Oregon Trail Begins, Chanterelle, Gizmos 2/25-3/1

The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail is a classic cultural studies topic in fourth and fifth grade, and one that we have honed and refined in Cerrito Creek for the last decade. If you grew up in the United States, it’s likely that you too traveled the trail in a virtual simulation with your classmates. […]

February 11-15, Valentines, Gizmo Finale

This week, we will finish gizmos, publish a Chanterelle, and try our darndest to stay healthy. Below, enjoy a gallery of student artwork from the wonderful Art Show, a Talent Friday that was a Canadian trivia quiz, the emerging gizmos, fifth graders mastering the standard multiplication algorithm, and a lepiota rachodes, or shaggy parasol mushroom. […]

Return of the Friday Folder, 2/4-8

  We were greeted by a full double rainbow on Monday morning, a pot of gold to be found in the Depot, where the art show opens on Thursday night, and in the kindergarten room, where we all know the magic of the elementary years begins. Rainbows are nature’s lemonade; just when the rain is […]