11/28-12/2, Welcome Back

We welcome Paula Symonds, math educator and coach, into 3rd-5th grade math classrooms on Wednesdays.  Paula has a great deal of experience as a math educator and coach, and is helping teachers in the classroom differentiate to reach the full range of math learners. Everyone seemed rather stunned to be back at school this morning, […]

Feast Week

Feast this Thursday, 12 to 1! Grandfriends’ Day Friday! Homework Wordly Wise, Chapter 6. A lesson or so each night, that chapter is due Friday. Read! You are all reading novels of your choice at the moment. 20+ minutes. Study your spelling words.

Reflections on Elections

What a thing it is to come to school and teach after an election like this one–run a math night, care for my own family, take the trash out. As one who teaches for social justice–progress, equity, multiculturalism–it shakes me to my very core to see so clearly on a red and blue map the vastness […]

Our Role as an Ashoka Changemaker School

In 2015, a TBS parent nominated The Berkeley School to join an international network of changemaker organizations called Ashoka. A rigorous interview process led to our confirmation, and in June 2016, our school joined the Changemaker Schools Network. In doing so, we engaged with a global community of leading elementary, middle and high schools that […]

Halloween Week 10/31-11/4

Homework Math: 4th grade–fraction packet; 5th grade not to worry, no homework Study your word ring, quiz tomorrow. Sit and listen for five minutes, taking notes in your writer’s notebook on what you hear. Try to hear as much as you can. Read: 20 minutes, novel of your choice!