This week in the Lower Elementary classrooms a couple new units were introduced to the students. One of the units is for Word Study. The children have completed the syllables work and are now moving onto more writing mechanic activities.  Previously in writing mechanics students reviewed the period and the question mark. This week, we...Read More

We would like to extend our gratitude for all of you who took the time to virtually meet with us last week.  It is very important to make sure we communicate and share information about your children.  Your child’s progress report is available on My BackPack if you still need to access it. Our History...Read More

We look forward to meeting with all our parents this week for parent-teacher conferences.  We feel that our students do best when our parents are involved, and we all work together to help the children succeed.  This is a great opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, share your child’s strengths and needs, and their social...Read More

Fall is here. With the weather change and the attempt to get the students outside as much as possible, please check the weather every morning before school.  In the past years, families have found it helpful to keep a pair of waterproof boots at school throughout the week for recess and P.E. We will go...Read More

The students in Lower Elementary have definitely been busy bees already this year! The children have many academic responsibilities to complete throughout each week, but academics are not the only thing keeping the young learners busy. As part of the Practical Life curriculum in Lower Elementary, each student has a classroom job. These classroom responsibilities...Read More

It amazes us how quickly time goes by.  Perhaps, it is because time flies when we’re having fun.  Or is it that time flies when we are busy, or both? This week has been a week of many new unit lessons.  Here is a list of the new work our students have been exploring:  In...Read More

To enhance our curriculum in the classroom, our students have Spanish, Music, Art and Physical Education weekly.  Spanish, Music and Art are all taking place in the classroom, and P.E. is outdoors, weather permitting, or in the Oberheu Room.  The Special Teachers block off an hour for each of the classrooms. Senora Clementina Whitaker is...Read More

We began our week with International Day of Peace. Every student participated in making a pinwheel, which they wrote or drew what “peace” means to them. We discussed why this day was declared and participated in a school peace song. Our hope is to continue to spread peace throughout our world. This week we added to our word study shelf, focusing...Read More

We have just completed the fourth week of school already! The students in the Lower Classrooms have been hard at work and eager at learning new things. This week students were introduced to new writing mechanics lessons covering two of the punctuation marks, the question mark and the period. After the lessons, students had the...Read More

The lower elementary classrooms are quickly coming to some normalization.  Students are learning what their expectations are and making wise choices. They are becoming familiar with what activities they can do and working towards completing the expected work. Earlier this week we shared our Daily Schedule with all families and I’m sure you will agree that we...Read More