Questions to ask:
How many bones does the human body have?
Why do babies have more bones than adults?
What’s the longest bone in your body? The smallest?
What is the difference between Voluntary muscles and Involuntary muscles?
Name 3 types of muscles found in your body.
Where does digestion begin?
How long is the small intestine?
What is the purpose of the digestive system?

Fieldwork – Tahoe Forest Hospital:
Last month, the 2/3 crews visited the Operating Room at Tahoe Forest Hospital. After students put on scrubs, booties, masks, and head coverings, they were given a tour of the surgical wing. Our young surgeons performed a laproscopic procedure on a large squash, using a camera and tools to cut and remove seeds from the “patient.” Students also learned how surgeons fix broken bones with plates and rods using household tools such as drills, chisels, and hammers.

Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum: In May, students will travel to Reno for a visit to the Discovery Museum with a tour of the Anatomy Exhibit. Thanks to all drivers making this fieldwork possible.

Overnight Adventure: Next month, our crew will have our spring campout at Lake Tahoe. Students will experience lifelong exercise by hiking some of Lake Tahoe’s most scenic trails. This fieldwork is meant to help students remain healthy and active to keep their bodies working properly. Details and Information packets will be sent home a few weeks prior to our trip.

Crew News:
Nevada County Library: The Welch Crew continues to visit the Nevada County Library in Truckee. We have two more visits before the end of the year. Be on the lookout for Summer Reading Program information to keep your child reading throughout the months of July and August. Prizes are awarded to students that continue to read throughout the program.

CAASP Testing: Third grade students will begin standardized testing May 16 – May 25. The testing window is 2 weeks long. While these tests are important, please emphasize to your child that the only expectation is for them to try their best and take their time. How can you help as a parent? Be sure your child gets a good night’s rest and a healthy breakfast during the two-week testing window. Also, do your best to avoid appointments during this time frame.

SELS News:
The Great Skate: SELS annual signature event will be held on Friday, June 2 at Northstar resort. The event begins at 4:00 pm and ends at 9:00 pm. This is a family friendly event that the entire community of Truckee is invited to come share in the fun. Don’t miss out.

Yearbook Orders: The SELS yearbook orders are due by Friday, May 26. Each yearbook cost $20.00 and covers the cost of printing. Yearbooks will be passed out on the last day of school.

Important Year End Dates:
Thursday, June 15: Celebration of Learning
Wednesday, June 21 and Thursday, June 22: Passages Grades 3, 5, 6, 7
Friday, June 23: Last Day of School – minimum day schedule, dismissal 1:00 pm.

Dates to Remember for May:
Friday, May 5: Fieldwork to Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum – Reno, NV
Tuesday, May 16: Thursday, May May 25: CAASP Testing
Friday, May 26: Yearbook orders due

Crew News
Tahoe Donner Cross Country Skiing: Again we wish to thank the parent chaperones who have volunteered to drive on our cross country skiing days. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding when we have cancelled. Our number one priority is to keep the kids safe. No need to have 48 kids on the road in nasty weather. We will be sending out an updated google doc when dates are secured.

Planners and Book Bags: With all of the recent snow days, tacked onto a long break, it seems the kids have forgotten the routine of getting planners signed and participating in the book bag activities. We do our best with updating our “Week at a Glance” emails, but you will find other information within planners, and sometimes information specific to your child about his or her school day. The book bag activities are looked at as a homework alternative and as a way for your child to interact with new text in an artistic or creative way. Thank you for your attention to this matter and helping get them back on track.

Math Info: Be on the lookout for parent math information. In Next week’s folders you will find handouts to support your understanding of how your child learns math at SELS in 2nd and 3rd grade. Math is structured and taught in a very different manner than what parents and teachers were exposed to. For instance, we know it seems easiest to teach your child the standard algorithm of “carrying” or “borrowing” with addition and subtraction, but these concepts are not taught until late in 3rd grade. If you should ever have additional questions about math please let us know and we are happy to speak with you further. Thank you for supporting your child’s math education!

Math Fact Practice/Daily Reading: Due to the recent snow days, and unpredictable weather to come, please be sure to have your child practice their basic addition and subtraction facts, as well as daily reading. Practicing will only continue to support their ongoing school readiness.

