Kerry Salazar
Reconnecting
What does it look like to come back to school after a two week break and reconnect with peers? A room full of energy and…
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Building Community
As we end our school day for the last time in 2011, I watch the children get their coats and backpacks and line up to…
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Wondering About Protection
At the beginning of the year the children in Opal 1 had many experiences wondering about seeds. They brought in seeds from home, counted seeds,…
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Changing Education Paradigms
An Opal 1 parent sent me this short 11 minute video the other day. It was one I'd seen before, it had been posted…
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Communication
This week we had our first parent meeting to discuss the book Mind in the Making by Ellen Galinsky. Our focus was on the chapter…
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Loving To Learn
What a gift to be able to sit down with families at conferences this week. One of my favorite parts of conferences is when I…
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Opal 1 Schedule
All of a sudden it seems that fall is really here and so is the end of October! The children in Opal 1 are becoming…
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The Farmer’s Market
The first field trip of the year is always an exciting event. Exciting for parents, children, and teachers, as we all prepare to leave our…
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Opal 1 Community Burrow
The first day of fall brought to us beautiful weather and in Opal 1 we took time to enjoy it. We hiked to the Upper…
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Story Workshop
Story Workshop is a structure we have at Opal School that supports language and literacy. We have discovered that the use of materials such as…
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