Me in a nutshell:

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My name is Arden Prucha and I will be teaching 2nd grade at J.A. Hargrave in the 2008-2009 school year. I graduated in the spring of 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education -Magna Cum Laude! I have taught 3rd grade for the past two years at Hargrave and am excited to teach a new grade! When I was younger I realized how much I loved children and my childhood friends would tell you I was a teacher then; always bossing the younger ones around. I had another passion when I was young that has been hidden until recently and that is photography. I love being able to capture blessed and pertinent moments in other's lives. It is my gift that I use to tell stories through art by capturing hearts onto a piece of glossy or matte paper. I am a mother to a beautiful and kind soul. His name is Pierson and he will be five in November. His gifts are compassion and unconditional love that he gives generously to all he comes in contact with. I would say that I am doing everything I ever dreamed of as a child: teaching, photography, and motherhood. I am a very lucky and blessed young woman.

A few cool things about my job are:
 1. I am able to work with children everyday and can often act like one myself (woohoo).
2. I am so fortunate to work with the best sister and "Teacher of the Year," Nicole Tomme.
3. Our day flies by because we have so much fun in the classroom - I truly feel that being called "weird" is an honor and I use that as a key teaching tool in our classroom.
4. My school has an amazing staff who is supportive, funny, and friendly.
5. I learn just as much as my students learn, if not more, each day.

9/29/08

Apples are the name Tasting was the game:

Well Happy Belated Johnny Appleseed Day!  Let me start by thanking each family who contributed to a super duper successful celebration of our beloved apple man.  We had a wild and crazy day full of everything apples.  We began the day by starting our very own homemade batch of apple sauce!  I have become an applesauce makin' machine and it is such an easy crock-pot recipe that is fast, tasty, and SAFE!
After the applesauce was well on its way, we made Johnny Appleseed puppets!
Then we made apple art patterns using cut up apples.  They were able to create their very own pattern using whichever apple pieces and paint they desired.
Lastly we read about Johnny Appleseed while tasting multiple different apple snacks!  We voted out of store-bought or homemade applesauce and woohoo our homemade came out on top!  I also believe that the class voted the Sour Straws the class favorite of the apple snacks - hmm sugar anyone?  Special thanks to Mrs. Dustin and Mrs. Hobbs who made it totally possible to have this crazy, wild, fun, and exhausting day.  Here are some images that Mrs. Dustin took of my students as "Johnny Appleseed" who wore no shoes on his feet and a pot on his head: (they'll be posted soon)
Posted by Arden Prucha at Monday, September 29, 2008

1 comment:

Kelli M said...

The blog looks great. It's neat to see what they are doing in class and the fun they are having. It looks like Johnny Appleseed was a hit. Can't wait to see the rest of the pics.

October 19, 2008 at 9:36 AM

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