Welcome Back everyone!
A new year begins on Cuttyhunk Island.... today was Day 8 in school and we've been very busy! Carter is in 4th grade now and Gwen is in the 3rd grade this year.
We started our year with a great guided tour of the Cuttyhunk Historical Society's museum with Director Kathryn Balistrieri and learned all about the Penikese and Cuttyhunk Fishing Clubs which started during the Civil War. We got to play a record on a very old machine called a Victrola. We also looked at our family trees on both Mom and Dad's sides of the family. Both sides of our family tree can be traced back to the island for many generations and we saw where our middle names came from. Then we saw how museums preserve their collections in special rooms where they are a certain temperature and humidity to save them for many years.
A day in Art class - We had a very special visit from artist Gail Grow who was visiting the island on an artists' retreat at Avalon. She brought all kinds of cool artist's tools and taught us about painting with watercolors. She is going to work with us this year to help us write another book too!
Carter learning how to use a watercolor pen brush.
Toby doesn't care too much about Art class (he likes Snack and Recess the best!) so he is sleeping on the job...but still watching our door. :)
Gwen gets some useful tips from artist Gail Grow.
Gwen practicing her watercolor technique.
One of Carter's great watercolors from Art class.
Gwen painted this watercolor of the Gosnold monument in the west end in Art class this summer.
Gwen being funny in Science class. Geology rocks! We are learning all about rocks and minerals. Our new lab coats keep our clothes clean and dry when we do science investigations.
Cooking class with Chef Kathy is awesome! We are going to be cooking foods from all around the world and this month it is foods from Italy. We learned how to make Italian meatballs...yum! We ate some and froze the rest for next week when we learn how to make the tomato sauce. Our new chef jackets will help keep the sauce off our clothes.
Carter being funny trying his chef hat on before Cooking class. He was busting out of his chef jacket like the Incredible Hulk so we have to return it and get an adult size for him! :)
Somebody...named Carter!...is REALLY excited about earning his awesome prize for completing all of his Summer Reading program before school started! It's a very cool remote control helicopter! Congratulations for working hard on your reading this summer Carter!
Until next week,
The Cuttyhunk Kids
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