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First grade students at Henry E Warren School in Ashland, Massachusetts celebrated the TS Kennedy arrival in Costa Rica by speaking Spanish, making the flag of Costa Rica, eating fruit grown there, learning about the rain forest, and erupting a volcano.

As fourth grade students from Mantunuck Elementary School in Wakefiled, Rhode Island are following cadets aboard the TS Kennedy,  they are also learning some nautical idioms from their favorite large pirate, Big Buc.  Here are their illustrations of "all hands" and "anchors weigh".

As fourth grade students from Mantunuck Elementary School in Wakefiled, Rhode Island are following cadets aboard the TS Kennedy,  they are also learning some nautical idioms from their favorite large pirate, Big Buc.  Here are their illustrations of "all hands" and "anchors weigh".

Captain Campbell and the cadets are sending salutes to this talented first grade student from the Henry E. Warren School in Ashland, Massachusetts.  They were thrilled to receive a photograph of her colorful model of their favorite ship.

Second grade students from St. Mary's School in Winchester, Massachusetts brightened the day of cadets aboard the TS Kennedy by sharing these colorful drawings of the ship.

Second grade students from St. Mary's School in Winchester, Massachusetts brightened the day of cadets aboard the TS Kennedy by sharing these colorful drawings of the ship.

A second grade mathematician at Swift River Elementary School in Belchertown, Massachusetts was amazed to learn that 1,260 pounds of butter were loaded onto the TS Kennedy for Sea Term 2020.  He knew that the weight of four of the sticks of butter that he has seen at home are equal to one pound.  He set out to discover how many sticks of butter would be equal to 1,260 pounds.  This photo shows how he used repeated addition to get his answer of 5,040 sticks.

Three talented fourth grade artists from Thorndyke Road Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts used a variety of materials to create these unique tributes to the TS Kennedy. 

Miles away at Mantunuck Elementary School in Wakefield, Rhode Island, a talented fourth grade student was using markers to create this picture of our ship.

Fourth grade students at Matunuck Elementary School in Wakefield, Rhode Island applied a wide range of computation and problem solving skills as they completed the TS Kennedy Lifeboat Mathematics activity found in the Mathematics Curriculum. 

Fourth grade students at Matunuck Elementary School in Wakefield, Rhode Island applied a wide range of computation and problem solving skills as they completed the TS Kennedy Lifeboat Mathematics activity found in the Mathematics Curriculum. 

Kindergarten students at Wakefield Elementary School in Wakefield, Rhode Island were inspired by Big Buc’s blog explaining maritime call signs.  Big Buc shared two photos of the nautical signal flags K-V-M-U that fly aboard the TS Kennedy when in port.  The kindergarten students went right to work spelling out their names using the colorful flags. 

Here are more colorful signal flag names created by the talented kindergarten students at Wakefield Elementary School in Wakefield, Rhode Island.

Kindergarten students at Franklin Avenue Elementary School in Westfield, Massachusetts spent their recess thinking about their favorite ship. Two students drew the TS Kennedy using colored pencils.  They are especially excited to know that their teacher’s son, 1/C Jacob Neilson, and another one of their favorite cadets, 1/C Chloe Plank, are aboard the TS Kennedy.

A talented first grader at the Henry Warren Elementary School in Ashland, Massachusetts used LEGOs to make this amazing model of the TS Kennedy.  The cadets wish that the actual ship was as colorful as his model.

Miles away in Westfield, Massachusetts, two kindergarten students at Franklin Avenue Elementary School had the same great idea.  During recess they worked together to use Legos to create this colorful model of the TS Kennedy.
 

At Swift River Elementary School in Belchertown, Massachusetts, second grade students worked hard to solve our Cadet Rack Challenge.  Teacher Teresa Adams said, “So we measured out our rack!  Gia is the tallest person in our class....she fits!!  Alena and Evan are the smallest today - they fit together!  We still think it looks pretty skinny for big kids!  Bryson did some fast addition and came up with the perimeter of the rack in inches.”

Thanks for making the TS Kennedy part of your mathematics class.  The cadets wish you all a good night’s sleep from your large, comfortable beds.

Students in Mrs. Megget's third grade class at Harbor View Elementary School in Charleston South Carolina applied their addition skills as they found the perimeter of the rack.

Students in Mrs. Megget's third grade class at Harbor View Elementary School in Charleston South Carolina taped off the dimensions of a cadet's rack on their colorful classroom rug.