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, May 11, 2012

Thank you!!!!!!

Thank you so much for a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week! Each day was filled with surprises! The notes from the children touched my heart and I will treasure them. The gifts, flowers, fruit, candy, dinner, etc.... were all amazing! My family especially loved the dinner! Thank you also to the FCE PTA for all the lunches, breakfasts, and fun things this week. We enjoyed a free Zumba class on Tuesday which was great! I am walking in the Relay for Life on our FCE team so I will hopefully work off the many pounds that I've gained this week! Thank you again! I certainly feel appreciated! Your children did a great job in the Totally O'Rama today! Their outfits, hair, and make-up was also totally rad! Field Day is next Friday and our pen pals will be here to visit on May 22. We will continue to work hard in class and even get to take a Social Studies benchmark on Tuesday! On Tuesday afternoon we will begin working with our owl pellets which is so fun! Have a great weekend! Thanks again for everything! Sincerely, Pam Bartholomew
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