Out of this world

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Apr 18, 20240

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Rosalia kindergartners put on glasses and enjoy seeing the Monday, April 8 solar eclipse.

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ROSALIA - Donning special eclipse-viewing glasses, Rosalia Elementary School fifth-graders took the opportunity Monday, April 8 to see the solar spectacle through dense glasses.

Their "eclipse party" was the culmination of a morning of fun, educational activities.

Fifth-grade teacher Robyn Fjelseth spent the week before Spring Break teaching her pupils all about eclipses and having them prepare an educational event with other elementary students.

Fjelseth fifth-graders made four learning stations with posters - the first was to learn what a solar eclipse was.

"They learned the definition of a...