The Paper Project: Weeks 21-22
Two weeks have elapsed since I last updated my Picket Fence Post audience on the number of papers my three kiddos (grades 3, 5 and 5) brought home from school.
During those weeks – when we had two kids home sick (each were home from school one day) and they all missed a day of school due to a family situation – a total of 115 pieces of paper were dumped onto the kitchen counter.
Among the items in the array of papers were: 18 pages (worksheets, info sheets, etc.) on rocks and minerals, several flyers about a school read-a-thon, two red flyers about a school fundraising event, the agenda for an upcoming school committee meeting, a short story written by The Eldest Boy entitled “A Man in Black” (about a teacher leading a double life) and a dozen pieces of paper which served as study guides about the colonial era.
The grand total of the pieces of paper sent home from school since the beginning of the school year: 1,260.
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Great achievement for you then! Sending those pieces of paper home from school must be a tough one.
Comment by Lisa Porter - School Fundraising — March 25, 2010 @ 9:05 am