Go Green or Go Home???

I was listening to a Mars Hill Bible Church podcast and wanted to relay some interesting facts regarding our Earth...
REDUCE ENERGY COMSUMPTION

25% of your energy bill is from phantom power...meaning just having things plugged in and not using them uses up energy. Consider using a power strip and turning it off when you are not using those items.

If every American used Energy Star appliances, it would equate to taking 3 million cars off the road.

If every house in America switched out one incandescent bulb for a compact- fluorescent bulb, it would be equivalent to taking one million cars off the road.

Stay tuned for the next entry regarding recycling...there are some amazing stats you have to read to believe!

Off to a Great Start!

Week two is done and in the gradebooks... Fredstrom's class is doing a great job so far, and he is very proud of them. After some assessing, it has come to his attention that 18 of his 21 students are below grade level in reading...this shows how important it is for students to turn off the video games, computer (unless you are reading this!), or TV and open a book! Research consistently shows the more TV and video games a child watches or plays the lower their achievement levels! Starting September 10th, Arrowhead will be offering "READ IT", an opportunity every weekday morning for students to either read to or be read to by a teacher for 30 minutes before school starts. This is offered to all students and is FREE! It starts at 7:55 in the library. Hope to see you there!

Back to School!

School starts Monday and I would like to wish all those involved: parents, students, teachers, and administrators the best this year. For all of my regular blog suscribers...there will be a number of school-type posts, you can read them and see what we are up to in the fourth grade, or just delete them. Welcome to the 2007/2008 school year!