Red Ribbon Week!

Monday we wore RED to kick off Red Ribbon Week!
Tuesday we wore team shirts to team up against drugs!

Wednesday we wore silly socks to leave footprints worth following!

Thursday we veered from the plan to wear our pumpkin shirts to visit the pumpkin patch!

Friday we wore book character costumes to show good character and that we are hooked on books, not drugs!

Lots more pictures to come!

Introducing Namukasa Christine!

We got our first look into the school lives of our partner teacher Namukasa in Uganda!

We already know so much about them that we can't wait to share with you!

We also learned that about half of the students own a pair of shoes.

Our class is very interested in helping the boys and girls to all have shoes.

If you have any ideas we are all open to suggestions! We will keep thinking how we might be able to help!

This picture is of Namukasa's class having porridge.

This is their snack during the day.

They dream of having sugar to sweeten their porridge!

As you can see many of the kids have gotten uniforms for school, but some children are still unable to do that. Namukasa said that the kids have to wait until their parents have made money from their crops to buy one.

October Birthdays

Carter 12th

Mrs. Capps 17th

When I Grow Up

Boosterthon!

Penpal!!!

With the wonderful help from Kylee's dad, we have been matched with a penpal teacher in Uganda. Our penpal is a kindergarten teacher named Namukasa Christine and she works in a small school 42 miles outside of Kampala. She has 17 students! We are so excited to learn more about each of them. Today we had a special visit from a Red Bug parent that is the founder of an organization called Saving Grace in Uganda. It is a charity that helps care for street children in northern Uganda. She brought many items to share with us along with a picture slideshow presentation to help us better understand the lives of children over there. We saw pictures of cafeterias, classrooms and schools. We also learned about their houses (huts) and how they get water and take care of themselves. The kids were fascinated and had lots of questions! Ask them about it! Here are a few pictures of some of the items that Mrs. Val (Bransdorfer) brought to share with us! We hope that you will be excited to learn more about our penpals!