Our Class Pet, Sunshine the Box Turtle
Sunshine the Box Turtle is 18 years old. She was rescued after being hit by a car in July 2003. She had surgery to repair her shell in three places. She feels so much better! She gets stronger all the time.
Sunshine is enjoying her summer vacation at Mrs. Testory's house. She can't wait to get back to school and help teach her new 2011-2012 class of kindergarten students all about turtles.
Sunshine is so excited to learn all about pandas with her new K4 Kids during the 2010-2011 school year! She had a great summer vacationing in Mrs. Testory's dining room. She had a great view of the yard and the crazy puppy Bella! She wishes she could run as fast at Bella does. Morgan once again liked to nap on top of her tank. Morgan was happy to look out the window at the crazy dog running around the yard, thankful she wasn't in the house chasing him.
Sunshine is once again back at school and a big part of K4! Sunshine enjoyed her summer vacation at home with Mrs. and Mr. Testory, Bella the puppy and Morgan the cat. She is excited about the 2009-2010 school year!
Summer has ended and Sunshine returns to K4 once again. She looks forward to a superb 2008-2009 school year with all the K4 Turtles! She can't wait to learn all about the "Land of Lincoln!" Sunshine spent her summer in Mrs. Testory's dining room. She loved having her tank next to the large bay window. She was able to get lots of sunshine. Mrs. Testory's nieces and nephews loved visiting with her. Morgan, the cat, loved to sleep on top of the tank.
Sunshine spent a relaxing summer at Mrs. Testory's house. She is excited to be back in K4 and all her wonderful students for the 2007-2008 school year.
Wow! What a summer! Sunshine enjoyed the summer in a nice cool basement in Mrs. Testory's new house. Sunshine really enjoyed her summer vacation but was anxious to get back to her classroom and students. She can't wait for her favorite letter week, Tt! 2006-2007 looks like it is going to be an awesome year!
Sunshine has rejoined K4 for the 2005-2006 school year. She has a new and larger tank. She just loves it! She goes everywhere. She really enjoys sitting on her rock or under her heat lamp.
Summer 2005 Sunshine went home with Mrs. T for the summer. She spent the summer eating lots of good food! Mr. Testory discovered Sunshine really enjoys beef and chicken. She prefers the meat already shredded for her. Sunshine had her yearly checkup at the vet and the vet took out her posts and wires! She has a little infection so she is receiving antibiotics. She hopes to re-join the K4 class by the end of September.
Fall 2004 - Sunshine has returned to school! She even went on a little field trip to 2C! They were learning about reptiles in Science. We really enjoy watching her. She spends a lot of time under her log. She is ready to hibernate for the winter. In the Spring time we will take her outside to walk around in the grass.
During the summer of 2004 she enjoyed living in her outdoor enclosure. At the end of August 2004 Sunshine escaped. A nice young man, Tim, found Sunshine and took her home with him. Tim and his mom, Tina asked a neighbor, RaeAnne if she would care for her. Sunshine spent a week in a nice indoor terrarium at RaeAnne's house until they read an article in the Rantoul Press about her great escape. On September 8th Sunshine came home to Mrs. Testory's house safe and sound! RaeAnne discovered Sunshine also likes green grapes!
In 2003-2004 Sunshine enjoyed watching the children in K4 learn the letters in the alphabet, she especially liked the letter Tt.