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!





Sunday, December 1, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi, November 26, 2013

Your children did a wonderful job in the Boogie-O-Rama! Their outfits were groovy, their singing spectacular, and their dancing was awesome! Hats off to all of the children with singing or speaking parts. That can be difficult to perform in front of a lot of people. You were all amazing!

Thank you, Mrs. Dickson, for the beautiful apple pie! We tasted some last night and it tastes as wonderful as it looks. Thank you to everyone who baked or provided pies for our staff. We appreciate it a great deal!

Our school and the FCE Service Club donated 104 toys to OMS and Dell Children's Hospital! We didn't quite reach our goal but that is still A LOT of toys. Great job! The children will love them. We are having a FCE Service Club meeting on Monday, December 2 from 2:45-3:45. All 4th or 5th graders are welcome!

Don't forget that we will have a science test on Electricity, Insulators, and Conductors on Tuesday, December 3. Reading/Math log will be due on Monday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 4 is an early release day.

Encourage your students to go to Stemscopes to practice. (FCE website, For Students-right side, User Name-bartholomew, password-bats). They can also explore some fun Thanksgiving sites and videos on websites linked to our Bartholomew Bat Cave page. (FCE website, Our Staff, 4th grade, Pam Bartholomew, Bartholomew Bat Cave link on left side, social studies links, 2nd two sites listed)

There are tons of fun games and interactives linked to our Bartholomew Bat Cave website. Have fun exploring!
Have a wonderful holiday! See you on Monday!

Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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