So Much to Celebrate!

Last week was full of anticipation as we wrapped up our pieces for the Art Show, as well as our research books for our Celebration of Learning. Thank you parents who came on Thursday night AND Friday morning to appreciate all of the hard work by our artists, scientists, writers, and amazing human beings! After the Art […]

Graphs and a Publishing Party on 3/27!

This week was a whirl of graphing and digging deeper into our research writing. We had the great privilege of sharing our learning with the rest of the school, K-8, during the all school assembly this week.  Temescalians shared an interesting fact that they gathered from their research while a slideshow of the entire process […]

Art Show 2015 “Envision” Thursday, March 26, 6-8:00 pm

A blog post from Julianne Hughes, ECC through fifth grade Teaching Artist. On Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 6 to 8 PM we will be hosting the 13th annual TBS student art show. It will be held at the University Campus 1310 University Ave. In Berkeley. All Students from the early childhood campus through eighth grade will […]

Pi/Pies, Buddies, & Goodbyes

Now that TBS is an accredited member of the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), teachers attended the CAIS 2015 Northern Regional Meeting at Head-Royce. CAIS is an organization of approximately 200 elementary, middle and secondary schools in California. The Association serves and strengthens its schools by: setting standards of academic quality and ethical conduct facilitating […]

Being the Change – Service Learning at TBS

At TBS, we believe that service learning experiences lead children to ask themselves important questions: “Who do I want to be?” “How do I relate with others?” “How do I view others that are different from me?” “How do I better understand those differences and similarities?” “What should I do with my understanding?” Asking these […]

Time for Research Writing and A Walk in the Park

We wrapped up our time telling unit this week, ramped up our research writing, and took a walk in Strawberry Creek Park during our 3 day week. Math Building on our work thus far with time telling, Temescalians became more comfortable telling time on an analog clock as well as drawing in the hands on […]