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Expedition Express: Welcome to the Kinder-Garden We are nearing the end of our expedition and school year! The kids are finishing their investigations and cannot wait to show you them at Celebration of Learning. We have also finished our research on why people need plants. We’ve planted in the school garden for our salad party [...]

Expedition Express: Welcome to the Kinder-Garden We are in the middle of our first expedition, How does your garden grow. “I can explain how the parts of a plant help it grow, survive and make new plants” Students are becoming experts on a specific plant part and will present their findings to the class. We [...]

Expedition Express: “Crack, bang, boom!” We are nearing the end of our expedition on weather. At the end of March and through April, your children will be giving school wide weather forecasts and how to prepare for the upcoming weather at the end of each day over the intercom. They have been working very hard [...]

Expedition Express Unfortunately we will be pushing our build day to the spring. As soon as the snow melts we will build a play structure for our school community. More info to come. We are wrapping up investigations of pushes and pull and have our final challenge during the first full week in February. Students will be [...]

Expedition Express We are ending our Building Communities Expedition this month with our much anticipated build day! We are aiming for the 2nd week in January, but the extended forecast is not looking cooperative. We will have to play it by ear and if we do not get a good day in the next few [...]

Expedition Express Building Community is winding down! We are going to be putting our knowledge to the test on Wednesday, Dec. 14 for our big build day! We will be building a play structure to help improve the SELS community. Thank you in advance for all of the parent help on this special day of [...]

Expedition Express Case Study #2, On the Job!, is in full swing. We have learned how to use many tools safely, written about them and sketched them. This month we will be putting our knowledge to the test and building our own geoboards (possibly some other things time permitting) and writing about & illustrating the [...]

Expedition Express Case Study #2, On the Job!, will be starting in Oct. Students will learn how to use tools, and learn how to plan and construct a project that improves the SELS community. Questions to Ask Your Child: What tools have you learned about? What type of tool is it? How do you use [...]

Expedition Express: Building Communities In our first expedition, We will learn how to be a good Crew Member and start talking about the SIERRA Norms: S – Strength I – Integrity E – Empathy R – Respect R – Responsibility A – Adventure Here are some of the ways we apply SIERRA Norms: S. – [...]