Field work Chaperones: More winter adventures are on the horizon, and we need your support. We greatly prefer, and strongly suggest, that parents look to the fieldwork docs to sign up now rather than wait until the last minute. We understand that a shift in work schedules is necessary, but we don’t want to cancel any fieldwork due to a lack of sign-ups. Please see the following google docs to sign up for February fieldwork now, Thank you! Fieldwork Link

Crew Highlights
Tosh- Tosh really enjoys drawing superheroes and loves to play lacrosse with his friends.
Riley- Riley really likes participating in creative art and drawing portraits of friends, family and invented people.
Dani- Dani loves to organize and lead events. She has successfully organized a SELS talent show and plans on doing another one this spring.
Marlene- Marlene is very excited to welcome a baby girl into her family this summer. She can’t wait to dress her up in cute little clothes!
Hank- Something you may not know about Hank is that his real name is Wyatt. He’s had his nickname since he was a baby.

Important Dates
2/13- Book Orders Due
2/14- Pass out Empathy and Caring Notes-Last 30 minutes of day
2/17- Cross Country Skiing (more re-scheduling dates to come)
2/20-2/24- Ski-Skate Week- NO SCHOOL
2/28-Winter Survival-2nd grade only-Drivers Needed!
3/13-Science Expo. 3rd grade only

Questions of the Month:
What Native American tribes are represented in the Truckee/Tahoe area?
How did Truckee get it’s name?
What is your favorite book genre and why?

Crew News
Tahoe Donner Cross Country Skiing: Our first day on the snow was a big success. Everyone had a great time in the bluebird conditions. As part of SELS scaffolded adventure program, we will take the students cross country skiing four half days through January and February. The students will be setting goals and reflecting on their skiing progress in a self-competitive fashion. Please send your child prepared according to the weather forecast. Although all ski gear can be provided, your child is welcome to bring their own. Click here to view or add Snow Photos.

MinBorg Crew Hosts Community Meeting – Join us on Friday, Jan. 20 from 9:15-9:45 and watch the MinBorg students run an all school morning meeting. Your child will love to see you there!

Math Night – Look for more info for a February evening.

Important Dates
Upcoming Reminders:
Fri. 1/20/17- New electives start
Fri. 1/20/17- MinBorg Crew Hosts Community Meeting, Come Watch!
Tues. 1/24- Walk to Library
Wed. 2/1- Minimum Day

Cross country skiing dates:
Friday, 1/20/17
Friday, 2/3/17
Friday, 2/17/17

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Fuego y hielo

A lo largo del mes de enero, estaremos terminando nuestra expedición de Fuego y Hielo con un estudio de caso final centrado en las tribus nativas americanas que viven / vivieron alrededor del área de Tahoe / Truckee. Los estudiantes aprenderán acerca de las tribus locales a través de una variedad de libros, actividades y una tarde con un notable miembro de la tribu Washoe que visitó el SELS el año pasado para una asamblea de toda la escuela.

Preguntas del Mes:
¿Qué tribus nativas americanas están representadas en el área de Truckee / Tahoe?
¿Cómo consiguió Truckee su nombre?
¿Cuál es tu género de libro favorito y por qué?

Noticias de la tripulación

Tahoe Donner Esquí de fondo – Nuestro primer día en la nieve fue un gran éxito. Todo el mundo tenía un gran tiempo en las condiciones bluebird. Como parte del programa de aventura de andamios de SELS, llevaremos a los estudiantes de esquí de fondo cuatro días y medio a través de enero y febrero. Los estudiantes estarán fijando metas y reflexionando sobre su progreso de esquí de una manera auto-competitiva. Por favor, envíe a su niño preparado de acuerdo con la previsión del tiempo. Aunque todo el equipo de esquí se puede proporcionar, su hijo es bienvenido a traer su propio.

El equipo de MinBorg organiza una reunión comunitaria: únase a nosotros el viernes, 20 de enero de 9: 15-9: 45 y observe a los estudiantes de MinBorg dirigiendo una reunión matutina de la mañana. ¡A su hijo le encantará verlo allí!

Noche de matemáticas Busque más información para una noche de febrero.

Fechas importantes Próximos recordatorios:
Vie. 1/20/ 17- Comienzan nuevas electivas
Vie. 1/20 / 17- El equipo de MinBorg organiza una reunión comunitaria, ¡ven a ver!
Martes 1 / 24- Caminar a la biblioteca
Mie. 2 / 1- Día mínimo

Esquí de fondo:
Viernes, 1/20/17
Viernes, 2/3/17
Viernes, 17/02/17

Victorian Holiday Historical Tour: As a final product for our Fire and Ice Expedition, both MinBorg and Welch crews will be hosting family, friends, and shoppers over the next couple of weeks leading historical tours of buildings along Commercial Row in downtown Truckee. Here is everything you need to know for the big event:

MinBorg Crew – Friday, December 9, 2016
Who: All crew members
What: Victorian Holiday Historical Tours
When: 4:30, 4:40, 4:50, 5:00
Where: Tours start at Bar of America (Corner of Donner Pass Road and Bridge Street)
Why: Service Learning to benefit downtown merchants during Festive Fridays

Questions of the Month:
What is the name of your historic building, or list your favorites?
Why is this building important in the history of Truckee?
What was the most interesting fact you learned about downtown Truckee in this expedition?

