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Hi all, Having a great fall so far; students seem to be enjoying school, great fieldwork happening, our Electives Program off to a fantastic start, lots of participation by families. Lets keep it up. Some information to share: End of day, pick up changes: adjustments in students' after school schedules are difficult for us to [...]

Hi all, Great first couple of weeks. Students are settling in well and expeditions are off to a strong start. Some information to pass along: Wed, Sept 12 (tomorrow), is a Minimum Day: 6/7 released at 11:45 ; K-5 released at 1 STAR results are in; please stop in the office to pick up Announcement: [...]

Welcome everyone to the beginning of 2012-13 and my first Director's Notes. I will get these out most every Tuesday as a way to communicate all-school information. If you have something you feel should be included, please let me know by each Monday. Our Back to School Night was very successful; parent participation was just [...]

Hi all, Our final week and last Notes of '11-12. Sad, I know, but not to worry, they will come back in full force in August. Thanks to all for the wonderful year – your children have been amazing! We feel privileged to be part of their learning and growth, and always appreciate the wonderful [...]

Hi all, Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend and is ready for the final 3 week push. Lots of info to share: Spirit wear orders due today, Tues May 29. If you need to, fill it out this afternoon. There will be more orders in the future if you miss this one. All-school picture [...]

Hi all, Lots going on over the next few weeks; please try and keep up with dates and times and have your students at school, get in any required documents, and help your children finish out a successful school year. Fieldwork is in high gear: the Holguin Crew over-nighted at a farm near Oroville last [...]

Hi all, Another lovely spring week. Keep your eyes on the sky this Saturday: around 6 pm there will be a solar eclipse. Make sure you have filtered glasses if watching it so you don't hurt your eyes. Other interesting news/info: Thanks to all your efforts in completing Independent Study, we earned an extra $18,000 [...]

Hi all, STAR testing this week and next so things a little different and off schedule. We appreciate your having students here and on-time. Some information to share: Mr Krusi-Thom, Ms McMains, and I spent 3 days at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference in Denver. Great group of people, lots of info and ideas. After [...]

Hi, Some excitement around here yesterday. I want to assure everyone that staff handled the situation very well and all children were safe throughout. Information to share: Mr Krusi-Thom, Ms McMains, and I will be in Denver at the Expeditionary Learning National Conference from Wed-Fri this week. Mr Williams (or “Red” as he is more [...]

Expedition News Since our crew finished our model farms, we have been taking a closer look at chickens. We have fertilized eggs arriving this week. They will be in an incubator for the three weeks it takes for them to hatch. This is a great way for the children to see what happens from egg [...]