Roxanne and Aliana’s mom, Maribel, accompanied Aliana, Phedon, Sonia, and Ephy to the Farmers Market today with an agenda. The sugar snap peas were no longer producing and the children took photos and concerns to Farmer Pete. We revisited Robin Murez’s (whom they met) installation of the baseball mounds near the farmers market. We were surprised…
On Thursday we did a safety evacuation practice. During morning circle, we prepared the children and rang the bell to sound the ‘alarm’ that tells us to go to the nearest teachers and get in line. We exited to Venice then rounded the corner and stood on May Street for roll call BASED ON YOUR…
Roxanne returned to the Farmer’s Market with Michelle (Arrow’s mom, EW) and the children to connect our garden with the strawberries we had purchased there from farmer Pete. We planted them at NSW and returned to report how many flowers had bloomed. Pete told us it looked like we had 20 days to wait…
To our NSW Parent Community, I’ve got some exciting news to share. I’ve been offered a great job opportunity and with much thought (and emotion), I’ve decided to accept the position as Site-Supervisor for Voyages’ new toddler school. I am a passionate advocate for the early foundations of academic-identity and look forward to the challenges…
It was another great Parent Night with people from both East and West Wings coming together with great food and drink and friendship. Thanks to all of you who were able to come out to learn and share with us. For those of you who couldn’t make it, here’s a brief recap of the evening…
We had a Secret Dinner and so much fun and enjoyed Southern Comfort food! Thanks to Jeff and Jackie (Olivia WW) for opening your beautiful home to us and for joining talents with Jon and Lauren (Kirby WW) and for all of you who came to support the school and enjoy each other. Astrid…
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…
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…
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…
