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Language Arts Language Arts continues to be centered around reading and discussing good books, reading and writing letters, knowing letter sounds, reading and writing sight words and writing sentences about our pictures. The letters we’ve focused on are b, e, g, h, l, n, r, and our newest sight words are go, we, to. Please [...]

Hi all, Hope all are enjoying this beautiful sunshine. Students seem to dress appropriately for early Nov: t-shirts and shorts – ha. Many thanks for all the great work behind the Bear Walk – a very successful tradition for us. Lots of parents showed up to help with refreshments, lap marking, and share their support. [...]

Hi everyone, Everything going well on the SELS campus. Students are enjoying the return of beautiful weather. Lots to share this week, so please take the time to read it all: Some additional learning from our emergency drills of recent: All volunteers need to sign in on Office clipboard when working on campus. When emergencies [...]

Hi all, Wow, two early snow days. Hmmm... what does this say about winter? Beautiful outside, though. Some general info on Snow Days: We have 3 built into the schedule as “free” days Any snow days over 3 and we will ask all students to complete Independent Study (these will be provided as packets). This [...]

It was great to see so many of you last week during our Goal Setting Conferences! I appreciate all the work you did with your kiddos to help them prepare. They did a great job of helping to set some goals for themselves. It will be very helpful for families to keep reminding students about [...]

Hi all, Good week of conferences – please make sure you take advantage of this time to work with your teacher to help facilitate the most effective learning opportunities for your children. While still happening, fieldwork is winding down. Many thanks to all the help with organization, driving, and chaperoning, and to all those family [...]

Hi all, Hope everyone is enjoying what may be our final stellar week of warmth. Its been a nice long run since April. A few things to share this week: We are starting our second block of electives on Friday. Looking forward to some new activities and parent volunteers. REMINDER: Next week is Minimum Week [...]

Hi all, Everything is going along nice and smoothly. Students and teachers are into their routines, occasionally offset with fieldwork. Some of the great work going on: Williams Crew spent 2 nights on the summit last week working on mapping and compasses as part of their case study on exploration. Bell-Bannon Crew recently summitted Andesite [...]

Hi all, Fall is in the air, which means cool mornings and beautiful days. Also means jackets in the morning and “Lost and Found” in the afternoon. If you get a chance, please check through the bucket in the Library for any missing articles of clothing. Some important information: Photo forms are coming home today [...]

Welcome to the first newsletter of the 2012-2013 school year! The Kinder crew has spent the first few weeks getting to know each other and learning the classroom and school wide routines. They are a very spirited and fun group! Language Arts Kindergarten is all about literacy! We have been focusing on recognizing letters and [...]