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2nd-6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 5/7/13
River Day Families, It is time to give you the information that you need to know about the class trip. You should already know that we are leaving on the 13 of May (Monday) around 9am, and returning on the 14th around 3pm, in time for regular dismissal. Our destination is Camp Lutherhaven on beautiful Coeur d’Alene Lake. This trip is different than our trip last year. The purpose of the trip is ...
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Kindergarten-1st Grade Weekly Newsletter 5/1/13
NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM April 30, 2013 River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future. Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and individual differences. . OUR CLASSROOM Review: We are also preparing for a Dinner Theater on May 9th. The ...
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2nd-6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 4/30/13
Hello River Day Families, Last Friday’s visit from Alex was amazing! The kids were excellent ambassadors for River Day; they made Alex feel welcome and asked him great questions! A big thank you to Margot Petersen for putting this opportunity together for the school! This week we have two main focuses: our biome projects and fine tuning the play for dinner theater. We are working on making the transition from having our lines memorized ...
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Kindergarten-1st Grade Weekly Newsletter 4/25/13
NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM April 25, 2013, River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future. Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and individual differences. . OUR CLASSROOM Today the kids and I went down to City Hall and got ...
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2nd-6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 4/24/13
Dear River Day Followers, This Friday we have a special guest coming to observe our school. His name is Alex Kalukangu, and he is visiting the U.S. for the first time, from Zambia. He is a private school teacher back in Zambia, but is here on a much bigger mission. Here is how this story started: A friend of Margot Petersen’s, Joe, is a senior at Gonzaga University. He is spearheading a ...
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2nd-6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 4/15/13
Dear River Day Followers, This is it! The last 8 weeks of school are here and we are gearing up for a busy time. We have begun research on 4 more biomes: desert, tundra, arctic and fresh water. The students will be researching these biomes and putting together an informational book that will be shared on Tuesday morning, June 4th at 9am. We designed the rubric together and came up with reasonable goals and ...
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2nd -6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 3/19/13
Hello River Day Families, Tomorrow the people from Washington Green Schools will be visiting us to present our Green School award and banner. With them, may be a producer gathering some footage about a WA Green School getting accredited. Please have your student wear their green River Day t shirts or sweatshirts tomorrow. GREEK FAIR is on Friday, March 22, at 9 a.m. We are both excited and scared for this event! It is ...
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Kindergarten -1st Grade Weekly Newsletter 3/13/13
NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM March 13, 2013 Gayle River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future. Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and individual differences. . OUR CLASSROOM The cold, fever, yucky virus is spreading through our classroom. We are talking ...
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2nd – 6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 3/12/13
Hello River Day Families, Wow! You missed a great field trip last Friday! Even Gayle had a ball. It was pretty awesome to watch your rubbery offspring flip and flop all over Jump Sky High! This Friday we are planning to go tromping around at Lincoln Park and see what signs of spring are abound. As always, if you are free on Friday please come join us on our Friday adventure. Monday, March 18, ...
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Kindergarten – 1st Grade Weekly Newsletter 3/6/13
NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM March 6, 2013 River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future. Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and ...
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2nd – 5th Grade Weekly Newsletter 3/5/13
Dear River Day Families, Last week the kids finished up their Greek God/Goddess posters. They turned out AWESOME. In fact, I don’t know that you would be able to differentiate our posters from theirs. Next, they will use the information they found to “be” their God/Goddess in an informational fair. The fair will take place from 9am to 10am on Friday, March 22nd. Part of this project is “AT HOME”. You will ...
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Kindergarten-1st Grade Weekly Newletter 2/26/13
NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM February 26, 2013 Gayle River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future. Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and individual differences. . OUR CLASSROOM We have been learning about the Antarctic region. We are writing and ...
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2nd-6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 2/26/13
Hello River Day Families, In case you haven’t yet heard, our team was awesome at the FLL State competition in Ellensburg! We improved on all of our presentation scores and we placed seventh in the robot performance out of twenty four teams. This was a great experience for the kids and their coaches. We were very pleased that a group of students considerably younger that the rest of their competitors was able to perform at such ...
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2nd – 6th Grade Weekly Newsletter 2/20/13
Dear River Day Friends, Reminder: The Washington D.C. trip “Letter of Intent” is due tomorrow, February 21st. Please either fill out the form and return it to Shari, or register online. We need these forms turned in, so that we can establish how many students are going. Remember that this opportunity applies to any friends and relatives in 4th-12th grades that are interested in traveling with us. The dates of the trip ...
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Kindergarten – 1st Grade Weekly News Letter 2/20/13
NEWS FROM OUR CLASSROOM February 20, 2013 Gayle River Day School Mission Statement: River Day School provides an inclusive educational environment that helps students become lifelong learners. Our students are inquisitive and confident builders of their future. Together, we strive to be a community of learners where all members care about one another in an environment of cooperation, with respect for diversity and individual differences. LITERACY IN OUR CLASSROOM Almost every morning we begin our day with journaling ...