Welcome back from Spring Break! Keep Tahoe Green?...The Chemistry of the Asian Clam Expedition: Students are involved in the first case study "The Algal Bloom." Beginning with atomic structure and moving into the periodic table, students have been working up to focusing on Phosphorous and Nitrogen as key players in our local aquatic ecosystems. [...]
Language Arts At this point in the year, all students are reading in groups and taking books home weekly. The children love to read and are very proud of themselves! Please keep up the great practice at home! Besides reading groups, we are studying about word patterns to help us spell, learning to [...]
Hi all, Just finishing up Enrollment for next year with our Lottery on Thurs. Busy around here with Information Meetings; thanks to all those who have helped out with organization, sign in, and child supervision. Received our external review report from before break – very positive. SELS was assessed on Academic Achievement, Increasing Quality Programming, [...]
SELS Board Meeting, Monday, April 8, 2013 from 6-9 pm in M-4. Please see attached agenda.
Expedition News Case Study #2: Tell Me a Story Long Term Learning Target: I can identify and describe the elements of a story. We are immersed in stories in First Grade! Our students have become experts at identifying and discussing the characters/setting/major events/problem/solution of the stories they listen to. In addition, they have delved [...]
Expedition Express Anato-ME: Our spring Expedition is in full swing and the kids are really soaking up all the knowledge they have read so far about the SKELETAL SYSTEM and NERVOUS SYSTEM. We are jam packed with amazing resources and experts coming in to our classrooms. SKELETAL SYSTEM: Students are enjoying using their newly learned vocabulary words to describe [...]
Expedition Express Anato-ME: Our spring Expedition is in full swing and the kids are really soaking up all the knowledge they have read so far about the SKELETAL SYSTEM and NERVOUS SYSTEM. We are jam packed with amazing resources and experts coming in to our classrooms. SKELETAL SYSTEM: Students are enjoying using their newly learned vocabulary words to describe [...]
Expedition Express Anato-ME: Our spring Expedition is in full swing and the kids are really soaking up all the knowlege they have read so far about the SKELETAL SYSTEM and NERVOUS SYSTEM. We are jam packed with amazing resources and experts coming in to our classrooms. SKELETAL SYSTEM: Students are enjoying using their newly [...]
Hi All, Great work on our SELS100 Capital Campaign. We have raised approximately $50,000 in the past week! Keep up the effort, contacting relatives and friends if you have not already done so. Thus far 53% of our families have contributed or pledged in our quest to reach 100% participation; “we are crew, not passengers”. [...]
THANK YOU for your donation to the Sierra Expeditionary Learning School. Your donation will go towards providing space for three additional classrooms, develop additional play space, and upgrade existing structures. We could not do any of these improvements without your generous help. With appreciation- SELS Staff, Students, and Families
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