By the time most of you read this, the sun will have set on your summer vacation. However, hopefully, you are at least a little excited to be starting a new school year as 5th graders down in the middle school wing. I am very excited to welcome all of you and to help lead you on your journey this year as new middle school students. It will be a little different for you as you move from having only two teachers in two classrooms to four teachers, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. O'Leary, Mrs. Sampson and myself whom are spread throughout the school. It does take some getting used to, but that is just another reason why we've introduced a new study skills class this year for 5th grade only. Mrs. O'Leary and I have been working hard to plan this course for you to help you transition to middle school, stay organized, keep up on assignments, and make the most of your educational experience this year. Beyond welcoming you back to school, I thought I'd write a little summer wrap-up here for you to get a little background on me, your teacher, when I'm not busy teaching. Although I'm not teaching during the summer, I am by no means not busy! I have a son and daughter at home that keep me going quite a lot. We LOVE summer vacation and thoroughly appreciate all the time we get to spend together. We start making a list of all the fun things we want to do during our summer vacation a good month before it gets here. Things on our activities list usually include time with family, biking, fishing, camping, movies, swimming, day trips to places like castaway cafe, Kensington, the zoo, and turtle cove (a water park), and of course playing with friends. This year we managed to accomplish almost all of it, not to mention a few things that weren't even on the list. Two big things we did this summer that weren't on the list were a couple of fun road trips, one to Indianapolis and another to St. Louis. The Indianapolis road trip was inspired by a family member's graduation open house. We decided to make a weekend of it and went down early. While there we went to the Indianapolis Children's museum and it was pretty awesome. Of course, I'm not sure what my kids enjoyed more, the museum or just staying in a hotel and swimming at the pool. Unfortunately, my husband wasn't able to join us on our St. Louis road trip, but my mom and step-dad came along for the ride. My kids really enjoyed having their Bubba and Bousha on vacation with us, and they helped me keep the kids going for our busy schedule to cram in as much fun as possible. The trip included a visit to the St. Louis Arch (which is REALLY big and impressive), a cruise on a Riverboat down the Mississippi River, going to the St. Louis Zoo, a trip to Meramec Caverns, the City Museum (which is totally AWESOME), and Grant's Farm all in just 2 and a half days (not counting travel time). It was a long 9 hour drive there and another 9 hours back, but it was totally worth it. The kids cannot wait until we can go back and show their Daddy all the fun things we did. It was a great last trip to round out our summer, and we really enjoyed taking it easy for a week or two afterwards before the back to school rush began. So, that was my Summer, and as I've already said, I'm really excited about this year and looking forward to getting to know each of you. What kinds of fun things do you do this Summer?
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Chloe
9/7/2013 07:32:27 am
Sounded like a fun summer. I love the pictures😃
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Mrs. Miller's 2013-2014 Class
9/9/2013 10:22:54 am
We Love You Mrs. Miller!
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nicholas.c
9/11/2013 08:51:51 am
cool summer vacation
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Nicholas C.
9/14/2013 10:52:54 am
I hope this a good school year
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hi
12/15/2013 10:22:20 pm
cool
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Ethan
9/26/2013 10:36:18 am
cool pics hope its a good school year
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Ethan
9/26/2013 10:38:26 am
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Ethan
9/26/2013 10:39:47 am
your a great teacher! :)
Sam
9/30/2013 11:53:24 am
Psst.. I'm the "WE LOVE YOU MRS. MILLER GUY
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Sam
10/18/2013 02:22:37 am
:D
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chloe
10/23/2013 09:39:12 am
hey mrs. miller!!
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5th grade students from last year ps now we are in 6th grade
5/24/2014 04:24:48 am
We all just wanted to say HI! We miss you so much
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Maddie Karn
5/24/2014 04:29:42 am
Went to Mexico!!!
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Gracie
8/27/2014 05:35:41 am
My family went to Chicago
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Anna Creech
8/27/2014 01:12:19 pm
Hi, Mrs. Miller. I went to the pool, Detroit Zoo, and played with friends at home. I loved horse riding camp. I also learned how to cook at a chef camp with the Great Foodini. You went to a lot of places and looked like you had a lot of fun!
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Eve
8/29/2014 05:26:35 am
Thanks for sharing the fun things you did this summer. I spent most of my summer at my cottage in Caseville. I went paddle boarding for the first time. I really like it and want one for my birthday. I also made several trips to the General Store in Grindstone City. They have the worlds biggest icecream cones. I had a lot of visitors come to my cottage and we swam and went tubing. Finally, just the other day when it was very steamy, I also went to Turtle Cove! I had a great time.
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Parker
8/29/2014 11:16:25 pm
We moved into our new house this summer. We spent a week at Clam lake with our friends. We are spending the last week with our friends in North Carolina, we will be getting home Monday right before school starts.
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Alec
8/30/2014 01:29:03 am
I spent most of my summer with my mom in Arizona. It was so hot there. So me and my mom decided to go to California. I got to see a lot of my cousins on my moms part of the family. We also went up to my Aunt and Uncle's Vineyard in Paso Robles,CA . As soon as I got back I have just been playing with a bunch of friends waiting for school to start
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Patrick
8/31/2014 12:50:50 am
Hi Mis Miller, it looks like you had a great summer. I had a great summer too. I went to Hilton Head with all of my cousins, Mackinaw Island, Chicago and Hershey PA. With my family. I had fun swimming and biking with my friends and I spent a week at Springhill Overnight Camp.
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Luca
9/1/2014 01:22:11 am
It sounds like you had a great summer.I went to Cedar Point we had a great time .We were able to go on every ride.I also went up to the Irish Hills camping with my family. We went biking, kayaking, and roasted marshmallows over the fire.We also went swimming in my pool. I had a great summer, can't wait to see you soon.
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Cooper
9/1/2014 02:15:05 am
My summer was great! I went to the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. My family and I chartered a 42ft boat and went fishing for lake trout in Lake Michigan.
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Delaney
9/1/2014 06:29:35 am
My summer was great. I went up north to Mullet Lake for a week. I swam in my pool with friends. I wake boarded at my uncle mike's house on the lake and I golfed with my cousins. sounds like u had a great summer too. :]
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9/1/2014 06:44:28 am
Hello Mrs.Miller, I really like reading your blog, it makes me feel like I am not the only one that shares feelings, I spent half of my summer in a cast by true way, it's not the best summer I had, but I'll live!😄
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Sammy
9/1/2014 10:01:18 am
Hi Mrs. Miller,
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Sophia
9/1/2014 10:10:00 am
Hi Mrs.Miller , it sounds like you had a pretty cool summer. I went to theatre on ice nationals with my team. We performed to Michael Jackson and Beetlejuice and got 2nd place out of 16 teams! I biked and played with my friends a lot. I also read a lot, and liked all of them!
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Evelyn Schroeder
9/1/2014 11:36:13 am
Hi Mrs. Miller,
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Brennan
9/7/2014 10:50:41 am
Your summer sounded awesome! well I went on alot of trips this year like New jersey,Grand Haven, Chicago, and Ludington. I also did alot of fishing and swiming. Usually when i had nothing to do I hung out with some of my friends.I had a great summer. :D
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asdfghjkl
10/27/2014 06:52:14 am
Why did you not post the week of this?!js
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maggs
4/28/2015 12:47:38 am
hello pattersons
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grace
5/23/2015 04:14:18 am
hey u r a bigger part
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Gracie
5/23/2015 04:13:51 am
isn't this 2013/14 istead of 14 and 15? what?????!!!!!
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