Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great weekend celebrating with Adam's Dad and Stepmom. They flew into town on Tuesday night and stayed until Saturday. While they were here we played football, went on an amazing hike in Sierra Madre (My new favorite Town!), shopped around Beverly Hills and Santa Monica and ate lots and lots of good food. It was so nice to spend the long weekend with them and our friends. They also spent a lot of time with Kailey and I think they agree that she is one cute little kitty!

Football on Thursday Morning!

We decorated our house Sunday night and trimmed the Tree!

My School Was Re-Named!

Yesterday my school where I worked was re-named to CHIME Institute's Schwarzenegger Community Charter. I know what you are thinking...Schwarzenegger??? Why him??? I thought the same thing at first but after hearing more about his passion for Charter schools and the amazing work of his wife Maria Shriver and her Mother, especially dealing with Special Education It seemed a good fit. As most of you know our school is a model campus for inclusion and we strive hard to make sure that belonging is not something earned but something everyone is granted the moment they walk through our door. We recently merged the middle school and elementary school onto one campus and our old name of CHIME Charter Elementary was no longer appropriate and the word Schwarzenegger is such a great spelling word for the kids! With the help of Maria Shriver we quickly become the new and exciting Schwarzenegger Community Charter. We had a really great re-naming ceremony yesterday where Arnold, his wife, three of his children and other representatives from the state and district came out. I have included some pictures of the big day. The best part was when he left he said, "I'll be back!" The kids loved that part!!!

Arnold in front of our new sign!

Arnold and his family receiving our school's gift of art!