Grey: Dylan, you gotta try this! Dylan gingerly picks a leaf from the peppermint plant and takes a cautious bite. After the first nibble, he puts the whole leaf in his mouth and moves closer to Grey who is working on potting an herb garden for the East Wing House Area. Grey: Can we try…
It was great to have Daina and Justin celebrate Hendriks’ (WW) birthday and Kelly celebrate Leo’s (WW) birthday with a book Monday! In the East Wing, Lola’s family (mom Erin and grandma) and Teacher Katherine read to her daughter, Liliana (EW) for her birthday and Rick, (Kayden, EW) head of the emergency preparedness committee tallied…
To tie into our weekly mantra of “supporting,” a provocation was set up in the East Wing Building Space. Three bugs greeted the children on the platform with a note: “Dear East Wing Children. We were in the front yard and one of the teachers told us you could work together to build us something…
It’s a challenging day for everyone when school starts. While we are here for your children, we recognize that YOU need a place to go, too! The Tsapatsaris Powell family (Melinda and Andy, parents of Ephy, WW) opened their home for you to commiserate and with the support of Roleen and some parents “who have…
One of our whole school strategies this year is to make the gifts of engagement visible and valued. Parents are such a HUGE part of what happens here each day and we appreciate the time, skills, ideas, talent, and the relationship you share. After our first gathering at the Tsapatsaris and Powell home (Ephy, WW,)…
With an intention of reconnecting our easel work to the observations of nature in the Front Yard, I sat back and watched to see what the children remembered about mixing colors with palette knives on palette paper to match the color of their photos of nature. Clemmy: I will need red and yellow. Teacher Katherine:…
Snack and flowers from home are a wonderful way to share yourself with friends. It’s a connector to the comforts of home and to the new friends at school. Children sit with Roxanne to make the snack menu and decide how many of what item should be on the menu. They practice their drawing and…
At Reflection Meetings, we are talking with the West Wing children after our visits to the East Wing. We’re wondering about the feelings that come up as we visit and play in this new area. Lily: Happy because it’s different. And a little bit scared. Estelle: A little scared. Arrow: Excited to move to…
Sean (Lily, WW) spent days working with the West Wing teachers and children to capture our new ID panel images. He’s offering them to you for downloading! Enjoy!! Here’s the dropbox link to all the pics for parents to download. I’ll keep them up for the next 2 weeks, so everyone should get ’em while…
I want to make sure to say. . .how soooooo much I appreciated sitting around the room with the teachers on Friday night. . . the perfect setting to celebrate the amazing beings they are. Each so uniquely who they are coming together as an inspiring bouquet! And, they brought me a gift! My gift. .…