This week we had a very special visitor at the intermediate school. Cy came to visit us during milage club. The students were so excited to take their picture with Cy and he even ran some laps with the kids.

Milage club is a program sponsored by Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. It is meant to promote healthy living. 3 days a week students have the option to participate in Milage Club and for every 5 miles they record, they get a prize.Click here to read more about milage club!

3rd grader, Irene Fei was ranked the best chess player for her age group in the United States. Irene has been playing chest for about a year and a half and has dedicated many hours to perfecting her craft. Irene is now practicing for the international chess tournament. She will be traveling to Florida this June to compete.

We wanted to say congratulations to Irene and celebrate all the hard work she has done to get to this point. To read more click here.

Third graders had the opportunity to go to the Botanical Center in Des Moines yesterday. A huge thank you to the Gilbert Education Foundation for making this happen. They were able to learn about numerous plants and the extreme sizes they can grow to. They were fascinated by the sizes of the seeds and how they are able to survive in some habitats. They also had the opportunities to learn about climates and ecosystems. The students say, “it was better than we expected!”