Wk 35-Winding Down...We're @ 1,144! :)

We fed our hummingbirds & recycled for K & 1st grades this wk.  We will probably recycle one more time & that will be it for this school yr.  We have 2 1/2 days of school left! :)  I still don't think the kids have realized that they are having a surprise pizza party to say congrats for all of their accomplishments this yr.  I will write out an announcement & have Mrs. Davis share it on the last day of school about their accomplishments.  :)  They say the pledge the last day of school so that will work out perfectly!  :)  We're going to issue a summer AOK challenge to our school.  Right now mine & Mady's goal is 1 AOK per wk.  :)  We also got the sweetest thank-you card this wk. from Mr. Lane-my hairdresser's father-we sent him 80th BD cards a few wks ago.  I'm going to save all the letters, cards etc. we've gotten this yr. & start an AOK scrapbook!  :)

1,120 (ELEVEN times our goal!) :)

We have surpassed our goal of 100 by 11 & now we're just having a  ridiculous amount of  fun seeing how many AOKs we can actually get done before the end of they year! (7 1/2 days left-not that we're counting!) ;)  The kids are thinking of them & I am LOVING it!  This is EXACTLY what I wanted to happen with this project!  I wanted the kids to step out of themselves & think of others-hopefully it will become a life long habit!  :)
This wk we sent 80th BD cards to my hairdresser's father (who was also a teacher for 35 yrs.), a Good luck with your move card to one of our volunteer's friends (kid idea) & sympathy cards to a Mimi & Papa that lost their sweet kitty this wk :(  (this was also a kid idea).  We of course did our normal recycle today-man those bins are getting heavy w/ the end of the yr. quickly approaching!  ;)
I have a surprise treat in the works for the kiddos-we are going to have a pizza day the last full day of school to celebrate all of their accomplishments!  I am bursting w/ pride for them and thought this would be a super fun way to show it!  :)

Week 33-We Have Surpassed 1,000! :)

We knew we were SO close to the 1,000 mark so we worked extra hard this wk to make sure we'd reach it & we did!  :)  We did an AOK for nature this week-we made bird feeders for the birds around our school...we took toilet paper rolls, spread them w/ peanut butter, & then rolled them in bird food.  Then we put them on branches on trees outside the cafeteria.  This was a super duper easy project that I tried with my Mady 1st.  The kids loved it & I think it will definitely be repeated several times throughout the summer and we will definitely do this again in the winter when the birdies are in greater need of food.  :)
We also wrote letters to one of our intern's husbands.  Miss Cook's (Mrs. Crawford's intern) husband is stationed in Afghanistan until December so we wrote him letters to let him know how much we appreciate his sacrifice.
We also wrote Get Well cards for Mr. Walker (Ms. Walker's father).
Finally, we did our regular recycling today for K & 1st grades.
I am INCREDIBLY proud of my kids for reaching our goal x 10!  As we end the yr. soon I am seeing all the usual growth-they are reading chapter books, they can tell time, they can write stories but a new thing I'm seeing this year is that my kids have learned to step outside of themselves & be kind!  I hope this is a life trait that will stay with them always!
I got the ultimate compliment from a parent today when she came to share lunch with her child-she said she & her son were talking about reaching 1,000 AOK's & she told him, "I think the world is a better place b/c of your class' project.  Don't you?"  and he said, "Yeah, Mom, I really do!"  This makes my heart SO happy & if nothing else happened this year-I reached one of my most important goals I set for myself this year with this project!  :)
We're not done yet...stay tuned to see what else we can do before the end of the year!  :)