Mrs. Costner's Class Blog: Mr. Johnny Calder, Marcus Smith's Special Guest

Yes, you read that right! Mr. Calder spent part of his morning today in our classroom. He was invited by Marcus as his special guest because both of his parents are working during the day. Mr. Calder did a great job sharing with us about his love of baseball. He showed us some special baseballs, baseball cards, and a signed baseball bat. He had things signed by Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Sandy Cofax, Pete Rose, Reggie Jackson, Micky Mantle, Hank Aaron, and Cal Ripkin Jr. For you baseball fans out there I apologize for any misspellings of those great players names! Mr. Calder was taking a trip out west last summer with his family and he was able to attend the college world series and see his favorite baseball team the USC Gamecocks win the national championship. Mr. Calder told us about how the people in his family (his wife Janet, daughter Jennifer, son Jarrett, and son Joshua) all have the same initials JC. Mr. Calder grew up traveling around the United States because his dad was in the Marine Corps. His favorite place he lived was in Hawaii. He moved to Conway right around the time he was going into high school and he has been here ever since. He also shared with us a great family tradition that his family enjoys sharing. In his house they have a restaurant jar where everyone writes down their favorite 3 restaurants and then every Friday night they pull out one name from the jar and that is where they all go to eat dinner together. It was so much fun to get to know Mr. Calder as a real person and not just as a principal who stays in the office and we are so thankful that he took time out of his busy day to come and share his story with us!