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!





Our 4th Grade Class

In our classroom, we have fun learning and working together. We enjoy reading and responding to tons of great books and articles, writing about our lives and other interesting things, and learning about Texas history. Research and technology play important roles in our classroom. Making observations, thinking deeply, asking questions, and learning new things are part of our daily goals. We also love to share our thoughts and ideas about each of these subjects with each other, with our pen pals, and anyone else who will listen.

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