Opal School Blog
Charter Math Communities
For the second year, charter school students in Opal 2,3 and 4 will have a common math workshop time. Each day between 12:30 and 1:30…
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The First Week of School – Making and Taking Time to Connect and Reconnect
I was so excited to start this school year for so many reasons, but one that kept coming into my thinking as I was planning…
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Making Connections
The intention of our blog posts is to build connections between Opal School's pedagogy and what this actually looks like and sounds like in…
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So many words for happiness
Once, there was an emperor who was struggling with his people. They were so mean to each other! No matter how many rules he tried…
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Taking Risks
I always think of the beginning of the year as a time for imagining, wishing and dreaming about the things we might be able to…
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The first week of school
"Children expect from adults the capacity to offer great joy." Loris Malaguzzi
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The First Day of School!
Welcome to the Opal 1 blog page! This is a place where you'll find many stories around the teaching and learning that happens in the…
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Brain Heroes
Welcome to a new school year at Opal School! We are so looking forward to getting started again. This video, from the Child Development…
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Fifth Grade Project
You don’t think, “I’m going to buy some plastic.” When you go to the grocery store.~E. T. Opal 3 Or do you? Some people do. …
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