3rd Grade celebrated Pioneer Day

On Wednesday, May 18th 3rd Grade celebrated Pioneer Day. The students created a living museum depicting what life was like for pioneers in 19th century America. The tour began in the theatre with entertainment from the era, including square dancing, guitar players, fiddle players, and Elbow Room. From there, trail guides led their families and other CEA students to the various vignettes set up around the school, which included depictions of farming, a homestead, a school, the transcontinental railroad, the pony express, and the gold rush, among others. The celebration was a tremendous success! Thank you to our third grade teachers: Ms. Jolliff, Mrs. Perez, Mrs. Majors, and Mrs. Espina for their wonderful work! 

Parent Tesimonial

Dear Ms. Jolliff, Mrs. Majors & Mrs. Perez,

I wanted to thank you so so so much for bringing such a wonderful learning experience like Pioneer Day back to 3rd grade! I feel extremely lucky and grateful that both my children (Angelica- now in 8th and Anthony) were able to participate and learn so much from this experience. I was really impressed yesterday with all that they have learned in the last few weeks. They really got into it and they did such a great job of showing us that they knew what they were talking about. There was not one question asked that was not answered. I am so proud of them and mostly so grateful to you for doing such a great job of teaching this to them and putting Pioneer Day together. This is an experience that they will remember for a lifetime and unlike studying for a test where most of the time they learn the material for the test but a year later, don't ask them about it, this was a true long term learning experience.

Thank you again :o)

Best Regards,
Ana M. Padron - Anthony Guzman's mom