Happy New Year!  We can’t believe it’s January, 2026!  The students returned from Winter Break remembering the routines and working diligently.  They have become very normalized and we are happy to see them working and learning.  Each day they make a plan for the day and get straight to work.  Most will choose a work from each subject...Read More

Hello Lower Families, Zooming into academic work, students are still exploring math, language and culture, with many units staying the same from last week. The fish unit has been swapped out with the amphibians unit, which students have been examining very studiously. Zooming back out, it has been a busy week for all students as...Read More

Though the winter holidays are quickly approaching, the students in both Lower Elementary classrooms have continued working hard. The children have been exploring many new units out on the shelves. This week the students were introduced to a couple of new units. For word study, the students received a lesson on ABC order. This unit allows...Read More

Welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing and peaceful break. We have had some winter weather and that offers a good opportunity for some winter reminders. Please make sure that you check the temperature as you prepare for the day. We will typically go outdoors for recess unless the temperature is at an unsafe degree....Read More

We are in the final weeks of November, and fall is in the air. Anticipation for the upcoming holidays, family gatherings, and hopefully some relaxation is right around the corner. We hope to see you this Saturday for the downtown holiday parade;) We had a Math Unit lesson on estimation and rounding using our Squaring...Read More

Dear Lower Families, We have started to see great progression and development across all areas for many of our students! We have introduced our unit on fish onto our Zoology shelf, as well as continuing many individual lessons in both math and language. We have wrapped up our Small Moment unit in Writer’s Workshop and...Read More

We have reached a new month, and with entering the first week of November, many students from both Lower communities have learned new information. In Botany, students have been exploring parts of a leaf along with different types of leaves. This week, teachers introduced an extension unit on the topic of leaves. With this unit,...Read More

We want to thank you for taking the time to meet with us last week for conferences. It is always nice to sit down with you and share all the work that your student does throughout the week, and clarify any questions that you may have. This wee,k we have begun studying Fossils. This unit...Read More

Even though it was a short week, there was still a lot happening in the classroom.  Students are focusing on completing a work cycle each day. For geometry, the third-year students were introduced to the first nomenclature packet. This nomenclature covers the basic concepts of a point, line, plane, and solid. We have also added singular...Read More

This week has brought more lessons and units of exploration for the students to study! Zooming into culture,  invertebrates were put away, and students were introduced to the exciting unit of ocean animals on our zoology shelf. Students are now investigating various areas of the ocean, ocean animals, and how such animals survive in the...Read More