"White Christmas"

Okay, this post is not about school, so forgive me in advance for wandering off topic. Yesterday we went to see Sierra Repertory Theater's "White Christmas." What a great show it was! I've always been impressed with SRT and the quality of the productions they put on, but this one was a cut above. The sing, dancing and acting were all superb, and the sets were great looking. I highly recommended taking your family to see this great family show!

Limousines!

Yesterday and today I began to "make good" on my promise to my top fun run pledge earners. Back in early October we held our fun run, and I promised all the students who raised $200 or more that I would get a limo and take them to Applebee's for lunch. Well, we have 34 students who made that goal! I called around and found Stagecoach Liousine in Murphy's seems to be the only local(ish) limo company. They were eager to work with us, and gave us some nice discounts (hence the plug on this blog!). Anyway, we've scheduled 4 days of limo lunches to accommodate all the students. On Monday of this week, I had the first graders from Mrs. Berry's class and the fourth graders from Mr. Calbert's class. Today were Mrs. Stapp's second graders, and Mrs. Ransom's third grade. Next week I'll move up to the middle school, and we'll have a couple of days to complete all the lunches earned there. The trips have been going great, with the students all really enjoying the trip, and they've been getting a lot of attention at Applebee's (who also gave us a nice discount, as well. Plug, plug!) As a matter of fact, I believe tomorrow's paper will have a nice picture of our students outside the limo at Applebee's!

Cross Country

Monday afternoon we had the cross country county championship at Columbia College. Being this was my first year coaching at Twain Harte, I didn't know what to expect the course to look like. I was disappointed to see how hilly it was! I was hoping the conditioning we had done had been enough. The race started with the 6th graders and after about 200 yards, they were out of sight. The course is comprised of 3 different loops. After the first loop, the runners returned to sight. After the first 10-15 runners, I knew something was wrong when one of my best runners, Jason, was no where in sight. I started back up the trail and quickly came across Jason limping back in. He had slipped and fallen on one of the hills, as he was in 2nd place. A trip to the first aide tent and some ice on his twisted ankle was all that was needed, but he was out of the race.

I was very proud of how our runners did in the meet and we had several runners who placed well. Sarah was the third place girl in the 6th grade. In 7th grade boys, Jered and Ben were 2nd and 3rd, respectively. A very good showing for TH schools!