Weekend Activities - 10/20-21

First, NO MATH homework since we did not have math today. (It was an already impacted schedule and the photography crew was running behind schedule which especially infringed upon the fourth grade math time.)  But, my math class will be having a make-up quiz on Monday covering Topics 1-4. Now that's out of the way...

• SATURDAY, 10/20
• 2012 8th Annual Buddy Walk sponsoring the National Down Syndrome  Society.  9:30 - 2:00 pm at Lake Cunningham Park (@ Cypress Pavilion). Walk begins at 11:00 am. Activities include Free Food, Music, Jazzercise with Jerome, Hip-Hop Dance, Raffle, Information Booths, Kids Activities, Game Truck and more! Donations are tax deductible. $2 raffle tickets sold on-site. Possible prizes include: 2 Jet Blue tickets with 2 night stay; Insignia 32" flat screen TV, restaurant gift certificates and more! More info: http://buddywalk.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1033172
• FREE ArtSpark concert by the Silicon Valley Symphony on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Email me if you would like the voucher (for free tickets) and just follow the instructions to redeem it for up to 6 FREE tickets! (You'll need to print the voucher out.)
• "Ohlone Days" at Deer Hollow Farm (Los Altos Hills) - $5 admission. From 1 - 4 pm. The festival offers a chance for the public to spend an afternoon in the Farm's Ohlone Village normally closed to the public. Step into the daily lives of the original Bay Area inhabitants, the Ohlone, who lived here for thousands of years. The replica underground sweathouse and Tule shade and sleeping structures will be open, and trained docents will provide short talks on how the Ohlone lived.
  Demonstrations Activities: Fire Starting, Face Painting, Flint Knapping Hoop & Spear Game, Tool Making, Acorn Grinding, Sweathouse Rope Making, Story Telling, Shell Drilling, Cooking, Music. More info: http://www.fodhf.org/ohlone_2012_flyer.pdf
• Edward Peterman Museum of Railroad History (South Bay Historical Railroad Society) - FREE admission from 10 am - 3 pm. Learn more about the Santa Clara train station, train history in the county, and trains in general! More info: http://www.sbhrs.org/index.php

• SUNDAY, 10/21
• Museum of American Heritage, Science and Technology (Palo Alto).  FREE admission to a unique museum held in a large historic home in Palo Alto.  Hours: 11 am - 4 pm (Fri./Sat./Sun). For more info: http://www.moah.org/index.html
• It's chestnut season! Skyline Chestnuts opens their chestnut picking season this weekend. Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to dusk. Call ahead for more info or visit their website: http://skylinechestnuts.com/ . The drive is rather bumpy as you will be traveling through the mountains. Careful! Chestnuts are actually inside a prickly shell! Please read some helpful Yelp reviews about this place before visiting: http://www.yelp.com/biz/skyline-chestnut-orchard-la-honda

LASTLY, two things:

1) This is just a reminder that on Tuesday, 10/23 around 9:25 a.m., our class will be hosting a special visitor.  This special visitor has a distinct nose and some pearly whites. The "fin"al clue is he sometimes drives the Zamboni at the HP Pavilion! :)  In order to accommodate this special visitor (since HE tells us when he's coming), your child may not be able to participate with the PE/Music activities that day.  However, I think it'll make a great memory for all the students who will be present!

2) District Assessments (Language Arts/Writing and Math) will be administered in class next week.

Have a great weekend!

- Mr. Amutan