During the report-writing process, teachers are deep in reflection, combing through student work, and thoughtfully considering each child’s strengths and goals. They easily log an additional work week into the month of January, between writing narratives and completing the learning outcome criteria. However, the summative evaluations reported in the mid-year and end-of-year reports are hardly […]
A successful Extended Day program strikes a careful balance between structure and fun. The time between 3pm and 6pm is unique; students’ emotions run high while energy runs low. This combination can create an unpredictable atmosphere if proper structure and support is not in place. Our Extended Day program has been intentionally built with a […]
Full disclosure: It is 2:30pm on Friday, and I’m just now sitting down to write this blog that is due to Carmen, our Communications Director, at the close of the day. As a procrastinator, the adrenaline is all too familiar. Along with my procrastinating peers, I can argue that I do my best work under […]
All parenting adults will eventually witness their children trying out sarcasm for the first time, attempting to tease as a way to engage socially, and expressing a strong desire to belong by behaving in exclusionary ways. In the process, you might hear comments like these: “Oh dude, I figured this out — no thanks to […]
Alongside classroom set-up, curriculum planning, setting routines, and community-building, the K5 faculty has focused on positive school discipline as a priority for our division work this year. Our philosophy is generated primarily from the social curriculum, Responsive Classroom. One of the goals of this curriculum is to build strong and positive student-teacher relationships, and you can […]
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