The Turtles @ AFS: The House Is Up! and Our Eighth Grade Visitors

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Friday, February 10, 2012

The House Is Up! and Our Eighth Grade Visitors

Today the Turtles were abuzz! First we brought in some more wood from Carol's van, and so when Shawn arrived, we were ready to get to work! We made two more walls, drilling holes and hammering nails. Shawn and Tamara added the roof, and it was all done!

We finished the house just in time to get ready for our 8th grade visitors. It turns out that there was some meanness in the 8th grade, too, and so they decided to come and talk to our kids about the problem of meanness. They paired up with a Turtle for an interview, and recorded their notes on their note pads. It turns out that the meanness is pretty simliar for the big kids, and they were interested in our ideas on how to get the meanness out of the school.