Best Pies celebration dinner: Following the historic tours, a pizza dinner will be served to all performers at Best Pies beginning at 5:00 p.m. Please join your child’s tour group while they eat. Family members may order additional food to eat at your own expense.

Richard Blair – Streets of Truckee expert: Local performer Richard Blair will be joining our crew on Thursday, December 8 to sing and share his love of Truckee, Boca, Hobart Mills, and Railroad songs with the ⅔ crews. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to hear Richard sing to our students.

Crew News
Library: Our library visits have been very enjoyable, and the kids are always excited to go. Please remember that if your child has an overdue book they will not be able to check out any books until the fine has been paid. We also ask that overdue fines be paid before our library visits rather than during our visits.

Winter Break: Our winter break is just around the corner. Two weeks of fun, family, and snow…hopefully. We also want to be sure some time is set aside for reading, writing about wintertime enjoyment, and if possible some front row math practice. We pick up right where we left off come January, and we want everyone to be prepared for that.

Indoor Shoes: Students are encouraged to bring indoor shoes (slippers, Vans, etc.) with a rubber sole to school to wear during class. Students may change out of their snow covered boots in the morning and wear dry shoes during class. This will save the carpets in our classroom and keep it dry while we are working on the floor during many activities in our crew.

Harvest of the Month:Cassie Hebel brought in some yummy sweet potatoes for the crew to try this month. Thanks for taking the time to introduce new foods to the students!

Celebration of Learning: C.O.L will take place Thursday, December 15th from 6:00-7:30pm. Since our students will be performing downtown December 9th, our C.O.L will be more of a showcase of their expedition work to date. A wonderful time for your child to share what they have learned in depth, and to teach you a thing or two about Truckee history. We look forward to seeing you!

Crew Highlights
Thank you to our library chaperones Maria Snideman and Luz Huerta, and downtown Truckee rehearsal chaperones Stacey Carr-Sick, Cassie Hebel, Kirsten Pekarek, Kim Bradley, Maria Snideman and Ester Meza. We appreciate and value your feedback, and support with seamless transitions.

We also wish to highlight Nov./Dec. Crew Peacekeepers: Litzy, Angus, and Teo. Something unique about Litzy is that her grandma owns a restaurant and she helps out. Something unique about Angus is that he enjoys time outside and dirt biking. Teo is unique because he enjoys traveling!

Their ultimate goal is to help guide visiting families to some local kid favorites. The project was inspired by an Expedition focused on Truckee history, and exemplifies the service learning taking place across SELS K-8 classrooms. These 4-5 month-long Expeditions help ground learning by including classroom lessons, field work, and professional experts. These experiences are (mostly) shaped around our local and regional communities, helping students connect learning to what’s meaningful in their lives.

Kudos to the Welch and MinBorg Crew Leaders for creating authentic platforms for writing and expression!

Print versions are available at:

Truckee Visitors Center
10065 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CA 96161

Donner Memorial State Park
12593 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CA 96161

Questions of the Month:
What was Truckee’s original name?
How did Truckee get its name?
What was the 1st building in Truckee? Who lived in it?
How did firefighters fight fires before there were fire trucks?

Top 10 Rack Cards: Our Top 10 rack cards are printed and in the process of being distributed throughout town. You can find our cards at the California Welcome Center, Donner Memorial State Park Visitor’s Center, and KidZone Museum. If you would like extras to share, please let us know and we will send them home.

Crew News
Goal Setting Conferences: Thank you for making your child’s education and social goals a priority during our Goal Setting Conferences. Remember to post the Goal Sheet at home in a place where you can see it on a daily basis. Working together as a team will help ensure successful attainment of these goals.

Library visits: Our first library visit is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8th. Our crew will visit the library every 2 – 3 weeks. It is your child’s responsibility to take care of the books they have checked out and return them on the due date or before. Help foster this Responsibility for Learning at home.

