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Hi All, Not much to report this week. Things are going well, new expeditions are under way, and some crews are beginning winter x-country skiing. New electives start this week. Many thanks to all parents helping with course offerings. Please look for SELS News, Issue 2 – coming to your inbox soon. Girls on the [...]

Hello Family and Friends, I am writing to ask for help. Our school, Sierra Expeditionary Learning School (SELS) is in its final year of expansion, adding 8th grade and infilling a 4th/5th grade classroom. We need 3 portable buildings to meet the needs of the expansion. In the Fall, we started a Capital Campaign to [...]

Hi All, Everything going well here on campus. Sunshine and warm weather allowing lots of outside time. On Friday evening, Leadership put on a wonderful Movie Night. They asked for donations and raised approximately $150 to donate to the Capital Campaign. Speaking of the Capital Campaign, we are gearing up for another big push. This [...]

Director's Notes                                   Notas del Director                                           1-29-13 Hi all, Great finish to our first term of the year. Students have been doing excellent work – they are engaged, collaborative, and putting forward focused effort. You should have your progress report by now; if you did not pick it up, it would have come home with your [...]

Hi all, Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. Not much news this week. McMains Crew leaves next Tuesday for their 4 day California Wonders Tour. The “Lost and Found” is beginning to pile up again – please stop in and collect any missing items. Progress reports will come out on Monday, Jan 28. We [...]

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 [...]

Hi all, Wow, what a cold week. Don't recall consistent negative double digits ever. While I know it is supposed to warm up, please make sure your children are dressed appropriately; we have students showing up in shorts and t-shirts, particularly in middle school. Not really acceptable since they are outside everyday. Friday is the [...]

Hi all, Wonderful break for all I hope. Kids seem enthusiastic to be back. Campus looks quite different will all the snow; please make sure your children are dressed appropriately. ** Looking for a parent representative for Measure A. Meetings are the second Tuesday of every other month from 3:30-5 pm at either Truckee or [...]

Hi all, Winter break coming up, but only after our wonderful Celebration of Learning evening on Thursday. This is your child(ren)'s opportunity to share what they have been working on the past several months and where they are going with their learning. A very important night for the students so please make sure you can [...]

Hi all, A big thank you to all for our wonderful Gratitude Dinner. Organizers did a superb job and our community turnout was fun to see. We are now officially into our Capital Campaign. I have attached our Campaign brochure and some general talking points; we encourage all of you to send these out to [...]