April 2009 Archives

Today we celebrate the 39th Earth Day. One of the reasons I love the Austin area so much is that Central Texans already do so much to help the environment and keep our earth green.

It never hurts to start young! If we can get our children to start thinking about ways to reduce, reuse and recycle, then we have another generation of environmentally conscious and responsible adults to walk in our footsteps.

I wanted to show off a few posters I got from my friends at Village Elementary in Georgetown. Mrs. Cothrin's 3rd grade students drew some very colorful pictures to help us talk about Earth Day this morning on KVUE News Daybreak.

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It was my first visit to Florence and, wow, did the third grade classes at Florence Elementary ever make me feel welcome! I was greeted with lots and lots of smiles and good weather questions (as always!).

The water cycle is a popular topic among second and third grade students. We talked more about it and how it specifically related to our sometimes volitile Texas weather. There was also a good discussion about regular air mass thunderstorms versus severe thunderstorms. Hail was a popular topic, thanks to the devastating hail storm on March 25th.

One of the best things about visiting area schools is the wonderful "thank yous" I get from both teachers and students. Take a look at these. Awesome!
This was a giant card I received during my visit signed by every student.I love all my individual thank you notes. Some of them quite colorful and creative!THANK YOU Florence, for having me come visit and making me feel so at home in Buffaloland!

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