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Chautauqua Elementary School!

As of October 23, 2009 I no longer work at Chautauqua Elementary School,
or for the Vashon Island School District...

M.O.T.D. webcams!

· The M.O.T.D. Archives! · The M.O.T.D. Story! ·

Reload this web page to refresh the web cams!

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The Gentoo penguins have migrated north for the Antarctic winter :-(

German Antarctic Research Station O'Higgins - when it's nighttime, the image will show it!

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The storks are back from North Africa for 2010 :-) and I've seen some chicks!

Bornheim, Germany, stork nest 1 - several chicks, maybe two, looks like!

Bornheim, Germany, stork nest 3 - maybe four chicks!

Zeiskamer Muhle stork nest 1 - the smallest chicks of the year!

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Getting green in Snow Monkey Land :-)

JIGOKUDANI-YAENKOEN SnowMonkey SVGA-LIVECAM

Jigokudani-Yaenkoen: the Japanese Snow Monkeys - when it's nighttime in Japan, you'll often see an image of people sweeping out the pool that won't change until next morning!

Daytime and nighttime around the Earth right now! Yes, the clouds are right now too!

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The World Famous, One-and-Only, Chautauqua Elementary School

M.O.T.D.

Being the Message of the Day, or some old photos, at least...

Featuring:
The Famous GARS O'Higgins, Antarctica, Gentoo Penguins (all the penguins are gone from late April through late September) · The Famous Bornheim, Germany, storks: nest 1 · The Famous Bornheim, Germany, storks: nest 2 · German naturalist/photographer, Elke Menzel van den Bruck · The Famous Pancake Bunny, Oolong · The Famous Pancake Bunny, Yuebing · The Famous Japanese Snow Monkeys ·

NOTE: The penguins, storks, and the snow monkeys are all *live* webcams, so there"s nothing happening when it's dark where they are!

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My most favorite Chautauqua photos!

Shot the day we came back to school on January 16, 2007 after the heavy winter storm and Island-wide power outages of December-January 2006-2007. There was 4-6 inches of snow everywhere! But we were back to school!

Little Froggy Person!

Bye, kids! I'll sure miss you all!

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Yes! For collectors and the curious:
The World Famous Chautauqua Elementary School
Stilt Driver's License archive!

Playground in Snow	Lighthouse on Stilts	Fishsticks Man	Amazing Moments in Stilt History
Greetings from Mars	Ferrets Forever!	Casper Halloween 2008	Turkey Day 2008
Sea Otters BFF!	Goldie	Jello Fish	Bo the First Dog

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The 5th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2009!

The 4th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2009!

Photo reprints information

Due to changing political circumstances at Chautauqua Elementary school in the winter-spring of 2009, I didn't feel comfortable taking photographs of either Field Day 2009, or the Fifth Grade Graduation 2009, as I have in the past...

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The 5th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2008!

The 4th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2008!

Photo reprints information

Fifth Grade Graduation, 2008!

All the photos I took are now up!

June 18, 2008

The 5th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2007!

The 4th grade winners: Chautauqua Turkey Trot 2007!

Photo reprints information

Photography quick picks:

· 5th Grade Graduation 2008 · Turkey Trot 2007 ·

· 5th Grade Graduation 2007 · the Last Day of School, 2007 · Field Day 2007 ·

· 5th Grade Graduation 2006 · Field Day 2006 · 3rd Grade Performance 2006 ·
· Turkey Trot 2005 ·

· 5th Grade Graduation 2005 · Field Day 2005 · 3rd Grade Performance 2005 ·
· Turkey Trot 2004 ·

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5th Grade Graduation, 2007!

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the Last Day of School, 2007!

This is basically everything else I took on the last day of school that wasn"t of the graduating fifth graders...

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Field Day, 2007!

· 4th-5th grades · 1st-2nd-3rd and Multiage · Kindergarten ·

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5th Grade Graduation, 2006!

Set one: K-2nd Grade end-of-school · Set two: 5th grade inside

· Set three: 5th grade outside, 1 · Set four: 5th grade outside, 2

· Set five: School"s out for summer!

There are a lot of photos.
If you are on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

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Field Day 2006!

· Set one · Set two ·
· Set three ·

There are a of photos. I"ve got them broken out into three sets, but...
If you"re on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

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3rd Grade Performance, June 19, 2006!

· Set one - 6032-6197 to Puttin" on the Ritz · Set two - 6200-6334 to the Pirates ·
· Set three - 6336-6456 R-E-S-P-E-C-T to ... · Set four - 6459-6592 to the End ·
· Set five - 6598-6633 Outside, afterward... ·

There are a ton of photos. I"ve got them broken out into five sets, but...
If you"re on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

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Turkey Trot 2005!

· Set one · Set two · Set three ·

There are a lot of photos.
If you are on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

2004-2005 photos

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5th Grade Graduation, 2005!

Set one · Set two · Set three

There are a lot of photos.
If you are on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

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Field Day, 2005!

Set one · Set two · Set three · Set four · Set five

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3rd Grade Performance, June 10, 2005!

Set one 7772-7869 · Set two 7870-7966 · Set three 7967-8067

Set four 8069-8154 · Set five 8155-8245

There are a ton of photos.
If you are on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

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Turkey Trot 2004!

Set one · Set two

There are a lot of photos.
If you are on a slower Internet connection,
you may wish to view them one-by-one starting here.

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After considerable thought and discussion with staff at Chautauqua, I've decided that it would be appropriate to put up the photos I've taken at Chautauqua during the past three school years, with the following conditions:

There will never be any personally-identifiable information (i.e. no names) of any of the children
There only be mimimal links leading into these pages from anywhere else on my web site
I will use the "robots exclusion guidelines" to prevent any of the pages and/or photos from being found and indexed by web search engine robots
Because of that, the only real way to know about any of these photos will simply be by knowing that they're here - and this can be spread within the community to friends and relatives by word-of-mouth, phone, or email...

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