Category Archives: School

Homework in the Globe

Naomi and I kept Simone company while she did her homework.  She graphed the number of fireboats, ferries, rooftop satellite dishes, buses, pink cars, horse-drawn carriages and bicycle carriages and calculated the “range.”  Then she drew a detailed picture of … Continue reading

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“To play without passion is inexcusable” or Rascal and the Minnie Bergman’s Park.

Naomi has Rascal for the weekend. Rascal is the PK classroom mascot.  Each weekend a student gets to take him home and show him their world.  We’re asked to document our adventures with Rascal for his journal. We can draw … Continue reading

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Bang Bang at Camp Casey

Each year at Evergreen School involves a retreat culminating in the 8th grade with a month in Vietnam. This year Simone’s class did two days at Camp Casey. Constructing forts on the beach to watch for Orcas. Head adornments followed … Continue reading

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Crazy hair day at Evergreen

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Simone’s book club

The first graders at Evergreen decided to launch a book club.  Boys and girls gathered to talk about Kate DiCamillo’s Because of Winn Dixie. Everyone loved this book. Next we read two books from Jim Benton’s “Franny K Stein” series, … Continue reading

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Naomi tells the story of Rosa Parks

Naomi’s PreSchool class is working on a play about Rosa Parks.  Naomi tells me about what they were learning here. Three year old Naomi tells the story of Rosa Parks

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Half the Sky is both a brutal awakening and an unmistakable call to action. -Melinda Gates

Our friend Amber Vandermeulen, a third grade teacher in the Kent school system, said that she and her husband had just read Half the Sky to one another on their last road-trip and she thought I might like it.   … Continue reading

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Are you honing in on the virtues or letting them slide? Honestly?

My good friend Valerie Tarico writes a monthly column about developing virtues. She starts each post with a note about the particular character trait including a few quotes to ponder, discuss and share and then ends with an example of … Continue reading

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Naomi & Annabel on their First Day at Evergreen School

Naomi is sitting on teacher Judith Hart’s left in a red shirt and ponytails. Next to her is Annabel in fuscia. This is the Pre-School class at Evergreen with Judith Hart and assistant teacher Melissa Norby. Simone had Judith back … Continue reading

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Daily Rituals or Off to School

In the morning, the girls pack their backpacks with school stuff (lunches, sweaters, sneakers) and after-school stuff (leotards, swim suits, snacks) and then head downstairs to say good morning to Kumar, Hamilton and/or Nelson running the building elevators and Michelle, … Continue reading

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