Kerry Salazar
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Working Together
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” —Henry Ford This quote by Henry Ford reminds me of the journey…
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Author’s Tea
Friday morning the week before spring break, Opal 2 students rushed into the classroom as their families patiently waited outside. Today was the day that…
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What is a story?
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~Albert Einstein At Opal School we hope to nurture citizens who are…
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Something Beautiful
As we have continued to unpack the word “beautiful” in Opal 2, we have watched as children carefully and thoughtfully engage with the language of…
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Opal 2 Community Heart Map
Opal School has a collection of guiding principles for teaching and learning (that you can find here ) that support the ways we approach our…
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Inspiration
With all of our talk with Opal 2 students in this first month of school about intentions, some questions have come up about the process of being…
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Book Love!
We have been talking a lot about "book love" in Opal 2 lately. You know, those special books that you just can't get enough of,…
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Intentions
What kinds of skills will best support children to be successful citizens in our world today? In an ever changing world, we are quickly learning…
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Mapping Our Hearts
Our most important work in the first few weeks (and months) of school is getting to know one another. Learning new things about one another,…
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