Slay the 5K

The only pictures of our school's first 5k fundraiser are screen shots of the crazy storm that came in Saturday afternoon when we were supposed to be running the race. After working on the committee to plan this race the last eight months, it was disappointing that we couldn't actually run the race, but we did get a lot of things organized and learned a ton of information that we can use next year. There was a free race that was organized because a few races got cancelled this past week because of the rain that will take place in a few weeks.

It was a good call to cancel...we ended up getting six inches of rain and the park where the race was supposed to take place was flooded.

Lake Atalanta trail 

Square to Square

This is the second year I completed the square-to-square marathon. It's not really a race, just a group of (not so smart) people that get together every year and decide to run from Bentonville square to Fayetteville square. There are no rules...you can run any route you want. We mostly stay on the trail, but come off in Springdale to cut off a few miles. This year, because of all the rain, we had to run through a tunnel full of mud that was interesting and the small creek we cross to cut off a few miles was very high. We can usually step on rocks to get across, but they were under water. So, the group I was with decided to take off our shoes and wade across (did I mention this was mile 21...). Well, I dropped my shoe in the water and it started floating down the stream. I quickly had the option to jump in and get my other shoe and socks wet to retrieve my shoe or run with one shoe the rest of the way to Fayetteville. So, I jumped in...and ran with sloshing feet the 6 remaining miles.

The race does not have shoe chips or official times, but someone collects your time off your watch at the finish and you get your name on a back of a shirt in the order of finishers. This year my watch time was 4:37:00. Mileage was 26.59 miles. I finished 41/103 people. Considering how hilly the route is and all my stops, I was happy with the finish. There is also an unofficial photographer for this "race."

6am with my girls. Ready to leave Bentonville Square

Coming up the huge hill on Dickson Street in Fayetteville 

Around mile 6-7 in Bentonville

John and the kids waiting for me in Fayetteville

A Girl and Her Dog

Slay the 5K

I have been on the committee to organize the inaugural St. Vincent de Paul Slay the 5k and fun run. We have been working on this since the fall! We have raised about 15k in sponsors and about 5k in the pledge drive. I was in charge of designing the logo and organizing the pledge drive. Lesley and I bought the prizes and got the flyer ready. One week to go before the race!

World Experience Day--Native America

This is such a fun day for the kids. The parents spend half a year organizing a country and transform the school property to it. The day starts with the kids getting their passports stamped and then they rotate through different stations throughout the day. This year the county was Native America.

Opening ceremonies--It's a Small World

Leather making station

Arrowheads

arrowhead dig

Navaho code talking

Can they break the code?

Grinding grain

Cave drawings. Cool glow in the dark chalk is awesome!

Pottery

Native American flute

Wax museum and trail of tears (7th and 8th grade helped with this)

Animal tracking

The legend of the Orca puppet show

The legend of the strawberry

St. Kateri Takakwitha

Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea and Will Rogers travel the school educating along the way

Canoe racing--Jack and Brennan did really well with this!

Each class made their own totem pole

Indoor lacrosse

Corn husk dolls

Addition Update

They busted into the bathroom today--

Spring Pictures