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Weird and wonderful! Inspired creativity in Playwriting and Technical Theater enrichment class!

The Coho kids had fun making silly 100th day glasses!

The Ravens class (ages 9-11) introduced the Chinook class (ages 7-9) to the game, Roll to a Whole, that relates decimals to fractions. The two classes had many scholarly conversations.

These gorgeous bags will soon be available for purchase. The Raven Class made block prints in Wilderness Explorations and used them to print on organic cotton totes. This is part of the class’ endeavor to raise funds for our multi-day, overnight adventure to the Mount Rainier Institute in the spring. Through this effort the class has learned about the basics of business finance – cost, price point, profit etc… We’ve naturally integrated math; working with decimals, percentages, multi-layered problems in a relevant and meaningful way. Stay tuned for sales of these tote bags and our other fundraising efforts in the next couple of months!

Each week we spend time at Seahurst Beach observing nature with our senses. After walking on the beach, students use their sense of sight and draw in their nature journals what they see on the horizon. Students captured the mountains, water, and even the heron perched in the trees above. Observations recorded with pictures and words help teachers document growth throughout the year.

Students in the Kokanee class (ages 6-7) can request to be a Feature Reader when they have a book they would like to read aloud and share with classmates.  This gives students practice in their reading fluency in a supportive atmosphere.

Friday Creative Enrichment Workshops provide an opportunity for all ages to work together on a variety of artful projects.  In the Creative Building Workshop, students ages 6-11 learn how to safely use tools and work together with support from our high school student intern.

The Raven Class (ages 9-12) expressed an interest in learning other languages, so we integrated this curiosity into cursive practice by writing numbers in French.  Being responsive to student interests we can create meaningful, authentic and relevant learning experiences (another term for this way of teaching is “emergent curriculum”).