What a trip!

Thanks to Jennifer Packard, and the folks at Jesse's Restaurant the fifth graders got to see one local company's effort to reduce its carbon footprint.  Through local gardens (on the Jesse's lawn), and a huge compost pile, Jesse's is reducing, reusing and recycling.

With the impending frost, the fifth graders got to harvest the entire garden.  We found carrots, eggplant, peppers, lettuce, green beans, broccoli and lots of tomatoes.  Then we were treated to a buffet lunch complete with an ice cream sundae.  YUM!  The Vielleux Crew learned about the word "etiquette" in a Daily Language Review assignment, and transformed our new knowledge into a discussion of restaurant etiquette, and more specifically buffet etiquette.  There are some of the rules for this special occasion that we came up with.

• Don't YUCK my YUM (Thanks, Jessica)!
• Take only what you're going to eat.
• If you have to sneeze or cough, do it away from the food.
• Say please and thank you.
• Use your utensils appropriately.
• USE UTENSILS.
• Chew with your mouth closed.
• Use a napkin.

Here are some other photos of our day: