Happy Spring, Crews! Students in the Akers Crews are celebrating a successful Goal Setting week. Thanks to all families for coming together to support your student's efforts in reflecting on their progress as of yet and setting academic, character, and HOW's goals. Please remember to post these goals in a high profile location and check [...]
Expedition Express READY!, SET!, GO! And we're off. Our Spring Expedition kicked off this week for a fun-filled Spring Science Expedition. Yes, there is a sports theme to this Expedition. I'm sure the crew will enjoy the Scientific Explorations we have planned for the next few months. Swifter, Faster, Stronger: Case Study #1 will focus on the [...]
Welcome BACK-TO-SCHOOL! Expedition Express: I've Been Working on the Railroad: Our fall expedition will kick-off on Monday, Sept. 9th with fieldwork on Donner Summit. We will meet with local historian Greg Palmer and learn all about the Snowsheds and Tunnels constructed for the Transcontinental Railroad. Students need to come prepared on Monday with the following [...]
Most parents recognize that life is as busy as ever. We are often in a state of scrambling to make breakfast; get the kids to school; get to work; pick kids up; drop everyone where they need to be for after school events and somehow fit in family time? HA! And then there is the [...]
Most parents recognize that life is as busy as ever. We are often in a state of scrambling to make breakfast; get the kids to school; get to work; pick kids up; drop everyone where they need to be for after school events and somehow fit in family time? HA! And then there is the [...]
Expedition Express Anato-ME: Our spring Expedition is in full swing and the kids are really soaking up all the knowledge they have read so far about the SKELETAL SYSTEM and NERVOUS SYSTEM. We are jam packed with amazing resources and experts coming in to our classrooms. SKELETAL SYSTEM: Students are enjoying using their newly learned vocabulary words to describe [...]
THANK YOU for your donation to the Sierra Expeditionary Learning School. Your donation will go towards providing space for three additional classrooms, develop additional play space, and upgrade existing structures. We could not do any of these improvements without your generous help. With appreciation- SELS Staff, Students, and Families
The Power of Words We the people..... students of the Brisbin Crew are learning about the famous words that have shaped out country via our third Case Study: The Power of Words. From the Preamble of the Constitution, to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, to Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac, students are participating in art projects, EL protocols, oral [...]
The Power of Words We the people..... students of the Brisbin Crew are learning about the famous words that have shaped out country via our third Case Study: The Power of Words. From the Preamble of the Constitution, to Thomas Paine's Common Sense, to Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac, students are participating in art projects, [...]
Language Arts At this point in the year, we have made our way through the entire alphabet. We continue to study about letter sounds, but now it is about constant review. We are blending sounds together to both read and write words. We are also focusing on hearing the vowel sounds in words. I [...]
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