Visiting 2009-10

Owney Is Enjoying Visiting paw

Updated 2/6/10

East Group
10/14/09
I received Owney today. Thank you so much and we are excited to get started.
Shelley

11/30/09
Owney has arrived safely at St. Michael School in Baltimore Maryland. We will send another email in the next few days about what he has been doing with our 2nd graders. I know that he will be joining the 2nd graders at Lunch with Santa on Saturday afternoon.
Bonnie Laur
St. Michael School

2/6/10
Dear Friends of Owney,
Owney arrived from Ohio last week and now is on his way to Arkansas. My 4th graders enjoyed his visit as well as all the activites we did to celebrate! We ended his visit with a trip to the Post Office, tour, and finally sending him on. Enjoy! And thank you to the organizers of this project. We have learned so much through this fun activity.
Alice Hodde Hamburg, Iowa

West Group
10/18/09
I wanted to let you know that Owney made it to our school last Wednesday and will be shipping out of here this coming Wednesday. I am shipping Owney to Leslie Kronk in Waconia, MN. Thank you!
Bridget Wengert

10/30/09
Owney finally arrived on Tuesday of this week. He's apparently a slow mover. He had a very busy day here. Our class had Dog Math, Dog Reading,
Dog Writing, Dog Science, a Dog Movie, and the very favorite: Dog Recess!

Owney is now on his way back to Missouri. We'll send out our postcards later.
Leslie Kronk

11/16/09
Owney has left Missouri and is headed to his next classroom. He was sent out on Friday, and should be arriving at his next stop by the middle of the week. I will email that teacher tonight to let her know that he is on the way.
We enjoyed having him visit.
Barb Morris

11/30/09
Owney arrived on the 19th. I waited until the 27th to mail him out because I did not want him to get lost over Thanksgiving. He should arrive in Arkansas soon. Interesting note: During Owney’s visit we found out that our art teacher’s grandfather worked as detective for the US postal Service in the 1880’s. She remembers him telling her that he once traveled around the world with a famous little dog. We think it must have been Owney!
Jodi White

1/5/2010
Well, Owney arrived safely at Ute Pass Elementary, just before the Winter Break. Owney had fun at our school and we even had a party with all of our stuffed animal friends. Owney got all tired out and was ready to move on to California. Look for our postcards, soon!

Greg DiFiore
Check out our class website and blog at:
http://mrdifioresclassblog.wordpress.com/about/
It is an interesting site.

1/19/10
Dear Friends of Owney,

Owney arrived in sunny California during our winter break. When we returned to school we read the stories written about Owney and watched the video from the old Animal Planet, Animal Legends. We looked at the pins Owney was wearing and the things others have put in his box.
We talked about how all the states are so different. We talked about how many states have snow in the winter. It’s difficult for students in southern California to learn about winter. We don’t have snow here at all. Sometimes it gets “cold” and we have to wear jackets, but usually that weather pattern lasts for a few days and then we get back to our usual warm and sunny days. Today the news is full of “storm watch” reports about the rain. It is expected to rain a lot this week and we’re not ready for it. The biggest problem is that many areas nearby have had fires and so there aren’t plants and trees left with their roots to hold the soil in place. We may have mud slides.

We talked about how most students in our area have been to the places tourists come to California to see. Every student in this class has been to the beach. The famous beaches of Malibu are just about 20 minutes to the south of us and there are other beaches even closer where we like to lie in the sun, build sand castles, and watch the surfers. We can look up at the mountains and sometimes see snow on the peaks as we come to school. We can drive a few hours so to see the Mojave Desert. There are famous amusement parks like Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott’s Berry Farm, and Six Flags Magic Mountain are close enough to go for the day. Every student in our class has been to Disneyland.

On Saturday Mrs. Adams took Owney to Universal Studios where he “walked”

the red carpet and even met Dora the Explorer.

Here is a picture of Dora getting ready to put

Owney in her backpack!

Aloha, Owney! It’s time to fly to Hawaii!

Bev Adams (and the first grade class)
Dos Caminos School
3635 Appian Way
Camarillo, CA 93010

1/30/10
Aloha Everyone!
Owney was having such a wonderful visit, we decided to mail him out on Monday morning!
He will be on his way to Fisher Mitchell School in Bath, Maine! "BRRR" is all Owney can say!
Enjoy the scrapbook of photos enclosed in the box!

Mahalo,
All of Us at Kula Elementary

JANUARY 2010 - click on link to see Owney with Mrs. Jensen's class

KULA ELEMENTARY
“SMILING STUDENTS” AS OWNEY ARRIVES ON
MAUI!

Aloha from Kula, Maui! I just arrived at Kula Elementary School, a K-5 school located in "Upcountry" Maui, on the slopes of Haleakala Crater, (meaning "House of the Sun"). What a sight to see as the school sits on 14 acres of beautiful countryside offering a panoramic view of the coastline, towns and cane fields below. There are 19 students in Mrs. Jensen’s First Grade class. It was a busy few days as I went on a tour of the campus and visited several different classrooms. We scored high marks on FastMath in the computer lab and worked with Kumu Kaui in Hawaiian Studies. We even baked some yummy "paw print" cookies for a morning snack. On my last day, the class created poems all about me! Maui No Kai Oi! (Maui Is the Best!) Aloha from Owney and Friends at Kula Elementary