It’s one of their very favorite parts of the day – and they are so creative about how they use their time outside. Plus frisbee, jump ropes, tether ball, basketball, four square, swings…and anything else their imagination can think of!
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Modeling the Digestive System
Our 2-4th graders did a fun biology experiment today. They modeled the digestive system with some bread, toilet paper tube, water, towel & a bowl. You chew up the bread into small pieces in your mouth and the bread travels down to the stomach (bowl) through the esophagus (toilet paper tube). In your mouth youContinue reading “Modeling the Digestive System”
The 5 Senses
The Kindergarten Class learned about the 5 senses this week in some fun and creative ways. Day 2 was hearing. The students had a lot of fun making noise with musical instruments. Day 3 – Sense of Smell. They used scented markers. Mint was the favorite one! Day 4 – Touch – they had soContinue reading “The 5 Senses”
2020-2021 — First day of the School Year
Ready or not, here we come! This school year will most certainly be characterized as abnormal and it seems the year began that way. The teachers were not ready and the students were! The classrooms were ready too! After not meeting in our building for 5 months, we finally came back to in person schoolContinue reading “2020-2021 — First day of the School Year”
Amazing Squad Recap Video
What an amazing year this group had! Thankful for all the things they learned and all the fun they had!
COVID-19
Just like the whole rest of the world, COVID-19 forced the closing of the Greenhouse in March…we will finish the rest of the school year in a hybrid teacher instructed homeschooling. Lots of one-on-one instruction going on! Some of our staff and students returned to their passport countries – so we are especially thankful forContinue reading “COVID-19”
Playgound progress…
THANKS to many in our community who worked so hard to upgrade our playground. Unfortunately because of COVID-19, our students haven’t been able to play on it yet. We can’t wait to hear the laughter and the smiles that will accompany the return of our kids to school – and the times playing on theContinue reading “Playgound progress…”
WaCkY wEeK- March 2-6
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2, The Greenhouse celebrated Wacky Week. Everyday we chose a Dr. Seuss book to go along with a theme. Day 1 – Pajama Day“Sleep Book” Day 2: Terrific Hat Tuesday“Cat in the Hat” Day 3 – Wacky Wednesday“Wacky Wednesday” Day 4 – Who Are You Today?“Horton HearsContinue reading “WaCkY wEeK- March 2-6”
100th Day of School
Friday, February 24th we celebrated our 100th day of school. Every class chose to celebrate in a different way. Kindergarten class counted to 100 by 1s and 10s and made necklaces with 100 beads. The Second Grade class dressed like 100 year old people. They also had items in bottles – they had to guesstimateContinue reading “100th Day of School”
December JLS Highlights
Swimming is often mentioned as the highlight for December JLS – so we gave swimming it’s own post. Here are some other classroom highlights: Kindergarten: Our students loved making Gingerbread cookies. It was a 3 day project – mixing the dough, cutting out the cookies and decorating them, and eating! The 1/2 grade class learnedContinue reading “December JLS Highlights”
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