In August we welcomed back our returning students who were wonderful role models for our new students. The children were excited to see each other and to get back into the materials and playground. They also had to adjust to a change in staff – Beatrix, previously assisting in the north class, took the lead in the south classroom and Parul moved from the south to the north classroom to take Beatrix’s place so it was a wonderfully seamless transition and the children are doing beautifully!  New this year: the guinea pigs will travel between the classes so all the children can get to know them and take care of them; we added chalk boards to the back of the ’Lincoln log’ shed; we introduced “grabbers” so the children could retrieve items lost under the decks and, my son Drew found and fixed-up a playhouse that the children are loving!