A beautiful drive

Yesterday I drove up to visit Pinecrest Elementary. My official job title is "District Principal" meaning I'm responsible for all four schools in the Twain Harte -Long Barn Unified School District. Those schools are Black Oak Elementary, Twain Hart Middle School, Twain Harte Academy, and Pinecrest Elementary. I haven't been up to visit Pinecrest yet, and decided yesterday was a good day to go up the hill. The little 3-room Pinecrest school is in a beautiful location at about the 5800 foot level in the Sierra. Chris Bunow, the office manager, took me on a tour of the three classrooms. It was nice to see Mr. Brown's 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms, and talk to some of his students. We then went to Mrs. Hebert's K, 1, 2 class and talked with those students a bit. Finally we headed outside to visit Ms. Terry's 6th, 7th, & 8th graders out in the portable classroom. I enjoyed speaking with the upper graders and meeting the triplets (half of the entire 7th grade class!). After spending a few more minutes chatting with some of the parents and volunteers around the school, I was needing to head back down the hill. Before I did that, however, I decided to drive up to Pinecrest Lake. I had heard of how beautiful the lake was, but had never seen it. It is about 3 minutes up the road from Pinecrest School. If you live in the area, you've undoubtedly gone to the lake. It certainly lived up to it's reputation as a lovely Sierra lake.