The third graders have one more week of their Architecture STEM Special. They started the exterior finishing touches but had to follow all the building and zoning codes. For anyone out there who has had to adhere to codes you can just imagine some of their frustration over the design limits.

• No home can be over 3 stories
• There has to be an exit door on all ground floors in both the front and back of the house
• Houses can only have one exterior color
• Windows can only be yellow, black or white
• Roofs and doors can be any color

Join us for our first Garden meeting this Monday after school. All are welcome. Here is a great article about what plants get along.

Tomatoes Hate Cucumbers: Secrets of Companion Planting + Popular Planting Combinations

So many new experiences today in 4th grade. Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Tomorrow is the big day when 4th graders will start using woodworking tools to complete their lamps. The inspiration behind the lamp project was to expose students to building tools that they might not have had the opportunity to use. I grew up as a lumberman’s daughter but it was my mother who made lamps and built furniture.  I won a jig saw when I was in 4th grade and built a doll house for my sister. I went on to design a porch swing for my first apartment, I gutted my kitchen, and built a deck with only women. Check out my Deck Video.
Any parents/guardian who wants to assist in class tomorrow please contact cnesralla@crec.org. (you don’t have to a 4th grade parent)
Potocki 9:30-10:10, Padewski 1:25-2:05, and Barilla 2:10-2:50.