Throughout the month of November, the 1-2 class has been focusing on Mindfulness through yoga and meditation. Every morning, we begin our day with a Morning Meditation, either Rise and Shine, or I am Grateful for My Family. We practice…
Our last few weeks highlights:
Special Guest Visitor:
We had a special guest come visit our class last week. Sam North, a student from the Culinary Institute of America, came to talk and teach us all about the importance…
We have had a busy couple of weeks in the 3/4 classroom!
Yesterday, Amanda read the “One Word” book in Assembly. We talked about our goals for the year in follow up to parent conferences, and thought about one word…
We had THREE guest speakers this week!
Hunter DeYoung is a student at the Culinary Institute of America. He will meet with the students three times, each with a slightly different focus on sustainability in food systems. This week he…
The students participated in a number of events with Halloween themes. They created two jack-o-lantern characters by carving pumpkins and creating elaborate backstories.
They created a spooky Halloween hallway that included pumpkins and art work from all grades. They constructed…
Music:
In music we worked on practicing the ukuleles, and we learned we might be able to start bringing them home for practice. That is really exciting to us because it is a big responsibility and will really improve our…
Week 5 10/10-10/13
Advisory:In advisory we continued to research a famous person we admire and then we started to write a letter to that person. We also discussed what is happening in Israel.
Math: We reviewed prime numbers, division, area,…
We’re focusing on getting the word out there about our school! But we are also working on getting ourselves and our students connected with the local community. While we do like to think of ourselves as outside the box thinkers,…
Greetings, Parents!
We had a frightfully good halloween! We enjoyed seeing all of you, and marching through our spooky tunnel! Afterwards, we explored the properties of dry ice with Shira, and even got to taste a sample! (It tasted like…
Last Thursday was the perfect day for a field trip! After a cold spell during the early days of fall, we enjoyed the most beautiful weather, witnessed the leaves changing colors, and utilized the Hudson Valley as our classroom for…
