Rockin and a Rollin

Kade's Second Grade class and my Third and Fourth Graders perform original songs each of our classes wrote.

Sydney and her friends dress in traditional Malaysian dresses to say goodbye to Auni (front left) as she and her family head back to Malaysia after 3 years at ISR.

The Middle School performs their original song "You're the Sprinkles to My Cupcake"

The goings on this week included saying goodbye to two of our students as they move on, as well as getting a visit from Jim Valley, a former member of Paul Revere and the Raiders, who worked with our students on turning poems into songs.

First we had a "Gonging Out" ceremony for our friends Auni and Haikal. They and their family are leaving us here at ISR to head back to Malaysia. They have been here for three years or so. Auni was in the Middle School and Haikal was in Kade's second grade class. That is one of the pitfalls of teaching overseas. You often have to say goodbye to your friends as families are always moving in and out due to their jobs. We wish Auni and Haikal luck in their new schools.

We were then visited by singer/songwriter Jim Valley who spent two days at our school helping the students turn poems they had written into songs. All of the songs were very cute and he even turned a poem Brooklyn wrote into a song. Look for "Yo-Yo Ballerina" to climb up the charts soon.

Kathi and I are very excited as this week we have nothing scheduled. We don't get completely free weekends here very often. When we do we try to just hang around the house and enjoy some family time. We hope you all have a restful weekend too!