And my school visits are now in full swing! Sometimes when I enter a school, I worry how the day will go. But when I recently visited the Hopewell School in CT, all my worries quickly disappeared.
Because the first thing I saw was a big welcome banner!
And that wasn't all! The whole school was decorated with projects the students had done with books. There was a huge fortune cookie board, in honor of
Fortune Cookie Fortunes:
Each class in 4th and 5th (I think) grade wrote their own fortunes:
which were bother flattering:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PAgLhbRQTvM/UmUlMgUfvZI/AAAAAAAANC0/YCeUJs963Jk/s320/fortune_niceshoes.JPG) |
You have nice shoes! |
and encouraging:
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sE13hdYTDbk/UmUrmP5FxcI/AAAAAAAANGo/lYXUYauMnQM/s320/goodwriter.JPG) |
You are a great writer! |
And with the
new book now out, I was so happy to see that
Ling and Ting was so popular. Some classes had the students imagine they had a twin:
Their little essays cracked me up:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XMg1MOlEBxk/UmUlrYI4KNI/AAAAAAAAND4/NVqAwzcWcpg/s320/havetwin2.jpg) |
"If I had a twin it wold have the same hair and have the same name...but I am tanner." |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-siK4RpHhEc0/UmUlrVhqBGI/AAAAAAAAND8/nVQYtvA1hRU/s320/havetwin3.jpg) |
my favorite line: "But we have the same allergies." |
Other classes wrote how they were similar and different to Ling and Ting:
These were really sweet:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EvifdJ0A1CY/UmUmOD3IbwI/AAAAAAAANEk/7LkcJxgDXhM/s320/likeLT2.jpg) |
Ling IS kind! |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2yAL7rd-aDA/UmUmOCi9dAI/AAAAAAAANEo/fvangfr_7MA/s320/likeLT.jpg) |
I am messy like Ting, too! |
But the most eye-catching displays in the school were the moon-themed ones; in honor of
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and
Thanking the Moon, of course:
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DNcy8TSGHmo/UmUmnAbcurI/AAAAAAAANE0/Uf4W6ij9Y5s/s320/panaramoa.JPG) |
this one spans the whole wall of the cafeteria! |
Students wrote what they were thankful for:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-85z4RmRUaZo/UmUnLPn29gI/AAAAAAAANGI/oR3X1j0IqDk/s320/wonderfullife.JPG) |
"I am thankful for my life because I have a wonderful one..." |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZCIbZip728/UmUmxqk7OSI/AAAAAAAANFI/j8Fe19tAUsM/s320/captainamerica.JPG) |
"Thank you for keeping Captain America alive..." |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OS1WrGCLi9M/UmUmxny4EoI/AAAAAAAANFE/biKTj93sFgM/s320/chickens.jpg) |
I think it's funny that this student is thankful for his/her chickens before his her parents! |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GFkiV_WFcM/UmUmxhCwEuI/AAAAAAAANFM/pD88bV4wuSc/s320/food.JPG) |
Yes, I'm thankful for food too...that death drawing is quite gruesome |
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-COnfxPxTPBs/UmUnKoCE8NI/AAAAAAAANFw/vv91xfS3L_w/s320/penguins.JPG) |
a hollow shell without penguins! |
But I admit it was their secret wishes that I couldn't stop reading:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEfZpVmP68E/UmUmx_AfxpI/AAAAAAAANFY/aVb1B01gE4c/s320/handstand.jpg) |
"...I hop my sistr gets her handstand today." |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HaQx2Dnhb3E/UmUnFqACSUI/AAAAAAAANFk/6D26XCBcOV8/s320/messy.jpg) |
"I wish that I was neat and not messy." ME, TOO! |
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RgSmBFDoAkY/UmUnKVVJDmI/AAAAAAAANFs/t8eSXjUH3PY/s320/pancake.JPG) |
"I wish I had a giant pancake" |
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VCYIfAyC89o/UmUnLIRg-LI/AAAAAAAANF8/f-5hg91PieI/s320/unicorns.jpg) |
"...to see a unicorn..." I think I had that wish, too. |
But I didn't have to wish for anything more from the school! It was a great visit!
Thanks, Hopewell School!