On Friday the Lewis Elementary PTA sponsored a BBQ and picnic on the school playground. Musical entertainment was provided by our own Boomin’ Beats students and also a local Marimba Band which featured Lewis alum, Wilson Alness. In addition a local band lead by Lewis parent Chris Hawking also performed to a very appreciative crowd. It was a great event on a perfect spring evening and we had a great turnout.

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At Lewis Elementary we recently created a butterfly garden space near our west entrance. Our Americorp Volunteer, Julia Hamlin put together a slide show that documents the work done by our students and volunteers… I exported the slides as images and put them up on Flickr and have used Slideoo to present them below. Update: I have also posted them to Google as a Presentation. See below…

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