We have officially begun our school year programming. We started in early September with a “Safety Day” where students learned what to do in case of fire, tornado, etc. (It was fun to discharge an old fire extinguisher in the parking lot.) So you know…we line the hallway in case of a tornado, and we … Continue reading October 2019
Jen Thomsen shared a book about our bodies and then we got to listen to our hearts! Wow, our bodies are loud! Then we exercised… and listened to our hearts again… They beat faster!
THANKS Thanks to everyone for providing a fun summer of “travel” for our students. Our “tours” included the Patagonia region of Chile (Susan Adamchak); China (Elke Lorenz); printmaking (Katie Kingery-Page and Lindsay Smith); Eukaryotic Cells (Taryn Cipra); Snack Chip ChampionChip (Sandy Nelson); our imagination (Cathy Hedge); Mt. Whitney (Clara and Mark Mayfield); inside your body … Continue reading September 2019
Clara and Mark Mayfield took us on a tour up Mount Whitney. We watched a video and looked at pictures while we snacked on homemade trail mix.
Permission form for Pillsbury Crossing trip: permission form summer
Cathy taught us a wonderful mantra for creative thinking: “If I don’t make it, it might never exist!” We did several creativity flexing exercises and then… we created our own worlds! Here are some of our drawings…
WORLD TRAVELERS August 4 Magical Mystery Tour with Sandy Nelson August 11 Tour up Mount Whitney with Clara and Mark MayfieldAugust 18 Tour inside our bodies with Jennifer ThomsenAugust 25 Tour of The Gambia with Lily Colburn Come join the fun! 3RD SUNDAY TEEN LUNCH Teen Lunch starts up again August 18. All teens (7th … Continue reading August 2019
Here are the chips and the final results of our ChampionChip Tournament. Thanks to all for your participation!
Taryn had us coloring, viewing a video, and squishing up blueberries so we could extract blueberry DNA. It worked! Handy vials were given to everyone so we could carry around our blueberry DNA in our pockets.
Katie, Lindsay, and Ruby took us on a glorious tour of print making. After assembling our paint pallet (seen in the picture below), we ventured outside to find some items with interesting textures so we could make our prints.