Harvest of the Month: Thanks to Nikki Riley for preparing a delicious peach crisp for our monthly tasting. Be sure to ask your child each month about the local fruit or vegetable they tasted and add these healthy foods to your dinner table.

Successful Overnight “Clampout”: Thank you to all parents that helped make our overnight campout in the classroom a huge success. The students showed strength, empathy, integrity, and adventure with this twist on our overnight adventure. A big shout out to Tina Bassett, Kirsten Pekarek and Dave Ramos for braving the weather and wind and staying overnight with our crew.

Crew Highlights: We’d like to highlight our 2nd and 3rd grade “Peacekeepers”:
Estefania: Estefania enjoys time with family, and exploring the world around her.
Graham: Graham’s favorite activity is camping by rivers, and time with family.
Aili: Aili enjoys getting out in nature with her family, as well as swimming in lakes and rivers.
Oona: Oona enjoys lots of different sports and activities, such as skateboarding and soccer.
Harlan: Harlan enjoys soccer, and traveling.
Addie: Addie enjoys being creative and working on art, she also likes to travel.
Dray: Dray enjoys playing with friends, being happy, and sitting down with a good book.

SELS News
Site Seminar Success/SELS Summit Day: SELS hosted its first EL Education Site Seminar last month and it was a huge success. The students were well prepared and answered impromptu questions from educators across the country. Summit Day gave us perfect weather and the students were happy to spend a beautiful day in nature.

Dates to Remember:
Sunday, November 6: Daylight Savings Time ends. – Set clocks back 1 hour
Tuesday, November 8: VOTE! Walk to Library
Wednesday, November 9: Minimum Day – school dismissed at 1:00 pm
Friday, November 11: No School – Veteran’s Day holiday
Wednesday, November 16: Downtown Truckee fieldwork – Practice tours
Monday – Friday, November 21-25: No School – Thanksgiving Break

Project Based Learning- The second and third graders are in the final stages of publishing Truckee’s Top 10 for Under 10. They brainstormed, voted on, and wrote paragraphs about their favorite local activities and restaurants for families visiting the area. These professional quality brochures will be put in the Truckee Visitor’s Center for all to see (and use!). Don’t worry, we’ll be sure to send one home when ready.

Questions to Ask your child
What was the Truckee location you wrote about?
Did anyone ever escape from the Truckee jail?
Who is the author of the month?

Crew News:
Bookbag Activity Update – Book bags are up and running! Hopefully your child has found enjoyment reading about a particular topic. Just as a reminder, book bags are for both 2nd and 3rd graders which account for the various reading levels included within the bags. Sometimes books may seem easier, sometimes more challenging. If books are more challenging, we encourage you to read to your child.

Another addition to the book bags will be the activity portion. We’ve been carefully collecting supplies and some are still on their way. Included in each bag is a binder outlining a fun art project or creative activity, such as water colors, puppets, puzzles, etc. Please help keep the bags and supplies in good shape to be passed on to the next family. We hope your child finds enjoyment in these activities!

Please help your child to return their bags on Fridays. We are on a rotation system and rely on the families’ help informing us if something needs to be replaced or is missing. Feel free to shoot an email or put a quick note in the planner.

Communication – Just a friendly reminder to include both teachers in email correspondence. If we are both included it eases our flow of communication, and we are all in the know. Thank you in advance.

Yellow Folder – These go home from Monday and returned on Friday. Unless there is a form to be turned ASAP, please remind your child to turn in all of their folder items no earlier than Friday. They are welcome to keep their folder in their cubbies. Turning in our papers at the same time ensures nothing gets lost.

Shared Reading Folders – By now you should have seen your child’s red shared reading folder. These folders will come home every other week in the green book bags and are considered homework. The shared reading that you see are poems that have been discussed and read several times in class. The purpose of these folders is for your child to practice fluency. On the back of each poem is a place for you, or whomever your child chooses to read with (pets included), to sign as an indication that the poem was read aloud. On the Friday shared reading folders are returned, we will invite some of the students to share their poem of choice with the crew.

Just Right Books – As children enter 2nd grade they are often still learning to read, and learning to select good fit books. As these students transition to 3rd grade, they also transition from learning to read, to reading to learn. Every child differs in their comfort level of selecting good fit books, but this is a very important focus in our 2/3 crew and supports students in the goal of reading to learn. While we discuss strategies to help students independently determine if a book is a good fit or not in class, we also encourage you to support your child in the following ways: Does your child show interest in the book? Does he or she understand the story, and are they able to accurately retell what has been read? Can he or she read the story independently, or with minimal support? Finally, can your child recognize most of the words (ask your child about the “5 Finger Rule”)?

