The 2017-18 school year began with almost 3 weeks of a Joint Learning Session. Home school students and The Greenhouse students learned together about Ancient Rome, writing research papers, science and reviewed their math. They learned to play basketball better and how to tie knots and how to use them! It was a fullContinue reading “New Beginnings”
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2017-18 Academic Calendar
The new school year will start with almost three weeks of the Joint Learning Session, August 7-24. Friday, August 25 is a Teacher Transition Day – no school for the students! The Greenhouse will officially start on Monday, August 28. FES 17-18 Calendar
Rainforest
The kindergarten class just finished a unit about the rainforest. During the week they learned about the four layers of that make up the rainforest: floor, understory, canopy and emergent. Each day they focused on a different layer by reading books and learned about the different animals that would be found in that layer. TheContinue reading “Rainforest”
August 2016 JLS
The first three weeks of the 2015-16 school year were amazing. So many students came together, so many families were represented, and God provided for our needs. Nineteen families, thirty eight students, and eight staff members participated in an varied program of learning. During the three weeks, we reviewed Math skills, learned about ancient Greece, researched andContinue reading “August 2016 JLS”
Reflections of an itinerant teacher
Always packed and ready to go! I cannot say that this was always the case for this particular traveler, but I can say that this is the habit of life that an itinerant teacher lives when facing the daily routine of life. Some people would tell me that they did not know how I couldContinue reading “Reflections of an itinerant teacher”
April 2016 Joint Learning Session
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!
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!”
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.
The Greenhouse 