Break Out Day

Break Out Day is probably one of my favorite days of the year! Everyone is doing something fun and can be a learning experience. The 6th graders went bowling and to a movie and the 8th grade went skiing - yes we have fake skiing in Iowa! They headed down the big hills in Montezuma, IA!

The 7th grade stayed at school - probably because none of us were brave enough to take them out of the building - nah they are good kids. We had several classes that the kids could choose from. Below are some fun picts of the kids thoughout the day.

I taught a web design class, but one my break I went and decorated a cake. I couldn't let my husband get better than me!

This was probably the highlight of my day - this is the hip hop video. I didn't post the one with music because it is not nearly as hilarious as this one. Watch Nash on the far left side in the blue!

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Poor Kurtis and his cake aren't doing so well!

A group made our lunch of pizza and snicker salad and root beer floats. Not bad and I didn't even get sick!

Air-powered rockets was another fun hit. They made rockets that blasted over 75 feet down the school halls. You can tell by Jackie's face (teacher on the floor) that she had a crazy bunch of kids - aka Corey M.

Andrew is one of our resident crazy chemistry students. He is eating his ice cream in a bag! Not sure what happened to his hair???

This is my friend, Kate, the crazy chemist. She is teaching how to make a bouncy ball - most of which turned out to be a pile of slime.

Kyaking was also a lot of fun if you could stay in your boat - notice Jarret on the right halfway out of his boat again!

This group is making shadow puppets with the librarian, Ruth. They had a play with the light board on the left.

Dillon is hard at work at fly tying? It has something to do with fishing, but I am clueless on what they did!?!?!?

Amana has a lot of traditions in this small German community. Here the kids were making the bunny cookies that are made at Easter - a special recipe.
This video is how they decorate the Easter eggs. The stuff in the bowls is furniture glue and water boiled for 45 minutes with a couple drops of food coloring. Another great Amana tradition.

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These girls are doing a day at the spa. They learned to make bath soak stuff and other stuff to relax the body.

Beading looked like a lot of fun. The girls sported their birthstone bracelets.

One of our couselors was crazy enough to give eight 7th graders paint brushes to paint a mural on the hall. It turned out nice!

I didn't get pictures of all the classes, but there were over 25 classes offered - quilling, make-up, up-dos (one word), snorkling, hunting, scrapebooking. They kids had a blast but were exhausted after a hard days of work and fun!