We had WAFFLES in the Middle Courtyard on Thursday with Brandi (Barrett, WW) and friends Snack was prepared by Kirby, Eli, Mika, and Marina in the West Wing and Isaac, Hayes, and Fiona in the East Wing. Flowers from Indie, Arnon (WW), Isaac and Emilio (EW) brightened our day. We had a farmers…
The Runaway Spider is the working title for a book Ephy, Emilio, and Hayes were working on with Adriana’s intern, David. The children pulled resource books and studied spiders closely, revising their drawings and narrating a story that David wrote down while they worked. During the semester break, and before David returns for…
Last week, Jen and I had prepared some fun activities for the children to work on in the communication and exploration spaces during our rain storm. We noticed that the rain wasn’t falling that hard so we opened up the idea of playing in the rain. Oh! the looks on their faces! Their eyes widened…
Snack was brought by Sawyer, Arnon, Diego in the West Wing and Eva, Emilio, Coco & Leo in the East Wing. Leah (Jake, Charlie EW and Lucy WW) made waffles and fruit with the children on a rainy day. Flowers brightened our rainy week from Will (WW) And Kelly McGuigan was our parent participant…
Upon returning from winter break, we discovered the bed in the East Wing House Area had a broken a leg. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to repair the bed and after considering the demands of the children’s play, a cot was purchased. A group of six children volunteered to assemble the cot for the beloved play…
Last weekend, Roleen hosted her SMC Reggio course at NSW and parents Emily (Paisley), Melinda (Ephy), Jennifer (Fiona), Alex (Emilio), and Heather (Estelle) came to talk about what it means to be a part of a school that involves Parents as Partners in the learning and how documentation makes the process of learning visible. Adriana…
Flowers came in from Amy (Sonia, WW) and Jessica (Chase, EW) updated the front table with fresh greens and holiday cheer. Then more flowers came in from April Lee (Mehana, WW). A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated new toys for the Union Rescue Mission, organized by Jess (Chase, EW). They came…
Happy Thanksgiving, All! This past week started off with a healing bouquet from Jordan’s (Dillon, WW) family Malibu home. She shared reminders of the life that thrives in the midst of the fires with bougainvillea and eucalyptus picked from their garden. Then, Beto donated a frozen turkey to auction off for the staff! What a…
While parents brought in items to support the request for the Front Yard Sound Wall, the children began to make instruments and consider the space at the woodworking table. Ava: I’m bringing an instrument. I’m just not sure how many more sleeps until I bring it. Kirby: You have to bring it soon to put…
This past week, the parent teams were hard at work on the site. The gardening team has filled the custom planter box with soil and hung planter pots on the trellis work they installed. The Beautification Team tried several different researched methods to remove the graffiti on our alley fence and with some hard scrubbing…