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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Share the Love!
Former MRA students Lola and Kelsey presented information about the Share the Love Fundraiser at our assembly last week. MRA is...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Happy Chinese New Year!
Dear Families, This past week in Trillium we began our study of Chinese New Year and Chinese culture. As part of our discussion, one...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
The Muscular System
Dear Families, This past week the Huckleberries studied the Muscular System. There are over 600 muscles, all of which work together to...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Why Is Outdoor Education Important?
There have been a multitude of research studies which have determined that our health is interlinked with our interactions with the great...
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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
Getting Reacquainted
Advanced bucket drummers reacquainted themselves with an old friend - Mr. Groove, by Oliver Cutz. And they rocked it. The group consists...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
GROSS OR INTRIGUING?
Dear South Huckleberry Families, THE FASCINATING BODY WE LIVE IN- We have had a wonderful week. Our focus on the human body systems is...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Native Americans and the PNW!
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, 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, 20202 min read
Term Two Begins!
Dear South Huckleberry Families, I hope this finds you well and rested after many days off of school. We have now completed the first...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Huckleberry Body Systems Integrated into PE Class!
The Huckleberry students are studying the human body systems in their classrooms. The students in PE class are playing games that...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
The Water Race
Alder classes have continued their work on water movement by learning which surfaces are pervious and impervious. This week the classes...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
The Skeletal System
Dear Families, This past week the Huckleberries began learning all about the body system that both gives our human bodies their shape and...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Clarkia begin recorders
This month Clarkia began learning recorder. Fourth graders (or second year players) refined the notes B, A and G while reviewing the 5...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Visiting the Renaissance Fair
We had the pleasure of visiting the Cedar Renaissance Fair on Friday. In preparing to go, we were able to tie in the expectations of...
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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, 20201 min read
Alders Picking Pitches
This year is all about melody in Alder music: Using pitched percussion and strings, Alders explore all aspects of melody. Students draw...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
2020 Garden Designs
Our Roots Leadership team has our four sections of the garden mapped and designed. We will have a pollinator, a three sisters, a...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Native American Folktales
Clarkia classes are beginning a new study on Native American folktales. Joseph Bruchac has been storytelling for 40 years and is the...
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Shelley Urben
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Cells, Word Problems, and Spreading Love
Dear Families, In the midst of some exciting winter weather, the Huckleberries studied about the building blocks of the human body,...
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