Owl Pellet Dissection

An owl pellet with a feather attached to it. 

Finding the hip bone

A fairly complete skeleton of a rodent.

Skull, lower jaw bones, shoulder blade, and several ribs.

Thanks Mrs. Ransier for helping!

Halloween pics...better late than never

Owl Pellets

Since Poppy is over, we are switching gears from reading to writing. We are going to become experts about owl pellets. Once we've learned all we can, students will then write an informational piece to teach others what they've learned about owl pellets. Below you'll find some links to sites we've used in our learning.

Barn Owl Trust - watch a barn owl regurgitate a pellet
http://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/owl-facts-for-kids/owl-pellets/  

Owl Pellet Dissection - watch a boy dissect an owl pellet
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/owl-pellet-dissection-project

Virtual owl pellet dissection - dissect a pellet on line
http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/html5/v1/fullscreen.html

Watch a barred owl regurgitate an owl pellet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTLaxqmcYeY

Dirty Jobs - Owl vomit collector
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/dirty-jobs/videos/owl-vomit-collector/

SIS Fun Run

 And...they're off!!! How many team 4 kiddos can you find?

Congrats Mallory and Luke G!

SIS social

Maile B. and Mya had a great time at the SIS social!! 

Look at their Viking PRIDE with Viking hat face paint! :)

SIS food drive

 Can you see Luke G. and Madi M. turning in all our food? (Block 1)

 Here's Avery, Makenna, Mya, and Mallory (Block 3) and Luke G. and Madi M. (block 1).

Summer Birthday Party!

We sure had fun celebrating our kiddos with summer birthdays. Each child got their own version of happy birthday and a birthday bracelet.  Hope you have a great birthday this summer!!

Junior Achievement

Thank you Mr. Franklin for teaching us! We learned a lot. 

Mr. Franklin giving Mia her certificate of completion for Junior Achievement. 

Our Talent Show Performers

Bella singing "Let it Go". 

Tim performing a card trick. 

Lucia singing "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"

New Park in Selah

Have you heard of this before? There's not much time left before the May 1 deadline...

Volunteer Park

Merinda Dr. off Selah Loop Rd.

 

Volunteer Park is a proposed all inclusive park which will provide playground facilities to all people regardless of potential limitations. There will be ramps instead of stairs for those who are in wheelchairs. The playground equipment is made specifically for children in mind who have physical or mental limitations. The picnic tables, parking lot, & pathways have all been carefully considered to allow a more diverse population to use the facility.

The purpose of the Selah Parks Foundation brick fundraiser is to raise matching funds for the development of Volunteer Park. The City of Selah has been awarded a grant of $359,000 which requires matching funds to be able to distribute. The grant parameters have limited the city from contributing more than $150,000 in labor, materials, and financial donations. This leaves us with $241,000 to fundraise in donations, goods, and services to be able to complete such a monumental project in our community.

Purchasing a brick though the Selah Parks Foundation is an incredible way to support this community project. The bricks will be placed at the entrance to the park, adjacent to the parking lot and the playground itself. Donations in excess of the required matching funds will be used exclusively, on this park, for future maintenance and continued development. Purchase your gift bricks at

http://volunteerpark.donationbricks.com/.

With your donation, you will be able to personalize a brick. Both upper and lower case characters may be utilized. Brick sizes vary from the standard brick size of 8” by 4” available for $100 to the larger size of 8” by 8” for $250. Each brick will be nutmeg in color (with slight variations), laser inscribed, and epoxy filled in black. You may choose to submit your own company logo to be engraved on an 8×8 brick. This brick will cost $500.

All matching funds will need to be collected by May 1, 2015. All donations after that date will go towards the future maintenance of the park and not directly to its development.

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If you have questions about this project you can email us at selahparksfoundation@gmail.com or talk to Charlie Brown, the Parks and Recreation Manager, cbrown@ci.selah.wa.us or by calling 509-698-7301.