Comments from Mrs. Casperson's classroom

My school, Bear River Charter School, entered a contest sponsored by Bing.com to win $100,000 for a library.

We submitted a video ...along with 700 other schools


We were advanced to the top 30...Now we're in the finals, with 14 other videos!

We need your help!!!  Please vote for Bear River Charter School.  You can vote once a day.  We are currently in third place.  Voting ends on Sunday, at midnight.

I surprised my students on Thursday afternoon with a last minute field trip to Utah State campus that we took on Friday morning.  My students were SO excited by the spontaneity of this event.  After we cut 2,000 flyers I talked to them about appropriate behavior when we were on campus.

Here is how the conversation went:

Me:  The purpose of the field trip to talk to as many people as possible, so that we can hand out as many flyers as we can.  I know that almost all of the students on campus are double your age, but they are going to love seeing you!

First hand.

Boy 1...panicked face:  What if they are bullies and try hurting us?  How do we call for help?

Trying to keep a straight face.


Me:  All of the students on campus are very nice.  In the four years I went there, I never saw a fight.  If you feel unsafe, stand close to your chaperone.

Second hand.

Boy 2:  What if they're DRUNK?!

Shocked, couldn't keep the straight face...died laughing.

Me:  Utah State is a "dry" campus so student won't be drunk.  You are not allowed to drink alcohol on campus.

Conversation immerses.  

Student explaining what "dry" campus means to another student: It's very dry on campus because we live in a desert.  Remember, that's why the Utah Indians lived by water.


Hilarious.  This made my day.