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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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