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4K and Kindergarten story times have checked in on the Decorah Eagle nest we**am this week. The eggs hadn’t hatched yet, so the kids will be so excited to see the chicks next week!

December 5: Nestorations, nestbowls, perching, fly-ins, faces, and sub-adult would-be breakfish thieves! Thanks to our forum members for the magnificent moments!

Pictures of the Decorah Eagles in 2019. Our ads-free Decorah Eagle stream can be watched live at https://www.raptorresource.org/birdcams/decorah-eagles/ or https://explore.org/livecams/bald-eagles/decorah-eagles. The Decorah Eagles nest is located in Decorah in a patch of woods to the east side of the Siewers Spring road bridge near the trout hatchery. Since we've been watching, the eagles have produced a total of 33 eaglets. In general, they lay eggs in mid-February. The eggs hatch in late March to early April and the eaglets stay in the nest for 75-80 days, fledging in mid-June. N2B is the fourth nest on this territory. It was started for the eagles by a team of humans in August 2015 and Mom and Dad adopted it in October of 2015. Dad disappeared in April of 2018 and DM2 showed up later that year. The current eagles are Mom (the second female on the territory) and DM2 (the second male on the territory).

It’s Red Smith Schools turn to use the Virtual Reality kit. 6th grade went on to learn how wind becomes energy. @ Red Smith K-8

Uno has been very popular with our middle school students lately.

More coding today as Ms. Wavrunek’s 6th grade classes worked through Minecraft and Mrs. Better’s class coded their way through the Dance Party. @ Red Smith K-8

On Wednesday, all three kindergarten classes learned how to program “Fuzz” to get through the maze on the Kodable app. @ Red Smith K-8

Mrs. Crawford’s and Ms. Wagner’s 4th grade classes had fun coding their Dance Parties today in the library. @ Red Smith K-8

Our new furniture is here. The kids love it all! Thank you to the for their wonderful grant for our school libraries! @ Red Smith K-8

Our 4K students enjoyed this cute story today. Not many professions where you can have a legitimate reason to wear a unicorn horn!

Students are loving the bookfair! 12 cases plus tables full of books and other fun things. Lots of excited energy in the library this week! @ Red Smith K-8

It’s bookfair time!!! Stop in and shop for some awesome books! @ Red Smith K-8

A group of Red Smith students took a field trip today to go see author ¡Gracias! The kids loved the presentation and were excited to be able to get this photo!

Attempting to break the Red Smith School Marble Run record of 1 minute, 8 seconds long. So close!!