As we get closer to the end of the year, I have been reflecting on all that we have done this year. Here is a review of some of the great learning experiences and special visitors your children had.

We saw a great performance by Johnny the K. He was a musician sponsored by the PTO and despite being silly and wearing lots of crazy hats, he had a important life lessons to share with the students.

Claire’s grandmother, who is a librarian from Vermont, was a special visitor who came and read to the class one day.

Our study of traditions and cultures culminated in our special international tasting party on the half day before Thanksgiving. We enjoyed all the delicious foods that the families shared with us that day.

Mr. Berube, a Dracut native and former SeaBee, came to school to share his experiences living and working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.

We had special guest readers on Read Across America Day in March. They were basketball players from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.

Representative Colleen Garry came to school to read to the class and talk about government and her job at the State House in Boston.