Parent Pipelines – To accompany our weekly comprehension/accuracy/fluency/ or vocabulary focus in class, you will find “Parent Pipelines” in the weekly yellow folders. These pipelines are user friendly tools for parents in order to support children at home with the strategy currently taught in class. We ask that you keep these pipelines as they are a great reminder in how to support your child when comprehension breaks down (or you just want to be sure they do understand what is read), words are innacurate, etc.

Homework Clarification – We give a light load of homework in the MinBorg Crew. Our homework consists of: Reading books in the book bags, practicing Parent Pipelines (reading strategies) at home, some math, and shared reading folders. Occasionally we will give no homework (aside from nightly reading from a good fit book) if it is an unusual week.

Independent Study – We have new links up on our crew webpage for independent study! If your child is sick, please go to the /https://truckeecharterschool.org/ and print, complete one page for reading, writing and math. If you’d like us to print them and send home we’re happy to do that. Reach out with any questions.

Book Orders – Scholastic book orders will be sent home once a month, and ordering is optional, of course. If you choose to order books for your child we ask that you submit your order online. Online ordering eases and expedites the process, plus we then get a free book for the class!

Class Dojo – We’ve noticed many of you have logged on to the Class Dojo website/app. It’s main purpose is to track the students’ Habits of Work (HOWs). We look forward to trying this new system for our crew!

Conferences – Conference sign ups are posted! Please only sign up next to a 1 or 2, X’s indicate days/times not available. If unable to make a date or time work email us and we will do our best to accommodate you. We look forward to meeting with you and your child to discuss goals, not only for your child, but also for you as the parent!

Booster Seats – If your child is 7 years old, please be sure to bring (or arrange if your child rides the bus) a booster. Last week we were in a scramble since a few other crews also had fieldwork and borrowed the SELS extra booster seats. Although we always try to make it work, your child may not be able to join us if they can not be safely (and lawfully) transported. We’d hate to have anyone miss out!

Crew Highlights:
We’d like to highlight our 3rd grade “Peacekeeper” of the week, Annika! Annika enjoys skiing and time with family. She plays soccer and likes to read in her free time. One thing that makes Annika unique is her creativity and positive spirit!

Thank you to the following patents who volunteered on our past fieldwork to downtown Truckee: Kirsten Parkark, Kat Newell, John Killan, Liza Killan, Cassie Hebel, Mike Preseau, Maria Snideman, Luz Huerta, Michelle Blackburn, Lori Franssen, and Sara Spurlock. Looking forward to more fieldwork soon!

Important Dates:
Thursday, Oct. 13/Friday, Oct. 14- Adventure Campout-Boca Springs
Info. packet coming soon!

Questions to ask your child (following our fieldwork this month)
What are your favorite historical buildings in downtown Truckee? Why?
Where is your favorite place to go today in downtown Truckee? Why?
Explain how Truckee is different today than it was in the 1800’s.

CREW NEWS:
DAILY PLANNERS
Help your child gain important organizational and time management skills by checking their Daily Planners every night. Instill the Responsibility for Learning by making this one of their jobs at home. Record the amount of time spent exercising and reading each day, then initial on the line where indicated. This is a great source of communication between school and home. Use it to your advantage. We recommend that the planners “live” in their backpacks.

THEMED BOOK BAGS
Reading is essential for student success in school. Each week, your child will bring home a Themed Book Bag as part of their home reading requirements. Bags are organized by theme and consist of a variety of book at varying reading levels. Choose books that can be read both independently and as a parent-child partnership. There will not be a comprehension reflection sheet done at home this year. Instead, we will weave it into our school day. We will send these book bags home mid-September.

WEEKLY YELLOW FOLDERS
Please take the time to look through our weekly folders for important fieldwork forms, corrected work, parent handouts, etc. Notable items this week: FW forms, Front Row parent access codes (online learning program used in class as well) and a parent questionnaire.

LIBRARY CARDS
Our crew frequently visits the Truckee Public Library. Please send in your child’s public library card to school this week. All cards will be returned at the end of the school year. If you child does not have a library card, stop by the Truckee Public Library at 10031 Levon Street in Truckee and pick one up so your child won’t be left out when we check out books in a couple of weeks.

SCHOOL NEWS:
BACK TO SCHOOL PAPERWORK
If you have not completed the Back-to-School Paperwork, including the Family Handbook, please print these forms and send them to school with your child this week. It is imperative that we have all these forms completed and on file prior to our upcoming fieldwork dates. If you need hard copies, let me know and I would be happy to send home a packet for you with your child.

