Joel Zarate, Eric Jaramillo, Nick Mapes, EJ Olivarez
Seadrift Schools Walking Program Reaches 1,000 Marker and Beyond!
Seadrift students and Dow volunteers walk mile after mile “across America” to fitness and learning with the Seadrift Schools Walking Program hosted by Dow Seadrift Operations. Every Thursday, DOW volunteers visit Seadrift School during lunch and help students get fit by monitoring students as they walk laps around the campus. School personnel keep track of the laps and miles; in February they reached 1,000 miles!
This year the theme is “Walk Across America.” As the laps and miles go by, they are correlated with actual miles to U.S. capitols. Students started walking this year in Austin, TX and have walked from there to Baton Rouge, LA, Jackson, MS, Little Rock, AK, and Montgomery, AL. Only 206 miles to make it to Tallahassee, FL!
The weather has prevented walking a few times this year – but the students love walking so much they start asking on Mondays to please let them walk on Thursday rain or shine!
Thank you to all the Dow volunteers, including Nick Mapes who is managing the program this year. Volunteers at Dow look forward to walking many more miles this school year with Seadrift Schools.
Third grade students at Seadrift School have watched the complete life cycle of a butterfly. After feeding some caterpillars, students were able to observe them forming their chrysalis. After approximately a week, the butterflies emerged to the delight of the students. The students have been allowed to put fresh flowers in the habitat and feed the butterflies “nectar” (sugar water).
Seadrift School Kindergarten students enjoyed learning about the African grasslands in Science.
Kids 3rd through 5th grade participated in different sports and activities and helped raise funds for Seadrift Athletic program.
Pirates Athletics
On Thursday March 20th the Pirates and Lady Pirates of Seadrift competed in the Gobbler Relays in Cuero. We had some fantastic performances. Krislyn Key got 2nd in the 100 dash in 13.61. Jacob Gurrera got 5th place in the 100 dash and 4th in the 200 dash in a time of 27.66. Angel Chavez also placed in 2 events with a 2nd in the 400 and the 800. His 400 time was 1:03 and his 800 time was 2:28.44. Enrique Torres placed 3rd in the shot with a throw of 32’3 and 6th in the discus with a throw of 79’8”. Hector Morales placed 3rd in the 400 with a personal best of 1:01.46.
The Seadrift Pirates and Lady Pirates competed in the district meet in Victoria on Tuesday March 25th and Thursday March 27th.
We had some great finishes. We were proud of all their performances. For the boys 7th grade we have a district champ in the 800, Angel Chavez finished 1st in a time of 2:28 he also had a silver medal for the 400 dash. The 4×200 relay team which Chavez is a part of finished 5th. Others running the race were Daniel Martinez, Jairo Castillo, and Jacob Gurrera. Jacob also placed 5th in the 200 dash. Enrique Torres placed 3rd in both the shot put and discus. He also placed 6th in the 100 dash. Karley Gregory placed 3rd in high jump and Andrew Chavez placed 6th in discus. One more finisher for Seadrift was Alex Morales with a 6th place in the 1600. Great season Pirates!
-Coach Kelly Lillge
Second grade students work hard practicing on Istation.
Second graders work together to build the different layers of the Rain Forest with their art work.
The Cat in the Hat at Seadrift School:
