If only dogs could read!  The canines would then be able to fully appreciate the beautiful work our students have done on the kiosk at the Fairhope Dog Park. We will be updating the news and adding artwork throughout the year for dogs and humans to enjoy. 

Our other artwork at the school involves preparations for our upcoming Fall Festival on Friday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. We will have a silent auction, games, pony rides, cake walk, and gourmet hot dogs — to name just a few of the fun events. As always, the entire community is invited. 

Middle-school students are busy reading, practicing the parts of speech, and painting their 360 degree mural, depicting the natural Fairhope and South Alabama region. After much research, this week, raccoons and a few fish were added.  Three-D tree trunks also seem to be sprouting up through the mural. 

During free time, the students are working together to construct a clubhouse on the edge of the beautiful wooded campus. The teachers have whispered that math skills are being used to measure, cut, and place the boards, but the students just think they are having fun.

Science class has us preparing our garden. After reading gardening books, we have decided to plant turnips, lettuce, onions and garlic. We soaked different seeds in water to see how they sprout.  We are also adding native azaleas and banana shrubs to our campus. 

Our cooking class always involves planning and writing the menu, multiplying it to feed the class, shopping within a budget, cooking, then of course the best part – eating!  This week’s dish was homemade pizza.

The school had the pleasure of welcoming author Don Sawyer this week.  Mr.   Sawyer is the author of more than ten books for children and young adults.  The students enjoyed getting to know him and asked lots of questions.  Our own writing program is so varied and concentrated; Mr. Sawyer may have inspired another future author from our own Marietta Johnson family.

Our youngest students aren’t square – but they sure are learning about squares!  Four corners are everywhere we look!  They have also become experts on the letter “B” and the number “3”.

Our days at Marietta Johnson are so enjoyable that we all voted to end the week by returning to school Friday night for a pizza and movie party.  A fun evening for a week of hard work!