A Very Quick November!

It has been such a busy few weeks, I completely missed posting about Thanksgiving! Maybe it is because it came just after the two days off from Hurricane Sandy and Veterans Day weekend. And now, we are already into the Christmas season.


A quick update on Vasya and Penny in Ross Island, Antarctica. They are both doing well and Jean Pennycook reported that they have two eggs! Great news for all of the Jackson first graders who are following them on http://www.penguinscience.com We look forward to watching the pair as they await their baby chicks! And are delighted to have international neighbors with an adopted penguin from Stefan Nielson’s class in Denmark named Mary and his mate, named Pocholo by students in José Manuel Sáez López class in Petrola, Spain.
Over the next few weeks we are going to work on our Christmas houses in Scratch at the upper grade levels and some holiday greetings in K – 2. With an early Thanksgiving we have a few more days in December to enjoy the wonderful Christmas holidays ahead.
As of this posting it looks like there are 13 sailors who remain in the Vendee Globe. I was very sad to see that Samantha Davies had a demasting early on in the race. She is an inspiration and role model for everyone. Now just 15 days into the race and Vincet Riou, Zbigniew Gutkowski, Jeremie Beyou, Louis Burton, Kito de Pavant and Marc Guillemot are all in the ‘Retired’ group. All of these sailors are the most amazing in the world. I will treasure the book France to France, Antarctica to the Starboard that Skipper Rich Wilson wrote this past summer. He tells his story of the Vendee Globe 2008. There are not that many people who have had the successful completion of this epic race. I am so happy that Rich was able to. Good luck and safe travels to all of the sailors who remain in this year’s race. And for those in the New England area, I recommend Rich Wilson’s upcoming talks in Salem and Marblehead: http://www.facebook.com/rich.wilson.355


16e jour de course – Dimanche 25 novembre by VendeeGlobeTV

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