January Newsletter: Hello Akers Crew! January is a great academic month! The students know the daily routine and can get so much accomplished. This week, we put final touches on our Letters About Literature author’s letter. […]
Information Meetings have been set: Kindergarten Roundup: March 12, 6-8 pm TTUSD Board Rm ; please arrive early to register March 24: 6-7:30 pm, portable M-8 March 30: 6-7:30 pm, portable M-8 Enrollment process: applications are handed out at the meetings, which are mandatory if you have not been to one. Please arrive a little [...]
SOUND & LIGHT ENGINEERS We are off to a grand start with our month-long expedition, Sound & Light Engineers. Brooke Landis, local science/engineering expert, will continue to work with our crew throughout January to explore the ways sound and light travel. Thus far, we have been working as scientists to observe sound and light and to question and investigate some of our ideas on these topics. During the second half of the month, we will become engineers and learn about the design process, so we can design and build devices that use sound and light to communicate. Swing by our room any afternoon this month to see your youngsters at work. The atmosphere is literally buzzing with excitement and learning! […]
SELS Summit Day brought to you by the Bell Crew/First Grade… Who: Entire SELS student body and staff members What: First annual SELS Summit Day Where: All-day hike to Castle Pass When: Tuesday, October 28th Why: To experience ADVENTURE, CHALLENGE and COMMUNITY! How: With the help of amazing staff, parent drivers and chaperones! The first annual SELS Summit Day served as the final product of the first graders’ expedition, entitled “I Love the Mountains!” The expedition focused on goal setting, adventure and developing a sense of place through the mastery of local geographical landmarks– specifically, the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In the week preceding the event, the first graders made goal-setting presentations to each SELS crew (K-8). The presenters used first-hand experiences to demonstrate how breaking a goal into manageable parts makes an impossible goal feel possible. In addition, the first graders presented their own hand-drawn “peaks profile” to teach their peers how to identify the main peaks visible in our area. SELS students used the profile as a resource on Summit Day to identify local mountains. […]
Director’s Notes Jan 14, 2015 Hi all, Been a great week. Students are really focused and seem to be enjoying school. They are also healthy, which considering how this winter is turning out, is pretty fortunate. Continue to do whatever you are doing to keep them happy and healthy. SCHOOL INFO With the passing of Measure U, our campus and area will undergo some physical changes. Please join me for an initial SELS campus master planning meeting, Tues Jan 20 at 2:30. If you can’t make this meeting and would like to provide input, please email me your thoughts. Lost and found piling up again; please stop in and grab your stuff. Also some remaining dishware from Gratitude Evening is in the office. Everything will be donated after Friday. Will be posting this week an opening for a part time Reading Specialist. If interested, or know of someone interested, please check the website. Looking to hire someone for lunch/recess duty from 11:15-12:45 everyday (though days worked is possibly negotiable) for $20/day. Responsibilities include helping with lunch service and yard duty. Must have good grasp of program and philosophies. Please stop in and talk to David if interested. Will start as soon as filled. SCHOOL AND PUBLIC EVENTS Positively Rolling, the middle school boys character education program associated with SELS, is holding a fundraiser (jointly, with the Auburn Ski Club) on Jan 22 from 5-10 pm at the Truckee Tavern. A portion of proceeds will go to each organization. […]
Hello Crew! I apologize for getting this newsletter out so late in the month. We are wrapping up the end of the semester, which ends on January 30th. I can’t believe we are already half way finished!! I want to say that I am very proud of this crew. They have come a long way since the beginning of the year. We are having fun, and learning in the process. Here are some updates: Expedition Our last case study, It’s Elemental, is all about the subatomic world, chemistry, and the periodic table. The students have […]
Williams Crew, I hope everyone had a fun, restful break. Hopefully, we are all ready to tackle a great new year at SELS. Here are a few updates: Expedition: During the next month we will be studying the Meso-american tribes (Aztec, Maya, and Inca tribes), and investigating the impact of the European explorers on the local people they encountered. We will be working on this until the end of the semester on January 30. […]
Happy New Year, Crew! I hope your holiday break was restful, fun, and filled with family and friends. As we wrap up our expedition “Redcoats and Rebels,” students are completing their final project for their synthesis boxes: a biography and multi-draft sketch of Benjamin Franklin. Students are enjoying the steady pace of their workload- in comparison to the super intense push for Celebration of Learning. They feel accomplished in completing their final product and are looking forward to our new expedition which kicks off on January 20th. More on that later!…. […]
Director’s Notes Jan 7, 2015 Hi all, Welcome back. Hope everyone had a nice break. Assembly this Friday in the gym, starting at 9:15 will focus on winter safety for all students, and additional weapon safety issues for 4th grade and up. All are welcome to attend. End of year dates: looking over the end of the year, and thinking about how this winter is starting out, we want to put out the possible scenarios: As scheduled (up to 4 snow days): final day of school, June 17 ; Passages, June 15/16 ; Celebration of Learning, June 9 (yes, this is a change from June 4 – apologies) ; 8th grade graduation, June 16 If no snow days: final day of school, June 12 ; Passages, June 10/11 ; Celebration of Learning, June 4 ; 8th grade graduation, June 11 By early April we should know which schedule will apply. Apologies for the tentative dates, but such is the nature of snow days (or lack thereof). […]
Please see the attached agenda for this month's Board Meeting in M-7 from 6-9 pm. SELS 1.5.15 Agenda
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