I have given out the event assignments, as of April 4th. Sorry that I am running so far behind on getting this taken care of! This is the first time that I have organized this, and I have been having a lot of issues going on outside of school that have kept me sort of out of sinc (ask me privately and I will be open, but I won’t post here).

Some of the students seemed a little disappointed and some weren’t given assignments because they had not turned in any paper work. We will make a few adjustments and get a couple of those kids assignments that weren’t given any…provided they turn in a paper! (Letter to me is ok rather than the form.)

I gave a slight advantage to 5th graders, as they are going on to middle school and won’t get to participate next year, and I also tried to put children together in groups where they could practice together in the most convenient manner.

I have told one child that he is considered an “alternate” after having already discussed this with his parent. One child has not come to meetings and I have not talked to yet about most likely being the alternate. One child was given the opportunity to write me a letter to request an event, but did NOT write a letter….so now I need to consider this in my final decisions.

Science Field Day is on May 17th and is mostly a fun event…if they do well, then that is fantastic, but it is mostly the experience and opportunity in participating that we are going for! This is NOT like History Day, and I don’t feel that there is a lot of pressure on kids to compete and be the winners.

Remember, if you want to compete in the egg drop, build a container that you can drop from a crane and keep your egg safe. This is noncompetitive.