MN State Cheerleading Competition

Here is a short clip her friend's mom took, but then their coach did buy the videos at state. They did get 1st place at State.

These are their pictures take at state. The top one is both the younger group and older group and the bottom picture is just of the older group. Not sure if she will do this or not next year. She initially said no she wasn't when this finished, but if it turns out that several of her friends are doing it again, plus another was talking about doing it that didn't do it before, then she might change her mind. She is talking about trying out basketball next year and she wouldn't have enough time in her life to do swim, cheer and basketball. So I guess we'll find out this fall.

5th Grade Science Project - Gumball Machine

A couple of videos of the gumball machine in action. They had to make it as a group, but if we are being honest she did most of the work.





TO "win" their class gumball project they had to use as many simple machines as possible of the 6 then learned about (they were the only in their class to use all 6) and have it go as slow as possible. They won their classroom, but there was a different one in a different classroom that was slower so they didn't win the grade.

5th grade Spring Concert (Choir & Band)

Isabel is in the back of the band in a turqoise top. She is playing the French Horn. This is her first band concert and they actually sounded fairly decent and when you consider they have only been playing together for 2 months then they sound really good.

I only recorded the band stuff, you can view the whole concert on http://www.owatonnalive.com/Medford-School-Concerts.html

5th grade phy ed gymnastics

They won their classroom competition and advanced to the 5th grade competition, where they tied for 2nd place. The group that took 1st place had 3 gymnasts in it.


This was something they did as a part of their phy ed class unit on gymnastics.

Videos from 5th grade Christmas Concert

Here you go......






I will post some pictures I took of her on my camera later -- these were on my phone.

Band Started

For the last month since she found out that they would be starting be on soon she has been getting with excitement about getting her instrument and starting lessons. They now have started today and she had her first lesson. There isn't anyone else playing French horn so she gets one to use at home and then has another one to use at school so she doesn't have to transport it back and forth which she is very happy about it.

Wax Museum: Inspirational Famous Person - Ellen DeGeneres

Isabel and her group did a report on Ellen DeGeneres as their Inspirational Famous Person. As part of the presentation they participate in a "Wax Museum" and one member has to dress up like the person and say quotes from that person and the others have to give some timeline facts.