2024-25 School Year–Week Thirty

We started the week off with a trip to the St. Louis Zoo!

It was a beautiful day, and most importantly, we got to see Jet, the baby elephant!

We also worked on wrapping more things up for the year. Ladybug completed her psychology course. She continued reading American Nations. Her term paper is coming along. She’s getting closer to the end of Jane Eyre.

Chickadee began her big review in pre-algebra. She finished the final chapter in science by learning about sight and hearing. We finished reading about the Oregon Trail, and she started an end-of-year project about what she learned. She also began working on her final writing assignment…not nearly as long as Ladybug’s, but a big paper for her!

Next week will be a short week for us, plus I have a field trip planned, and I’m really hoping the weather cooperates…just two weeks to go!

Chickadee Thursday

Chickadee loved the elephant lanterns at the lantern festival at the St. Louis Zoo:

But she loved seeing Jet, the Zoo’s new baby elephant, even more!

Introducing Jet!

Monday was a very exciting day, because we got to see the St. Louis Zoo’s baby elephant, Jet!

We usually visit the zoo at the end of the school year, but this time, we had a very specific purpose…we were hoping we’d be lucky enough to see Jet, who was born on November 23, 2024, in his outdoor habitat, a place he’d only been exploring for about a week. We weren’t disappointed…we got to watch his adorable antics, including some attempts at a dust bath!