Friday was a great day for up, and for parents visiting for International Feast. We had a nice turnout of parents. Thank you all for coming and for bringing such great treats for the kids. The children had a ball experimenting with different tastes. They ate just about everything. Several of the children actually sampled the curry with all the condiments. I think the favorite was Connor’s Australian biscuits, Miss Lisa’s homemade fortune cookies, and Avery’s and Edan’s egg rolls. Miss Nita’s Chicken Paprikash was a big hit as well. Mrs. St. Louis made the poppyseed chicken and Dillon’s parents brought shrimp and noodles. We had spiced peaches and a nice Chinese chicken dish — all delicious and scrumptious.

The children were great right through lunch, and then got rowdy. Not sure why. Usually we attribute this to a weather change. We had some rough customers yesterday, and a faculty decision has been made to send continuous offenders of ordinary rules home.

Ordinarily, we have few rules, but the ones we have create order from chaos. One rule we have for the safety of the children is “no talking in the bathrooms.” When children visit in the bathrooms with breakfast or lunch waiting for them, two things happen: visiting becomes playing and playing means someone is pushed and hurt. Meals get cold on the table while children dawdle in the bathroom.

Another rule we have is: there is no playing after the bell rings. When fifty percent of children are continuing to play, the day just halts.

We ask that no child bring the following to school: food, drink, jewelry, toys, or money, and that no child take toys home with him from school.

These are simple things every child can learn. When they know the rule but don’t abide by it, the discipline goes down the drain.

In the morning we gave away a lot of golden beads, and those beads were given to children who typically behave and don’t break the rules. If you want to know if your child is a rule breaker or abide-r, just look at his medal. Lots of the beads have turned silver and black from age, but each bead represents a week your child did not lose his Honor’s Medal.

We also had some winners of the Knowledge Bee — Savanna and Phoenix. This was a great Bee and the children all did very well — amazing what they know.

In the afternoon, we finished our Davy Crockett movie and did some Japanese art. Mrs. St. Louis showed the children how to paint in the style of the Japanese. Some of them “got” it and some did not.

All in all it was a nice little week!