Road Rally Times - LAUSD



Mr. Henderson Room Heads Down The Road

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Mr. Hendershot Room 5

Gledhill Street Magnet

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Today we begin our journey from Glendive, MT which has an elevation of 2456 Ft. and a population of 6,000. Tonight we will travel to Bismarck , North Dakota. The weather there will be cold. Our total mileage is 1,239 miles and todays mileage is 439 miles. We travel all day East on Interstate Highway 94 passing through the beautiful states of Montana and North Dakota.

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The best part of our trip today is our visit to Roosevelt National Park. It was named after President Theodore Roosevelt because he was interested in creating parks for the US. He proclaimed 18 national monuments. He also

established 5 national parks and 51 wildllife refuges and 150 national forests.

Grand Junction, Colorado was a wonderful and beautiful place also. There were fruit growing. We

found grapes and cherries. Then we slept at the Grand Junction Super 8.

GLED HILL

GRAND JUN CTION

Temperature:

Population: 5,400

Elevation: 3,138

48. Mileage

1,606 mileages

We started from Grand Junction Colorado and took Interstate 70 east

T o Denver Colorado. We visited the Colorado state capitol, and then went to the Governor’s Mansion. Wow! That was really fresh! Mr. Fires’ class got to meet the Governor of the state.

Next, we traveled on continuing on the interstate 70 easts on to Colby, Kansas. First, Monica was complaining that she was really hungry. So we decided to stop and eat at the Hometown Buffet in Brewster, KS.

After we went to the Prairie Museum of Art and History. We saw china dolls. We also saw Ceramics, Glass and textiles. When we were done we went back to a hotel called Best Western Crown Motel and watched a DVD. We feel asleep halfway though the DVD called THE RING

Your School: Gledhill Elementary

Location: Denver, Colorado

Elevation: 5,680 ft.

Population: 467,600

Temperature: 72 degrees

Mileage for today: 533.9 Miles

Total Mileage: 1687.1

Mind Twisting Colorado!

Our adventure began very early the next morning. Everyone awakened at the crack of dawn to Guiliana’s yelling, “Last one to hit the showers is a rotten egg!” Everyone woke up except for Chris. We literally had to drag the bed covers off him to wake him up. On the bus, Ms. Nicholson looked at the map and said “ Right now we are going through the Rocky Mountain Ranges, through Daniel Pass, elevation 8,000 feet.“ Eric poured over the map with Ms. Nicholson and figured out our route. We took the 40 to the 191 all the way past Duschesne, Rooseveltust, and Vernal, admiring the mountain scenery. Some of us played games on the bus, others made up their own games along the way. Ms. Nicholson and Erik began the “find a place beginning with different letters on the map’ game, and it caught on. All of us found ourselves naming as many places as we could to win points. As we reached the city Craig, our tummies began to rumble, and we decided to lunch there.

Resuming our journey on the 191 E. we passed through Rabbits Ears Pass, elevation 9,426 feet, and Steamboat Springs. We all needed to stretch our legs and got out at the historic Idaho Springs where Colorado’s Gold Rush began. We got a quick glimpse of the Springs, and some of us wanted to take a quick dip. However, time wasn’t on our side and we arrived destination point, Denver, Colorado, at approximately 3p.m. Denver’s population is approximately 467,600 and the city is 5,680 feet above sea level. The gold rush brought people to Pike’s Peak, and Denver was made the capitol of Colorado in 1861. Today, Denver is a cosmopolitan city, not only a manufacturing, distribution and transportation center, but also a center for energy research. It has one of the largest systems of mountain parks in the U.S.

The temperature was a comfortable 72 degrees as we drove into Denver. Diserre spied the Six Flags Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, and knew exactly what we wanted to do. Half an hour later, we were screaming our minds off on the Boomerang roller coaster ride. We got all twisted up on Twister II, and had our minds erased on Mind Eraser! We were having so much fun that we forgot all about dinner until, our new student, Dylan, reminded us. We all trooped to the Hard Rock Cafe and enjoyed dinner, 50’s style. We arrived at the Marriott Hotel in Downtown Denver, and called it a day

School Gledhill

Douglas, Wyoming

Elevation 4,815

Population 5,100

Mileage today 402

Total mileage 2,248

Wyoming

We’ve Got Wyoming Covered

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The morning came too fast but we knew that we had many miles to cover today. Our first stop was on the top of a hill just so that we could see the rolling prairie that once had thousands of bison roaming here. It must have been a wondrous sight to see. Our imaginations seemed to work overtime we talked about the Indians that lived on this plain.

