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KiKi has arrived!

After our hike to Moore State Park, we came home to find a package from Australia!  We have been waiting for our “exchange student” (aka Travel Buddy) since we sent Rocket off to Muswellbrook, Australia last month.

We are so happy Kiki the Koala is finally here.  We can tell KiKi’s family cares about her a lot.  They made her a beautifully painted travel box which included a pillow and a blanket.  She came with a passport and a journal.  The journal had some entries to teach us about Koalas.  We are going to journal her visit with us so her family can learn about the USA.  We were delighted to find some souvenirs in the box for us including an Australian flag, postcards, coins, bookmarks, tattoos, a wombat puzzle,and notecards.

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Australia Close Up

Australia Close Up

Meet Rocket!

rocketimageMeet our class mascot! Rocket is a chimpanzee (not to be confused with a monkey – See this funny YouTube Monkey song).

Robert Goddard, the Father of Modern Rocketry, is famous for the first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket from our town.  Since chimpanzees had been used in space exploration in the 1960s by NASA, we decided to pick a chimp for our mascot.

Rocket is excited about traveling the world and learning about new people, places, and cultures.  Our plan is to send him to visit classrooms all over the world.

Here are some photos of Maggie & James preparing for Rocket’s adventures.

maggiesewsbagMaggie works at the sewing machine to convert a patriotic towel into a travel bag as Rocket supervises her work.

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Meanwhile, James calculates the dimensions for Rocket’s passport photo.

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We decided that sewing the passport together would work better than staples so James tries his hand at the sewing machine while Rocket offers him words of encouragement.


Stay tuned to find out where Rocket is going to visit!