We hope your children enjoyed a 4 day weekend, relaxing and learning, exploring, building and playing. We are ready to jump back into our projects and other learning adventures. Please take a few minutes to go to our website and check the class digital portfolios on which you will find information about upcoming school work, field trips, speakers and events.
Family Dance. Each class will be building a basket of items with a theme to be auctioned at the family dance on April 11th. Please take a look at the DPs and respond to room parent requests to learn about the contribution you can make to the class basket. Funds raised from each basket will be spent on that classroom.
Innovations Academy will host an Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday, March 1st at our school. You can drop off your recyclable t.v.s, computers and other electronics in our bike area the week of 2/24 -2/28 or on the Saturday of the event. Contact Beth@innovationsacademy.org if you have questions. Paper shredding will also be available for $5 per file box. Contact Beth@innovationsacademy for more information.
JR Organic produce boxes will be delivered next Tuesday, Feb. 25th. Boxes are packed full of organic, local fruit and veggies for $25 a box. You can place orders on our website fundraising page
If you have an 8th grader and are exploring charter high schools, you might consider attending Coleman Tech’s tour and breakfast on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Coleman also offers a “Freshman For A Day” on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. For more information see their website. www.colemantech.org.
Some of our 6th grade students are collecting school supplies to send to Cambodia as part of their “No Human Right Left Behind Project” If you have any extra supplies around your home, please take them to the front office or the 6th grade classrooms (603/604).
One aspect of project based learning is critical thinking. This is an invitation to you to create at least one critical thinking interaction with your child this week. Take a critical look at a television or radio commercial as you go about your morning or evening. Answer a few questions with you child: What is being sold? Separate the facts from the opinions in the advertisement. What technique is being used to influence the consumer? How effective do you think this technique is? How do you feel about this product?
Thank you for engaging with this information and have an exciting week.