PARKING LOT AND DROP OFF LANES
Remember to only use the drop off lanes in the parking lot if you are dropping off or picking up your child. DO NOT PARK in the drop off lane. Pull forward to the front before having your child unload or load up. Use the striped crosswalks when walking through the parking lot if you need to visit campus while keeping your child with you at all times.

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Monday, September 5: No School – Labor Day
Friday, September 9: Fieldwork
Tuesday, September 13: 3rd graders – Trails and Vistas
Wednesday, September 14: Minimum Day – School dismissed at 1:00
Friday, September 23: Fieldwork

Description: Through a combination of guided and inquiry based experiments the students are learning the physical science behind winter and ball sports.

Questions to Ask Your Child:
What does “craftsmanship” mean?
What letter did you pick out of the hat for the ABC Sports book and what vocabulary word did you choose?

Crew News:
It has been a busy couple of weeks complete with swimming, 3rd grade state testing, expedition experiments and more! Our crew has been very flexible with the changes in schedule and rolling with the flow. Swimming will continue through May 23rd, otherwise our schedule is back to normal.

Volunteers- Thank you to our mom and dad swimming chaperones! You help make this outing smooth and easy. Also, thanks to Sonja Martin, Shauna Ronzone, Maria Snideman, Stacey Carr, and Kirsten Pakarek for joining us for the Aces game! We had a ball!

Upcoming FW- We’re still looking for drivers to see Bye Bye Birdie on Wednesday, May 25. Please visit sign-up. Learn more: Bye Bye Birdie

Thanks to all who have signed up for the Spring Adventure Campout! We’re still looking for a food coordinator. Please visit Campout Jobs if you haven’t already. In your child’s Homework Folder you will see a green packet with important info for the campout. We decided to send it early to ensure plenty of time for families’ to review. Please note that we will be camping on Tuesday, May 31, the day we return to school from Memorial Day. Packing in advance may be best depending on your family plans for the long weekend.

Math: We can tell your children have been practicing their basic facts, keep it up! Whether you’re a second grade parent supporting your child with addition and subtraction facts, or a third grade parent supporting your child with basic multiplication facts, we appreciate the support and encouragement you provide your child. As a reminder, if you are looking for extra at-home practice please use your child’s Front Row account for just right math practice.

Book Bags: At this point in the school year, we will let your child choose the reading strategy for their book bag response. Keep up the good work and we hope you are enjoying the creative activity as well!

Goals: While we take time to reflect on students goals from goal setting conferences in class, be sure you are taking the time to review your child’s goals with him or her as well. Our hope is for everyone to accomplish their spring goals by the end of the year, and with enough effort we know they can do it!

Great Skate: Please remember to sell raffle tickets for the Great Skate! So far, we have only had two children turn in their envelopes… Let’s win that pizza party!

Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, May 25th: Bye Bye Birdie Presentation, Community Center for the Arts
Monday, May 30th: No School, Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 31st: Overnight Campout (Detailed packet coming home!)
Friday, June 3rd: Great Skate at Northstar
Thursday, June 9th: Celebration of Learning
Passages (schedule to come)
Thursday, June 16th: Last Day of School

Arts for the Schools: Meena’s Dream: Our crew attended a school performance hosted by Excellence in Education on Friday, January 15. These performances bring performing arts to local children giving them the opportunity to view different artists in action.
Nevada County Library: I am extremely proud of the high level of responsibility our crew has been showing with our visits to the Nevada County Library. Students are checking out books to read themselves, to share with family, and returning them in a timely manner to the library. This is a great skill to learn at an early age. Our next trip is scheduled for February 4. Please sign-up on the google doc if you would like to join us! https://docs.google.com/document/d/14p-hha5k-h65BBI5WYnYetB0wFvW4hDSR3dSpKqmjVw/edit

Harvest of the Month: A huge shout out to Cassie Hebbel and Yvette Durant-Bender, our Harvest of the Month parent volunteers. Each month, our crew is treated to a delicious recipe made with locally grown fruits and vegetables. This month, students tasted legumes and Cassie made a variety of tasty things for them to try.
SELS NEWS
Fall Semester: Our fall semester is quickly coming to a close on January 29. Progress reports will be sent home the first week of February. As a reminder, our progress reports are scored on Standards Based grading, which means students are working towards an end of year standard. If you have questions, please come see me for clarifications.