Supporting Habits of Heart and Mind in New Terrain
Since “retiring”, Opal School Founder Judy Graves has been busy continuing her efforts to inspire greater educational opportunity for all children. Here’s her report on her…
Tag: arts
Write of Way
The late-season heirloom tomatoes were stunning in their gowns of scarlet red and golden yellow. The last of the summer raspberries rested quietly alongside mounds…
Matters of Opportunity: Does opportunity matter?
We love hearing from colleagues beyond Opal School’s walls regarding how Opal School is provoking fresh thinking. Today’s post comes from Sarah-Luella Baker, who presented…
Keeping it Lively
Getting ready for next month’s Symposium, I find myself re-reading Ann Pelo’s The Language of Art. She writes, “we begin to use the word ‘art’…
Sharing what matters
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In observance of the Martin Luther King,…
A crucial thing to know
We’re looking forward to hosting Opal School Visitation Days, when 80 teachers and administrators from seven states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces…
True Art
When I am doing real art, me, myself is not in the room. A piece of me is and what piece that is differs dependent…
Supporting each other to make faux leather historical journals
What happens when the children become the experts and they support each other in the creation of a special aritifact? And 28 children can work…
Collaboration Castle
On Friday, April 25, Opal 4 participated in a Gift Ceremony. The gift ceremony is a tradition at Opal School. Every year, the children think…
It looks like it’s in the past now
What will happen if we paint over our blue tape murals and then pull off the tape? …