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Hi all, I wanted to fill you in on our great Board Meeting last night. After some discussion on each issue, including community feedback, the Board has approved our expansion plan (outlined below) and thought we needed a community meeting to further discuss our Middle School organization (more on this once a date is set). [...]

Hi all, Quiet week on campus as the McMains Crew is off on a four day “California Wonders Tour”. They are connecting today's human-made wonders with those of the the ancient civilizations they are studying. IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ ALL THE NOTES. Since we have consolidated nearly all school information into these Notes, we need the [...]

Hi all, With the change in weather and our first snow day behind us, a few things to remember: Make sure your child comes dressed appropriately: jacket, snow pants, gloves, and hat. They will continue to spend most recesses outside. Your teachers may have already mentioned this, but please have your child bring shoes/slippers to [...]

Hi all, Hope the long weekend treated everyone well. Most students are either just finishing fall expeditions or are starting spring expeditions; please ask your child about it. There is some very exciting learning planned. Some topics to cover: Snow is predicted this week; granted, not much, but Snow Day procedure is as follows: we [...]

Thanks to all participants in last nights Board Workshop on school configuration; lots of good ideas shared and discussed. Based on the workshop and additional information from research and other schools, staff will develop a recommendation to be presented at the Feb 6 Board Meeting. Please come to that meeting if interested as there will [...]

Hope everyone had a nice holiday break. Many thanks to all for your kind words and gifts; staff very much appreciate your recognition of their efforts. Lots to share in this new year. First, we would like to welcome back Ms Brisbin to the 4/5 classroom after her leave of absence; please help her feel [...]

Our Parent-Teacher Crew is headed by Marcy Thompson. To contact Marcy, send an email to mlttruckee@yahoo.com Mission of the PTC The Mission of the Sierra Expeditionary Learning School Parent Teacher Crew is to assist our crew and crew leaders by helping with volunteering, organization and fundraising through our communication with administration and families. We want [...]

As many of you are aware, government funding of education has been increasingly limited in recent years. Most charter schools count on a per child family donation to supplement the state and government funding they receive. Family donations are generally used for items not entirely covered in the budget, such as expedition fieldwork. We would [...]

A common misconception of public schools is that they are free when in fact providing excellent education comes at quite a high cost. When most of us were children, property taxes and other federal funding were more than adequate to provide the required resources to fund schools. In 1978, Proposition 13 overhauled the way California [...]

Classroom News We continue to start each day with Morning Meeting where we greet each other and share important news. We usually do a morning message, which is one place we discuss parts of words, spelling, and writing rules. Last month we began combining the 1st graders and Kindergarteners for Morning Meeting on Tuesdays and [...]