Newsletter Updated

The newsletter has been updated. Please check it out to find out important information about curricular activities for the month of October.

Harvest Fest: Volunteers and Supplies Needed

Wolf families,

This year's Harvest Fest will take place on September 25th. The Wolves have chosen to run two games: the Maze and face painting. We need students and their families to sign up to volunteer to run each activity. Please sign up on our sign up sheet: Harvest Fest. We also need the following supplies:

- face paint
- brushes
- hay bails for maze

If you can provide any of these items, please let me know. Also, if you'd like to serve as the point person for organizing supplies and volunteers for Harvest Fest, please email me. Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks,
Shanti

Details for Camping Trip

Wolf families,

I can’t tell you how excited I am for our upcoming camping trip! The Wolves have decided to move the location of their trip to Kent Park because Lake Macbride has closed their canoe rental shop early this year. After our trip on Wednesday to Kent Park, the students were excited to hear that the park has canoes as well as over a thousand acres of diverse terrain. Kent Park also has the added benefit of Brad, an extremely knowledgeable naturalist that will accompany us on our canoe trip.

The Wolves spent much of Friday morning planning meals, preparing a packing list, and dividing responsibilities such as cooking, cleaning up, and setting up camp. The students have worked together to determine almost everything that you see on the attached document. PLEASE READ: Wolves Camping Trip Information Sheet.

This week, the students will also work together to create a rubric of goals that address the following categories:

There is a wealth of information in the document attached above but please do not hesitate to post questions directly under this blog. Just click on comments and you'll be able to post. If you have a question, others may have the same one! You’re also always welcome to email questions.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

K-6 Field Trip to Kent Park

This past Wednesday, K-6 students took a field trip to Kent Park to research the attributes of a prairie. What an amazing way to kick off our year long study! Students spent the day carefully maneuvering their way through a forest of 10ft tall cup plants, studying the biodiversity of prairies versus mowed lawns, and using dichotomous keys to identify plants. Ms. Brooke posted a wonderfully descriptive blog about the trip. Please check it out to hear more: Prairie Racerunners. You can also check out pictures of our exciting day at: Prairie Research.

Older students had the added challenge of doing all of this while having their younger partners in tow. I overheard one Wolf kindly asking one of her partners, who had charged far ahead, to make sure he was in eye-shot of her while constantly encouraging her trepedatious other partner to continue through the unknown prairie. Never mind the fact that she herself was trying to find her way through the maze of plants that lay ahead. I was amazed by not only this moment, but the overall concern and patience all of the Wolves had while serving as not only caretakers, but also educators of their younger friends. What a wonderful opportunity for the Wolves to not only increase their own knowledge of the prairie, but also challenge themselves to serve as constant leaders. I was incredibly proud of each and every one of them.

Goal Setting Conferences

Wolf families,

Goal setting conferences will take place on September 22nd and 29th. This year, I'd like to ask students to attend the conferences so that they can be a part of this process and take on responsibility for their goals. Please sign up for a conference at the following link: Sign-Up Sheet. You can also access the sign-up sheet under the important reminders section.

Newsletter Updated and New Photos!

Wolf families,

Our newsletter has been updated. Please visit the newsletter tab or just click on the news icon above to see these updates. The newsletter contains information about our curriculum for the upcoming month and is a great way to stay up to date on class happenings. There is also an archive section in which you can find newsletters from past months.

There are also photos from our first few weeks of school under the photos tab. As always, you can download any of these photos by right-clicking on the image and saving the image to your computer.

Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!

Newsletter Updated and New Photos!

Wolf families,

Our newsletter has been updated. Please visit the newsletter tab or just click on the news icon above to see these updates. The newsletter contains information about our curriculum for the upcoming month and is a great way to stay up to date on class happenings. There is also an archive section in which you can find newsletters from past months.

There are also photos from our first few weeks of school under the photos tab. As always, you can download any of these photos by right-clicking on the image and saving the image to your computer.

Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!