What A Month! We are preparing two major products, for Celebration of Learning and Passages, at the same time we are exploring our last ancient civilization and preparing to share our documentary with the community - it is an intense period of new learning and self-reflection! So the BIG EVENT: The McMains Crew (Blue Bear [...]
Hi all, Another lovely spring week. Keep your eyes on the sky this Saturday: around 6 pm there will be a solar eclipse. Make sure you have filtered glasses if watching it so you don't hurt your eyes. Other interesting news/info: Thanks to all your efforts in completing Independent Study, we earned an extra $18,000 [...]
Please enjoy the smilebox newletter format I make for the Brisbin Crew! http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d7a45314e6a557a4e5456384e4449774d5467334f44673d0d0a&sb=1 Proudly, Mrs Brisbin
Hi all, STAR testing this week and next so things a little different and off schedule. We appreciate your having students here and on-time. Some information to share: Mr Krusi-Thom, Ms McMains, and I spent 3 days at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference in Denver. Great group of people, lots of info and ideas. After [...]
Hi, Some excitement around here yesterday. I want to assure everyone that staff handled the situation very well and all children were safe throughout. Information to share: Mr Krusi-Thom, Ms McMains, and I will be in Denver at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference from Wed-Fri this week. Mr Williams (or “Red” as he is more [...]
Expedition Express Truckee Donner Public Utilities District: Our crew braved the elements last week to walk over to the Truckee Donner PUD (I love our Truckee Kids!!). Students were given a tour of the facility by Steven Poncelet and learned where the sources for energy in Truckee originate and water sources for Truckee residents. Questions of [...]
Worlds Of Wonders Expedition Essential Question of the Week: What are the wonders of Ancient Greece? Greek festival preparation is underway for Monday, May 7th. Members of each city-state, Athens and Sparta, will share their foods, music and games with our crew. Metalworking has begun and involves in cutting and nailing sheets of tin, copper [...]
Please see attached minutes from April 2012 Board Meeting.
Agenda for Monday, May 7 Board Meeting
Expedition News Since our crew finished our model farms, we have been taking a closer look at chickens. We have fertilized eggs arriving this week. They will be in an incubator for the three weeks it takes for them to hatch. This is a great way for the children to see what happens from egg [...]
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