It’s Monday and now that Halloween has passed, we’re moving quickly into the busyness of the holiday season. We had another great Parade on Friday, however, and the children really did well with all the “goings on”. It’s not easy to maintain some sense of routine during a celebration that boasts unpredictability and surprise but…
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The Season of Giving. A way to make a difference.
Dear NSW Families, Namibia attained national independence from the apartheid government of South Africa in 1990. Since then, the new Government of the Republic (GRN) has allocated 20% of its national budget to education. About 95% of school-aged children attend school and the number of teachers has increased by 30%. This is all great news and it reflects…
Halloween Parade – Photo Set – 10/30/09
10-30-2009-61, originally uploaded by NSW photostream. Click the photo above to view some photos from this morning’s Halloween Parade. More photos to come!
Pumpkin Raffle Results
We made a whopping $1290.00 on the pumpkin raffle! Thank you for your generous contributions and your part in making today a super fun parade! The winners of their flower group pumpkin and a large pumpkin are: Tulips: Ila Labb Daisies: Jobim Scott Dandelions: Alejandro Bellardinelli Marigolds: Penelope Smukler Morning Glories: Keaton Pearce Lilies: Brendan…
It’s going to get darker earlier
Just a bit of information about this weekend's return to standard time. It will be getting dark earlier so expect some possible confusion with your child's time schedule. "It feels like I'm late but look at the clock. I still pick you up at the same time." Think of it this way, if you are…
I’m Not Scared Anymore by Jobim’s mom Ruth (circa 2007)
(A caveat for west wing parents) Jobim couldn’t have been more excited, beaming in his borrowed Spiderman one-piece costume. We loaded up into the car and headed over to the New School West Halloween parade! Lots of talk, lots of prep, lots of days of Roleen showing how she put on her costume and make-up…
Wonders of Learning Exhibit
Hi to all the parents from the West LA Collaborative Schools. As many of you have heard – The Wonder of Learning, Hundred Languages of Children is COMING!!! To enable this amazing exhibit, we need assistance from our great community. Your School's Rep may have already forwarded or made available the new volunteer sheets. Please…
Convenient, and a fundraiser too!
The Daisy Pumpkin!
The Daisy Group has completed their pumpkin!
Ice Cream Sale (name of Back Patio enterprise)
Today, after many meetings, several East Wing children began to construct their ice cream store with Flora and her SMC student (Tanya)'s support. They've designed a menu, all ice cream is "a buck" and are using tickets as cash. They planed to open the store later that day. The other children were so excited by…