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Ruby’s Clear Message
In this video, Caroline supports 3-year-old Ruby to offer a clear message to her friends. Click the link to watch the video. Download Ruby’s Clear…
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Creating a Toolbox of Strategies for Conflict Resolution
Opal School teacher-researchers ask themselves: What is the difference between being in charge and being in control? After Community Agreements are made, they…
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Summer Reading
Opal School staff have relaxed into summer vacation with two great books to read when they are missing their friends and colleagues! The first is…
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This week’s contents
Welcome to Opal School Online! This week's collection focuses on many aspects of supporting the social and emotional intelligences of children within a learing community.…
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This chapter’s contents
Welcome to Chapter Three! This week will be focused on foundations that support the extraordinary potentials of children and adults who are willing and wanting…
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Journey to Celilo Falls
What an eventful and rich day! Today we journeyed as five separate tribes, converging in the Arboretum at our own "Celilo Falls", to eat together,…
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How will you travel??
Last week, a mysterious visitor rode in on horseback offering us all a very important invitation: Greetings! I am a messenger from the Wy'am…
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Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge
Opal 4 has had the amazing opportunity to get to know the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge this spring with Marci Krass, an educator from Willamette…
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The Magic Crystal
Penguin and Eagle are our puppet friends that come to visit us at various times throughout the year. Each time they come they bring us…
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Native American Olympics
Since our return from Spring Break, Amy (our PE teacher) has been teaching us different games based on real games played by different Native American…
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