Hello Families, We had an exciting week of building and putting our learning to the test. Just a few reminders before the recap of our week. – To prepare for Dia de Los Muertos, Julianne asked each student to interview their family over the weekend about a family member they want to honor. Look for the […]
Hello Families, It was so nice chatting with so many of you last week during parent teacher conferences. It’s great to hear what you’re hearing at home and sharing insights and observations about your Temescalians. They are a wonderful crew! Before I jump into a recap of things we have studied the past two weeks, […]
Hello Families, Thank you for returning the green permission slips for the upcoming field trip to see the Oakland Ballet’s performance for Dia de los Muertos, “Luna Mexicana”. Please return them by 10/13. For those who would like to chaperone, I’ll put names in a hat and draw out 2 for this trip. This is […]
Hello Families, It was so nice seeing so many of you at Back to School Night! Here are some snapshots from our evening together. The first few are of Craig’s handkerchief juggling activity. It was lovely to see the joy that came as you challenged yourself and tried something that might have been outside of […]
Hello Families, We have finished our first full week of the school year, and it has been a test of stamina for some this week, myself included. Before I hop into a recap of what we’ve done this week, I wanted to talk about the Weekly Reflections and the Friday Folders. These folders will go […]
Hello Families, Welcome to Temescal Creek! We are so happy to build a classroom community with you this year! Our first three days of school involved getting to know one another, as well as getting acquainted with the physical space of the University Avenue campus (UAC) of The Berkeley School. First, let’s introduce our Temescalians […]
We have much to celebrate in our last month together. We celebrate the coming of the summer with a K-3 trip to Alameda’s Crown Beach for our annual Beach Day the first Friday of June. We were happily surprised by the warm, sunny weather and high tide for most of the time we were at […]
Continuing on with end of the year happenings, there’s a lot and there’s a reason that people in the education world call May the month of 1,000 days. We celebrated a few birthdays! We made some art for moms and those in mom-roles. We had our last two meetings with our 7th grade buddies. We […]
Hello Families! I hope that your summers are well underway and you are enjoying a time of rest and relaxation! I wanted to thank you for building such a warm community together this year, and I wanted to share all of the moments, small and large from the last few months of school! Here we […]
Hello Families, We celebrated our Read-a-thon week with many reading related activities. On Monday, we had D.E.A.R. moments throughout the day. The Kindergartners rang the gong at different times during the day, and everyone K-8 pulled out the book they had with them and plopped down and read for a bit. It was a joy […]
