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The First Day of School
Anticipating the arrival of students Playing Human Bingo Using clay to recall an encounter from the summer and sharing encounter stories with classmates Running in…
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New Year’s Day
While New Year’s Eve marks the calendar year, for children, parents, and educators the year turns now. In Portland last night, the change was all…
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C’mon Language!
Anna Craycroft is a New York-based artist who is in residency in Portland over the coming months for a Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)…
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Symposium!
As with any other school, the end of the year brings a whirlwind of excitement. Today, the Early K took their wings to the Arboreteum,…
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Taking Care and Nurturing
This last month has been a busy one in the Early K classroom. We were in charge of taking care of many things from…
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Any questions?
This week, the Museum Center for Learning had the pleasure of hosting a gathering of Los Angeles' Westside Collaborative. Seventy early childhood educators and center…
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What does social-emotional learning look like in fifth grade?
Social-emotional learning plays a central role in our work at Opal School – even in fifth grade. We understand that when people find themselves in…
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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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Character Study Homework
From the very beginning of the year, we have been exploring relationships to place, through maps of summer, to our favorite places in the arboretum…
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