Interdependencies
As children journey through Opal 1 and Opal 2, they spend a lot of time considering with their teachers and their peers the ways in…
As children journey through Opal 1 and Opal 2, they spend a lot of time considering with their teachers and their peers the ways in…
In preschool we try to offer as many experiences as possible for our whole group to come together to share and listen to each other’s…
Materials, they can draw you in to look more closely. They can draw you in to touch them, interact with them, …play and dance with them!…
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson In the first few weeks of school we have witnessed the…
What happens when a group of 9, 10 and 11 years olds who have been together as a learning community for over a year spend…
It’s August and at Opal School that means there are 3 of us here ready to begin the ball toss that will evolve into our…
This was a four day week, but so much is happening in Opal 4, I had to share. Practicing our songs for graduation with Carrington…
We partner with the A Year at Mission Hill project because we believe in its premise: Through looking carefully at quality in varied educational contexts,…
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…