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Aug 7, 2014 Hi all SELS families, Three weeks until school starts (Thurs, Aug 28). Hope everyone is having a nice summer. Also hope everyone is spending some time reading, particularly the all-school and crew summer reads. I wanted to also connect and provide some info as we get closer to our return to school: [...]

Director’s Notes Hi all, Final Director’s Notes of the the ’13-14 school year. Where did it go? Exciting to be heading into summer, especially after this past week of a superb Celebration of Learning and the past 2 days of wonderful Passages. […]

Director's notes                                                                                                                           May 21, 2014 Hi all, Hitting the final stretch of expeditions. Still lots of fieldwork happening; students have camped at Prosser, Lava Beds National Monument, and will be going to Mono Lake and Yosemite. They have also visited farms, are going rafting, and have been rock climbing. Great experiences all around; many thanks [...]

Director's notes                                                                                                   May 14, 2014 Hi all, Last month of school and lots going on. Please keep up with all the fieldwork and scheduled events so you make sure you and/or your children are keeping to the expectations of the Commitment Contract. The fieldwork is integral to students connecting and internalizing the learning and our [...]

Director's notes                                                                                                                               May 7, 2014 Hi all, Everything going well here. Crews continue to dig into expeditions and prepare for fieldwork. Only about 4 weeks left until Celebration of Learning. Wow. Been wonderful meals and assistance for Teacher Appreciation Week; many thanks to all who are helping with this. Teachers love it. Our final electives [...]

Director's notes                                                                                           April 9, 2014 Hi all, Lottery is Thurs (tomorrow) at 6 pm. We have a large pool of applicants. Thanks to all who have helped at the Information Meetings. Next Wed is a Minimum Day; there is still room in the Sierra Stars program from 1-5 pm. Lots of fun arts/crafts, games, and [...]

Director's notes                                                                                         March 5, 2014 Hi all, Many thanks to everyone [...]

Director's notes                                                                                               Jan 29, 2014 Hi all, Progress Reports will be available Monday; we will be sending them in sealed envelopes home with students. Wonderful job everyone on our first half of the year. Jenn Skaff and I will be out of the Office next week, Wed, Feb 5 – Fri, Feb 7. Anna Demm [...]

Director's notes                                                                                  Jan 22, 2014 Hi all, Not much to report this week. Most crews are finishing up expeditions as the end of term nears (Friday), while a couple of crews are diving into new expeditions. Students are really enjoying the beautiful weather, even though it is quite a change from most winters. Tiffany Connolly, [...]

Director's notes                                                                                         Jan 8, 2014 Hi all, Welcome back from our snow-free, 45 degree break. At least the ice skating was good. Hope all are feeling rested and ready to jump back in as we finish out the final 3 wks of the the semester, which ends on Jan 24. Progress reports will be out [...]