us. (also because Bat and Bartholomew both start with the letter B!) The bats in Central Texas live together in a group and help take care of the young. Then they migrate together as a team. Our class will also live together in our classroom, work together as a team, and help each other out. We are the Bartholomew Bats!





Friday, December 16, 2011

Happy Holidays!

Hi,

Happy Holidays! We had a wonderful holiday party! Thank you Mrs. Geyer, and all the other parents who helped and/or donated items. We also had fun making gingerbread houses with our first grade buddies. Thank you to all the parents who donated items for that as well! Thank you for all of the presents! I can't wait to go shopping with my Visa gift cards! You are all awesome!

We have been busy! We enjoyed a great visit with the author, Jeff Crosby, last Friday as well as a fantastic concert by the Ridgeview band, orchestra, and choir. Our pen pals had fun also last Friday sharing holiday stories, and playing games. Our next visit with our pen pals will be on January 10. We will be making clay bowls with Mrs. Arnold. The bowls will be donated to the Empty Bowl Project in April. The bowls will be sold and the proceeds will go to the Round Rock Serving Center. Feel free to join us at 1:00 for our visit on January 10. You can make a bowl also!

Science Projects are coming up! The packet went home in Thursday folders and is also available on the FCE school website. The first checkpoint is due on Thursday, January 5. I have attached it. Doing a science project is required for fourth graders. The project is required but entering the fair is optional, however, if your child is making the project, he/she might as well enter it in the fair. The FCE website also has tons of helpful links for science fair projects. Go to FCE, students, then Science Project Resources. Have fun and enjoy being very scientific.

Don't forget that Holiday Reading Logs are due on Tuesday, January 3. The students are required to read 200 minutes over the 17 days. We are making it a contest and there will be prizes for anyone reading over 200 minutes. The children will choose a prize based on the amount of time read. (Readers with the most time read get to choose first)

Have a wonderful holiday! Be safe and enjoy time with family.

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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