Monday, August 18, 2008

Welcome back!!

Welcome back to school year 2008-2009! So many things are changing! The biggest change is that GBMS went from two programs, DD and DLP to 1!! We have fewer students, so we only need 1 teacher. Ms. Chilton is currently the DD/DLP teacher. So where is Ms. Seitzinger?! Well, she's changed schools, and names again! She will be teaching at Holmes elementary school this year, and has decided to go back to being Ms. Diehl. Don't worry, she's coming back to do Best Buddies (it's her baby, she can't possibly part with it, or the kids!)
So keep checking the blog for updates to Best Buddies and our program!

Monday, May 12, 2008

Enchanted Castle!

Best Buddies recently went to Enchanted Castle for our end of the year social field trip! It was a blast! We played tons of games, ate pizza, pop, and ice cream! Students were able to play mini-golf, laser tag, bumper cars, and some were even able to go on go karts! Everyone did a great job of hanging out with their buddies. Students were able to earn extra tokens from the teachers when they were with their buddies. Everyone earned LOTS of tickets, and everyone had prizes with them on the way home! We would like to thank Ms. Kripton, Ms. Tencate, Ms. Bowman, Ms. Jordan, Ms. Hunt, Mr. Mike, Ms. King, and Ms. Chilton for being the greatest chaperone's ever!! Check out our pictures on the sideshow!

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Best Buddies Dance!!

The Best Buddies Dance was a huge hit! We've decided to change the name for next year, and call it the Best Buddies Carnival. We did so many things! We had pizza, danced, played carnival games, had a pie eating contest, and danced some more! The games we had were really fun. We had a cookie walk (like a cake walk, but with cookies) a lollipop tree, scooter races, limbo, baggo, and lots of neat prizes for all the games! Take a look at some of our pictures!

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Best Buddies Dance is coming up!!

The Best Buddies Dance is coming up! It will be here at GBMS on March 14th, in the commons from 3:30-6. We will have games, snacks, and dancing! The Best Buddies Program from GBMS and Percy Julian middle school will both be there. We are also inviting all High school members of Best Buddies to come help run games and activities, as well as join in the festivities. We hope to see everyone there!

Field Trip to Meijers!!

We recently took a field trip to Meijers store in Plainfield. We took a tour of the store, and identified things that are healthy, and not so healthy! We had a great time. We even brought some money along to choose a healthy snack before we headed home. A great time was had by all. We are all working on making podcast of our trip. We made a song in garage band, we will do some writing about one of the pictures we took on our trip, and read it for our podcast! What a neat way to use technology!