Mather School & Castle Island

Hello, we are Jeremy and Aiden.
Today we went to Mather Elementary School, it was the first public elementary school in the US, established in 1639!

We met the kids we have been skyping with. We went to PE and Art with them and showed them movies about us that we made. We shared food with them too. We brought 2 types of salmon, dry meat (caribou) and Agutaq (Eskimo ice cream). Aiden's mom showed them how to make the Agutaq, the kids didn't like to try our food.

Then we left the school and went to Castle Island on a yellow school bus. We had a picnic there. We took a tour of Fort Liberty there! There is cannons, one is called Big Momma and also there is one more that size called Big Momma, there is two Big Momma's. The cannon balls that the small cannons shot were 174 lbs! They went 1 1/2 miles at only a 5 degree angle... that is power.

After the tour we ate lunch and played soccer and football with the kids. It was fun.

The "little" cannons (shot a 174# ball)

On the top of the fort, looking down.

Walking out to the corner of the fort.

Big Momma

The whole group.

Christina, making agutaq.

Mr. Killilea and Mrs. Kempe with Katy and the glass floats she beaded for them.

Me at PE class.

Kaleb and Keilan at Art class.

The school bus.

Sitting at the benches in the fort.