1955 Flood

In 1955 there was a big flood in downtown Winsted. It destroyed houses, buildings, factories and bridges. People died in the flood others were homeless and had no jobs. There was no electricity, water or gas. Cars were destroyed and other properties of the people. The whole state of Connecticut had problems with the rivers flooding. The flooding came from two different hurricanes that were close together.

No one had flood insurance.

Fire Department

I would like to thank you from the school and the teacher at nccc who works with us. I have never been to the fire department before. We studied about the Fire Department. There is an officer who works with the Fire Department, six volunteers, plus equipment. I enjoyed my visit.

THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY

I LIKE THE COMPOSITION OF THIS PHOTO BECAUSE ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE IN EQUILIBRIUM. IT'S A NICE PICTURE OF GRESILDA & DAVID ENJOYING THE NATURAL BEAUTY.

Burr Pond

June, 6, 2010, we visited a very beautiful place named Burr Pond. There is blue sky, green trees, white sand and very clear water. In second picture, you can see the seeds in the water very clearly. It is a very good place for a picnic.

Trip to Burr Pond.

This lake is beautiful for fishing, paddling, walking, swimming, or to have a picnic. I have plans to catch a big fish.

new fishing waters

Eric surveying the fishing possibilities at Burr Pond.

AMPED UP

What an exciting project this is - a 125 feet high by 45 feet wide mural that thousands of people from all over the US will be working on is to be housed in Winsted. Ellen Griesedieck, the inspiration behind the American Mural Project, shared many stories with the ESL classes about the many people she has met while working on different parts of the mural. It will ultimately be a collaboration of projects from all 50 states.

To find out more about Winsted's Wall of America, visit their evolving website:

http://www.americanmuralproject.org/

Meeting Famous Artist.

Last week we went to visit the American Mural Project which was very exciting. We met the wonderful artist Ellen Griesedieck who is full of energy and ideas. She told us a lot of interesting things like different projects all over the country.
All her projects inspired all students and me. It was a very wonderful adventure especially to meet a famous artist like Ellen.I just want to thank the teachers for taking us to the great tour:)

Winsted Fire Department

We had a quick tour of the firehouse last Thursday and are all in awe of how well-maintained the fire trucks are. Our tour guides, Jim & Mark, wouldn't share their secret about what wax they use but they did let us inspect the trucks and even posed for a group shot. Our thanks to the many fire department volunteers who work so hard to keep Winsted safe.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

So.. it's raining, we are right in the middle of the week!.. is almost weekend!.. and Jagoda is crying because of that!!!! :'( ...! kiddin!... wish you all a nice wednesday :D:D

Civil War Monument

Last Tuesday we went to see the Soldiers' Monument and Memorial Park in Winchester,Connecticut. That was a very interesting trip for all of us so we all could learn a lot about the monument from a wonderful guy, Steve ,who showed us the whole building and told the entire story about it.
He even took us to the top of the Monument which for some of us was a very scary thing to do but we all went there anyway and took some pictures.

It was a very beautiful view from the top of the building .We could see some territory of Winsted which was very cool.

I really enjoyed that trip:)

My visit to Mexico

I just returned from Mexico yesterday and that was a great trip for me because I discovered how the federal government is celebrating the bicentennial of its independence movement and the centennial of its revolution.

I visited my family and had a great time with them, and celebrated my son's birthday. It was the first time that we spent a long time together and that for me was wonderful.

Earth Day 2010

Earth Day 2010

Earth Day 2010