{"id":2150,"date":"2014-01-31T20:32:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T02:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2014-02-01T20:38:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T02:38:01","slug":"friday-at-foster-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/?p=2150","title":{"rendered":"Friday at Foster Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nI ended my first week in Colorado at <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/jeffcoschools.us\/foster-es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foster Elementary<\/a> in Arvado. Okay, first off &#8230; this is the only school I&#8217;ve visited that had it&#8217;s own set of unicycles. That&#8217;s right. I was told they have a &#8220;circus sports&#8221; activity and YES, I had to try one. And YES, Colonel Clown of the <a href=\"http:\/\/clowncommandos.com\" target=\"_blank\">Clown Commandos<\/a> would&#8217;ve given me a poor performance review. And NO, I don&#8217;t have any pictures of me on the thing. That&#8217;s all I have to say about that.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/jeffcoschools.us\/foster-es\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4367.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4367\" width=\"500\" height=\"178\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4367.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4367-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI had two fun presentations and enjoyed meeting with Mrs. Julie and Mrs. Carmen&#8217;s classes after the second show. They had tons of great questions. And yes, Gretta and Kaylee, if it comes up, I&#8217;ll see about writing your name into a book somewhere down the road.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/jeffcoschools.us\/foster-es\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4362.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4362\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4362.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4362-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI enjoyed a &#8220;have lunch with the author&#8221; lunch where I met the winners of a special essay contest where they wrote why they wanted to have lunch with an author. I enjoyed visiting with: Cayden, Ily, Sofia, Andrew, Isaiah, Riley, Natalia, Genesis, Olivia, Pablo, Lydia, Brooklen, Nicole, Kathleen, and Mirna. Thanks for the fun lunch, everyone!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/jeffcoschools.us\/foster-es\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4383.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4383\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4383.jpg 500w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4383-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBefore and after a writing workshop, I received bunches of thank you cards from several 2nd and 3rd grade students. There were too many to post but I&#8217;ve added two: a cool glittery art piece from Hailey and a portrait of yours truly by Karla. Very cool!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4374.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4374.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4374\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4374.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4374-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThanks to Mrs. Coverdell-Smith for inviting me and scheduling a fun, action-packed day. Thanks to Mrs. Chumachero for setting up all the equipment for my shows. And a big thanks to all the Foster Elementary Roadrunners. I look forward to reading each and every one of your cards!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4388.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4388-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4388\" width=\"500\" height=\"748\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4388-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4388-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michaelanthonysteele.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4388.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I ended my first week in Colorado at Foster Elementary in Arvado. Okay, first off &#8230; this is the only school I&#8217;ve visited that had it&#8217;s own set of unicycles. That&#8217;s right. I was told they have a &#8220;circus sports&#8221; activity and YES, I had to try one. 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