Life at Cadiz West II Elementary

We had our District Competetion last week, which is like a field day competetion among 11 schools, with cultural events too. My favorite is the native game Sipaktakraw (not sure of the spelling). Here's some pics of that. It's basically a bamboo ball, there are three kids on each side, and they try to volley back and forth using their heads and the inside of their feet, like hacky sack. Apparently it is really exciting to watch when the players are good at it. My students were lucky to get it over the net twice in succession. It was still cool to see a brand new game like that.

They also had foot races, soccer, and native dance. It was a good day.

Another thing our school is doing is being in a school-beautification competetion. This is getting silly. The kids spend hours every day, doing things like painting the rocks and trash cans, and sweeping the dirt. Many many new things have been put in the school yard. Here are some pictures of the Math Garden. There are cement fractions, and a cement slice of pizza to represent fractions. Cement math symbols, too. I don't understand it all, really. We've also gotten about 10 new murals painted, and they are absolutely beautiful. They're doing a big solid waste management program as well, which is pretty beneficial and important. But painting rocks? I just don't get it.