Friday, March 16, 2018

Rice Creek Newsletter_March 16th

Dear Rice Creek Families,

It was so wonderful to see so many of you these last two days.  It is a pleasure to sit with you and spend some time focusing on your child.  Our partnership builds community and fosters the very best for our students and we appreciate the time and dedication you show attending conferences.  As we move into the last months of the school year, and reflect back on how we have had opportunity to watch your child grow, rise to challenges, learn from one another, and build ever-stronger relationships and community we are extra appreciative of the time we get to spend with these lovely humans at this exciting and precious time in their lives.

As we head into the final months of school we will continue to work and grow as a community.  There is some big work on the horizon, in the form of Human Timeline studies, Timeline of Life research, building land and water formations, planting and growing a mini garden, and scientific classification of plants and animals.  With much of the work ahead of us, we look forward to heading into the warmer air and getting outside to learn.  We will also take some time to explore how diversity in our community creates rich beauty, and listen and honor one another's family stories.  You will find attached an interview form that will come home with your child next week.  Please take a look at this and reply with any questions or insight on how this fits your family experience.  There is no need to complete it and return it, as we hope you and your child can talk and fill it out together.  I simply wanted to give you a chance to see what will be coming home.

 

Thanks again and enjoy the weekend.

 

Nadine


http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/165_TT_Family_Ties_Fabric_Tales_Data_Sheet_6-12.pdf

 

 



--
Nadine McNiff

Lower Elementary Guide
Great River School
1326 Energy Park Drive
651-305-2780

"The child's development follows a path of successive stages of independence, and our knowledge of this must guide us in our behavior towards him. We have to help the child to act, will and think for himself. This is the art of serving the spirit, an art which can be practiced to perfection only when working among children." (The Absorbent Mind). 

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