When we arrived in Casper that began as a ferry site on the Oregon Trail in 1847 when a group of Mormon immigrants realized that there was money to be made by boating travelers across the North Platte River. The town was much more busy that we expected.

The trip to Cheyenne took us past some more of the gorgeous and mountains streams and Lakes. We didn’t stop at this time because we went back this way to stop tonight.

Cheyenne was the ‘end-off the track town” and was named in honor of the Cheyenne Indians. The railroad line, part of the last leg of the transcontinental railroad, was completed in 1869. It has been the capitol of Wyoming since 1867. In front of the capital building there was a statue of Esther Hobart, this was a tribute to her and the fact that Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

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The capital building was decorated with paintings and pieces of sculpture. The most famous is the statue of a cowboy on a bucking horse. The cowboy seems to be getting the worst of the struggle. He has lost one stirrup and is desperately clinging t the horse’s mane, but has not fallen off. It symbolizes the sense of adventure in which they take great pride. If we were going to be there in July we would be able to enjoy the Cheyenne Frontier Days. The rollicking festival dates back to 1897. For ten days the city becomes the backdrop for a series of rodeos, parades, and country-music concerts. Native Americans from the Wind River Reservation and other reservations set up a tepee village, demonstrate Indian Crafts, and perform traditional dances. We did at least see some of these Indians before we had to leave town.

On our return trip north we stopped in Glenrock the name for a large rock located just west of the city. Glenrock got it’s beginnings as a rest stop and crossroads of t he major westward trails. The Oregon, Bozeman, Texas, California and Mormon trail all came together along Deer Creek and the Platte River. It became the site of Deer Creek Station, Pony Express station and stage stop. The Glenrock Historical Museum displayed many of the artifacts that helped the pioneers and settlers to carve out life in this area. We really enjoyed the docent that took us on our tour.

As usual we had to leave the area to drive to Douglas where we had reservations at the Best Western Hotel. Our dinner was very special. We dined at the Hard Rock Café – wow what fun we had.

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Gledhill Magnet

Road Rally Day 4

Grainfield , Kansas

357 people

So Much Fun In One Day!!!!!!!

We’re continuing on our trip to Washington D.C. We started from Cheyenne , Wyoming. We went to this fancy 4- star resturaunt called, “Alpenrose Resturaunt”. We tried their pancakes and they were so good that we couldn’t stop eating them. After the scrumptious breakfast, we began our daily trip.

Our first stop was Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. There we hiked for about an hour. We started going up when we saw two baby deer playing. Then, one of them fell and the other one fell on top of it. We had wonderful time hiking.

The next place we went to is in Denver, which is the capital of Colorado. There we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We saw many interesting things.

After, an hour our heads were so full of knowledge we decided that it was time for a break. We headed Six Flags and rode The Riddler’s Revenge and Batman Forever. What a blast!

Exhausted, we got back on the road to Grainfield, Kansas. By the time we got there it was dark and cold at about 41 degrees. For dinner we ate freshly cooked hamburgers with freshly made French fries and strawberry milkshakes. When we got to the hotel we went right to sleep.

reached Cheyenne the capital of Wyoming. We went directing to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum because we wanted to spend time there before it closed. Finally we reached a hotel. Some us went to bed but others watched TV for a while.

We went this way because we wanted to pass through Rocky Mountains and Salt Lake City.

Turner Elementary School host toy drive

Toy Drive to Benefit Local Hospital

Turner student’s is joining forces with local Girl Scout troops to help provide toys for children who are patients at Children’s Hospital.  From March 13 to 21, we will be collecting new toys and used toys in good condition. 

The toys collected will be donated to Children’s Hospital Medical Center to be used by their pediatric patients.  Toys will also be given to patients in need to take home with them when they are released from the hospital. 

Some of the types of toys that might be donated include games, dolls, books, puzzles, coloring books and crayons. 

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