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Hi all, Our final week. Wow, year seemed to go really quickly. Passages are in full swing. Students are demonstrating superb presentation skills and high quality learning. Please try and attend your child's session. Many thanks to all for a wonderful year. The students continually demonstrate their ownership of our SIERRA norms and newly added [...]

Hi all, Big week with Celebration of Learning on Thursday from 6-7:30 pm. Please make sure you support your children by participating; they love to share what they have accomplished (and this sharing is important to their feeling supported in their education). McMains Crew will be performing their Clash of the Titans debate in the [...]

Hi all, Heading into our final weeks; lots to be accomplished as crews finish expeditions and prepare for Celebration of Learning and Passages. Please help by having your children here and ready to participate. Brisbin Crew's McIver Diary Interpretive Sign event happened on Friday and the sign is now posted at the site. Great event [...]

Hi all, Great job everyone during STAR testing weeks. Appreciate all the hard work by students and having them here and ready by parents. Fieldwork is high gear: Williams Crew in the South Bay Tues-Fri; Welch and Seaborg Crews at Meeks Bay Tues-Wed. Next week McMains, Brisbin, and Bell-Bannon Crews will be on fieldwork at [...]

Hi all, A big thank you to our community for all the kind and generous expressions for staff during Appreciation Week. You all do a wonderful job contributing to the on-going success of our program and we know how fortunate we are to have such an involved and respectful community. Announcement: Jenn Skaff has been [...]

Hi all, STAR testing is upon us, Tues-Thurs the next two weeks. Please have your children ready to go, on time, and limit your own time on campus until lunch or after. SELS100 Capital Campaign update: all going well – still hovering around $220,000. Those who have pledged contributions, please remember to have that into [...]

Hi all, Lovely weather – hope everyone is getting out to enjoy it. With this comes a Dress Code reminder (to highlight the common infractions): no flip flops, shorts at or longer than arms/hands, and tank tops at least 3 fingers wide (no spaghetti straps). You can check the handbook for more details. Also, the [...]

Hi all, Thanks to all for participating in your children's goal-setting conferences. Helpful to stay connected to your child's learning and goals. The SELS100 Capital Campaign has now raised just over $215,000 – great work everyone. Still working on full participation, however; 53% of SELS families have contributed – for those who have not, love [...]

Hi all, Goal-setting conferences this week; please make sure you have scheduled with your teachers. Wednesday is a Minimum Day with normal release times. To facilitate conference time, Thursday we are ending academic programming at Minimum Day times. If possible, please pick up your children by 1 pm (there is no busing until 3:20 pm). [...]

Language Arts      At this point in the year, all students are reading in groups and taking books home weekly. The children love to read and are very proud of themselves! Please keep up the great practice at home!      Besides reading groups, we are studying about word patterns to help us spell, learning to [...]