Trunk Butte Enrichment Programs, aka the Explorer's Club!

NOTE:  Ann Krejci is a volunteer parent educator, organizing after-school enrichment programs at TB.
  
Trunk Butte students have been participating in activities on early-out Fridays this year again.  The program started in October with Chris Heiser of First Tee coming to the school to teach the children golf on the playground.  Chris has special clubs and the children got to practice their swing and their putting.  It was a lot of fun.  We hope to take the children to the golf course this coming spring for more time with Chris and golf.

Our latest activity has been Calligraphy with Tena Cook.  Several Trunk Butte students (and a few moms!) watched Tena write and then practiced this beautiful lettering.  We enjoyed ourselves so much that we didn’t even notice when it was 3:00 and time to go home! The student participants did a wonderful job, and were able to write and display their names at the Trunk Butte Annual Thanksgiving potluck Monday (Nov. 23) night.

Next semester’s activities are still up in the air, but ideas include chess, wheat weaving and possibly knitting.One idea for knitting has been to make helmet liners for troops in Afghanistan; for more on this project see the Sunday (November 29) edition of the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. Also--we would love to find someone who can teach the children cup stacking!  If you have ideas, know of possible volunteers, or would like to volunteer yourself please contact Ann Krejci,mackrej@hotmail.com, 432-3099.  Thanks!