Opal School Blog
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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Opal School Online — a sample!
Opal School Online is a new collection of articles and videos designed to promote collaboration and dialogue amongst parents and teachers around the world. Provocations,…
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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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NAREA Summer Conference
Opal School Preschool From June 22 – 24 we were hosts to roughly 500 international guests who were in attendance at the North American Reggio…
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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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What happened in “Dive In Day” in Opal 4?
May 14th was DIVE IN day in Opal 4. As students arrived at school that day, they were sent to one of three groups to…
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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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