Teva- Day 3

The fifth graders are really awesome!  They have the best spirits and attitudes!  This class seems truly excited about everything we do here.
This morning they learned a lot more about compost first hand.  They know a very cool song about the water cycle too, which I'm hoping they'll share with the school.
The class hiked the mountain today, which they loved.  This afternoon some of them went to an elective where they worked with animals while others went to one on wilderness medicine.  Without exaggeration: everyone has gotten along beautifully; no one has been homesick; everyone has slept well; there have been no overly fussy eaters or complainers.  In fact, they wish we could stay longer!  I can already see that they are changed, so please take the time to notice and listen to their newly gained wisdom when they return. 
Thursday night, your child will likely want to eat meat.  (Only vegetarian fare is served here).  We have been asking them to check for ticks daily, but please do a thorough tick check. 
Here are some quotes directly from the students:
"Milking the goat was fabulous."- Josh P.
"During wilderness medicine, we learned how to make a splint from anything we had in our back backs and some sticks.  It was actually better than I expected."- Yoni
"I went to the goat thing... The goats, you can take out the hay...  There was this goat that started eating my pants- it was funny!" -Leah
"We went to the overview of the mountain.  We ate lunch at the top of the mountain.  We called around the hills, and it bounced back- we got an echo.  It was fun and exciting.  We also got another bead." - Josh B.
"Today when we went up to the top of the mountain... while we were there we saw a bunch of turkey vultures riding by, and it was so amazing." -Emma
"The trust walk was thrilling.  We were all blind folded and then we had to trust the person in front of us.  It was really scary and relieving at the same time.  It was realy fun when we got to take our blindfolds off because then it was the overlook." -Alec
"We prayed the amidah outside, and that was really cool because usually we're in a chapel when we pray and we're all like in the same place, but when you're outside you're spread out and you have like the fresh air, and it's really more relaxing."- Maya