SATURDAY 6/16/12 Drop the kids off for fun with wet felting and needle felting. This day will include all materials, take home wonders and PIZZA lunch with Amy and Paola at NSW. Alumni are welcome, current students are welcome (sorry, no younger siblings). 9:30-1:00 $65 per person, no sibling discounts. Sign up on the door…
Announcements
Cooking this week
Hi Everyone! Have you been wondering about the transformation of the former “Lego Corner” on the patio? The space is being transformed as part of an idea about exploring and linking the NSW garden & your home gardens, food, family, home, culture and the tastes, smells, sight and feel of nature. (Legos are in the…
Easy Online Donation for St. Judes
Hi friends, Paste the link below and hit the “sponsor event” tab to donate. https://waystohelp.stjude.org/sjVPortal/public/event/page/displayEventPage.do?programName=trike&eventId=305515 Please Donate ! From: Roleen and Kristin We invite you to make a donation to our St. Jude Trike-A-Thon event. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer…
Tinkering…
Here’s the Nuts and Bolts… Every year, the children are interested in how things work. There have been structural changes in the back patio to support the function of pulleys (thanks to our engineers Geoff and Eric). And we’ve redesigned our classrooms to allow room for elaborate machines supporting thrust, trajectory and pull. And so, the teachers…
JUNE EVENTS
JUNE EVENTS Saturday, June 2nd – Sunday, June 3rd – NSW Camping Trip See the door for more information or contact Jorge Flores at Jorge@luckypeanut.com Monday, June 4th – Trike-a-Thon! Time: East Wing at 9:30 am / West Wing at 3:00 pm Location: NSW, at the purple gates on Venice – bring helmets and kids’ bikes…
Herb Lemonade on a Friday afternoon
From an interest expressed by dramatic play to share pretend gourmet lemonades, a surprise awaited the West Wing children in the house area. Joy (Maddie’s mom) brought lemons for Teacher Sam’s morning activity. The children squeezed the lemons, crushed the herbs and added crushed berries for Raspberry Lemonade, Rosemary Lemonade, and Mint Lemonade that they…
Ode to Mommies: A Communal Poem
Notes from Kindergarten Night
Speaker: Tanya Anton – GoMamaGuide.com Notetaker: Annie Lai -Asha’s mom WW (Thank you!) Email her at GoMama@mac.com. About the speaker: Tanya Anton author of GoMamaGuide’s “Westside Guide to Public Elementary Schools,” “Westside Guide to Middle School,” and the “Valley Guide to Public Elementary Schools,” has risen steadily as a go-to source for information, inspiration, and…
Drop and cover
Today we practiced for an earthquake drill in the East and West Wings. We talked about what to do when your teacher says “drop and cover”. “Drop”: the teachers will be demonstrating the earthquake protection drill by calling out the commands to ‘drop and cover’. “Cover”: the drill has you drop to your knees where…
Holiday DVD
The Documentation Committee occasionally experiences a turn-around delay, but do not fear, we are there for you. Remember the Holiday Concert back at the end of the year? Remember Roleen guaranteeing comprehensive video coverage of that milestone event? Well, it’s nearly April, and that guarantee has now come to pass. For any who wish to…