March 4 - Preliminary Week 3 figures put us just off the coast of Ghana at around 9500 miles.  Now we will just have to get to Nkwanta  and read the beest home again.  The weekend is a perfect time to get in some extra minutes of reading.  .  We have been reading and turning our minutes into miles. We have been collecting books and coins to make a new community center library in Nkwanta. And we have been having fun with it, despite a few technical glitches. All forms are still open if you haven't yet reported your times: week 1, week 2, week 3 and week 4 . PK-2nd grade students should bring their weekly slips so we can count their minutes.  Now there is only one more week to record. The bonus celebrates Quaker History Month and Women's History month.

 Enjoy the online poster gallery of our faculty sharing their life-changing books.  Did you see the Harness the Wind Challenge that Johanna created for this year's Celebration of Science?  A lot of creativity and design work went into the contraptions. And It was yet another connection to our summer read of  William Kamkwamba’s story. We are still collecting books and are especially looking for non-fiction titles and books that feature Africa and African Americans. These will get shipped to the warehouse in Louisiana after spring break – let us know if you would like to help with sorting and packing. And you could drop coins in the “change for change” jars in the divisions, libraries and the beestro. Keep up the good work, and Happy Reading.