Walking around Eames Way, it is a fascinating school with a lot of cool details. It has a lot of work put into it and I like the decor. When I walk in the door from the bus, I like how the teachers greet me. A lot of them stick out their hands to give me a high-five when I walk by. It makes me feel good to start my day like this. I like the art that is done by students in the front entrance of the school. I like the yellow hallway because I can see other people’s art and ideas. It’s all really unique so it’s hard to pick a favorite. I really like the outdoors and playing at recess, especially with the kindergartners because they are really cute.
We don’t have a lot of play structures in the back fields, but they’re nice and open for other games like soccer and kickball and cheerleading. I really like the play structure because it has a lot of nooks and crannies to have fun with.
I also really like my teacher, Mrs. Simmons, because she is preparing me for sixth grade. We are doing a postcard exchange that is almost finished up and the way we do it is by writing out a paragraph about us and then sending it to other students in a different state in the United States, and then they write back to us. I have written to four states so far: Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Mr. Larson is back at Eames Way after his baby was born, which is really great. One really important detail about EWS is that the teachers are all really nice and willing and easy to have fun with. We are a really small school but inside, we are a big community.
EWS has a lot of wonderful recess choices. There are two playground structures. There is also a kickball field, a soccer field, and open grass. One is for 3-5 grades, with two slides and a monkey bar. The other play area is for K-2 they have a big slide they all love. One cool thing about recess is that 5 and 4 grades go over to play with kindergarten. Their favorite thing to do is play tag with them. It seems like kindergarten loves the big slide. From month to month, it changes what 4th grade and 5th graders do. As of right now, we are playing soccer. The 5th-grade boys and girls play against the 4th grade. I think most kids would agree with me that recess is the best time in school. The teachers like recess too because they can get fresh air and play and socialize with students. If you bring your snow gear, you can play in the snow during the winter. That is how good EWS recess is.
Eames Way School is a fun place. It has two cows in 5th and 1st grade. The first grade cow for Mrs. Daley’s class is named Spot and the second cow for Mrs. Simmon’s class is named Bonnie. Bonnie’s birthday is September 13th. She was 90 pounds and 31 inches tall when she was born. Now she’s 143 lbs 34 inches tall. The reason why students got the cows is to learn about dairy farms. To clarify, the cows don’t live at EWS! They live in Vermont at Dianna Farms.
Bonnie is a Brown Swiss cow, which is a type of cow that is used for meat, but the girl cows are used for milk.
Spot is a girl cow. Her birthday is September 12, 2024, so she is about three months old. The breed is a Viking Red Cross cow breed. Spot is black and white, and at birth she was 28 inches tall and 75 lbs. It takes two days for the milk to be processed before you can drink it. A full grown female produces six to seven gallons of milk per day and 2,000 gallons in one year. Spot’s farmer is named Courtney. Courtney is also Bonnie’s farmer.
That is all about the 5th grade and 1st grade cows.
The Eames Way School PTO will be hosting The Holiday Movie Night on November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM. The movie "The Grinch" will be shown at The Reel Theater at 1 Mill Wharf Plaza, Scituate. Tickets are $10 and snacks and merchandise will be for sale there. Wear your pajamas and feel free to bring an item for the EWS food pantry! Bring your family to share some fun and festive memories!
“Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe… Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.”
~ From How the Grinch Stole Christmas By Dr Seuss
* As a follow up, Student Journalist Evelyn Ellis will be contributing a review of the Holiday Movie Night in next week's newsletter! *
