Twelve teaching days in April brought home school students and The Greenhouse students together in the classroom as well as learning volleyball skills and about five different musical instruments. It was a full session with lots of activity and lots of fun! Here are our students and staff!
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100th Day of School!
On Thursday, January 28, we celebrated the 100th day of school at The Greenhouse. Each class had activities centered around 100. Students weighed, measured, counted, and guessed if there were more or less than 100.
Termites!
A termite mound was removed from the rafters of a nearby building in early January. On the first day of school after Christmas Break, each class at The Greenhouse took a turn studying and dissecting the mound. Prior to the ‘field work’, each class learned about termites from books borrowed from the school library. Continue reading “Termites!”
Swimming Lessons!
Students in kindergarten through grade 6 participated in swimming lessons during the December Joint Learning Session (December 7-18, 2015). Parents and volunteers drove kids from school to two local pools as well as were the swim instructors and helpers. Kids (and the adults!) loved getting to swim and play in the pools every afternoon duringContinue reading “Swimming Lessons!”
Apples, Apples, Apples!
Last week, The Greenhouse kindergarten students were busy learning about apples. They have been counting and adding apples, graphing their family’s favorite types of apples, reading lots of books about apples, learning about the life cycle of an apple, writing and drawing about apples, singing songs about apples, and much more. But their favorite activityContinue reading “Apples, Apples, Apples!”
AUGUST 2015 JLS
The August Joint Learning Session was a great start to our school year! Home school students and The Greenhouse students were together for three weeks of classroom learning and group events. Highlights included baseball and art class (see pictures below). We had 46 students from 24 families representing 7 nationalities in kindergarten through grade 6.
First day of the new school year, August 10, 2015
Excitement was high both outside and inside of school on the first day of the new school year. Students and parents were gathering outside waiting for the bell to ring. Teachers and staff were inside with last-minute preparations and peeking out the window to catch glimpses of their students. Home school students and The GreenhouseContinue reading “First day of the new school year, August 10, 2015”
Itinerant Teaching in Cameroon
The FES Itinerant Teacher, Carolyn Partridge, faithfully served the FES families for 2 1/2 years. During the Joint Learning Sessions, Carolyn taught the grade 2 students this past year. She visits FES village families for 2-3 weeks at a time and teaches the children, encourages the parents through conversation and prayer, and brings a welcomeContinue reading “Itinerant Teaching in Cameroon”
April 2015 Joint Learning Session
On the heels of spring break, all the FES home school students joined with The Greenhouse students for two weeks of classroom teaching during the April Joint Learning Session (JLS), April 13-24, 2015. The classrooms swelled with students making this the largest JLS in over ten years with 62 students! Students studied inventors, wars andContinue reading “April 2015 Joint Learning Session”
A new pole at last!
One day during rainy season, the electrical pole at FES was noticed to be leaning a bit. A few day later, and a good storm later, it was noted to be leaning significantly and directly over the walkway and gate to the school. We called the Maintenance Department and put the request in to theContinue reading “A new pole at last!”
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