Welcome to 2020-2021!!
Hello and welcome to the 2020-2021 school year! I am really looking forward to getting back “together” with all of you! Two major new...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
It Does Not Feel Like an End
The end of this year feels like a great many things, but an “End” is not one of them. With an “End” comes some sort of closure, usually....
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Strong, Brave, and Confident to the End
Dear Parents, While that is NOT how any of us have felt, it is exactly what we all did regardless of how we felt, and we have survived. I...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
A New Relaunch of South Clarkia Google Classroom!!
Dear Parents, We have decided to make some changes to South Clarkia class structure, curriculum, and delivery of that curriculum. First,...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
A Message From my Wife
Parents, I am still wrapping my head around it all and trying to NOT inundate you all with endless messages. Despite that, here I am...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Historical Events
Parents, Major historical events are seldom clean and tidy. The very reason an event is considered historic is due to the widespread...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
It's Spring Performance Time!!!
This is a big week for all our students at MRA! The MRA Spring Program will be Friday, March 13th at 7:00 p.m. The program will be held...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Home Opener!!
Portland Timbers home opener is (was) Sunday at 4:30!! I am Extremely excited for this season! We have the Chara brothers, we have...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Robes, Reading, and 'Rithmatic!
I must start with an apology for not getting a blog out las week as I had indicated I would – sorry. This is a new full week and we are...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian
Those are the tribes of SE Alaska that started our unit on the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest (NAPNW). We are now moving into...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
NAPNW Unit Begins!
Welcome to Term 2 and Clarkia’s Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest (NAPNW) Unit! Over the next 7 weeks we will be learning about...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20203 min read
Changing of the Thematic Unit
Winter dealt us a couple days of diversion so far, but we will make that up this week and be back on track. I hope the kids were able to...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Winter is Here!
It seems Winter is finally showing its face. Not that we don’t usually see it in January, it’s just that we should have been far better...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20203 min read
Welcome to 2020!
How amazing it is to me that it is 2020! There was a recent Facebook post circulating that fit me perfectly. It read, “How can the year...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
'Tis The Season....
‘Tis the season! Regardless of whether you love it, like, or loathe it, we are in it! This week Clarkia is working on an informational...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20203 min read
November Thoughts
Welcome to November! First, I’d like to thank my room parents and others who helped throw our Halloween Party! It was fun! South Clarkia...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
The 14th Blog 'cuz I'm Learning!
Wow! Time flies when you are busy! After a month in school we are getting a solid grip on simple machines and understanding things like,...
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