Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, Classroom & Curriculum
Strawberry Creek made their way by BART to San Francisco to take a Precita Eyes Mural Tour on Balmy Avenue. Precita Eyes is an inner-city, community-based, mural arts organization whose muralists work to enrich and beautify urban environments and educate the public...
Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Classroom & Curriculum
Students from the Magnolia classroom have been busy exploring color, color mixing, and texture this fall. We’ve also been reading books by Eric Carle and looking closely at how he creates his pictures. We made “Eric Carle” paper for use in collage...
Oct 18, 2017 | Blog, Community & Student Life
In today’s always-on digital culture, many of today’s students face a challenging paradox: the tools they need to use to get their work done – tablets and computers – often provide their biggest distraction from getting work done. Students can become overwhelmed and...
Sep 19, 2017 | Blog, Community & Student Life
The birth of a new tradition indeed! The heaps of good will, camaraderie and middle school spirit that were generated was matched only by the generous displays of citizenship and teamwork. Mixed grade level teams competed against one another in four challenges: Group...
Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Classroom & Curriculum, Faculty/Staff Perspectives
By Sima Misra, Director of Teaching & Learning Thirteen faculty and admin from each campus and each division serve on the committee to help bring the school closer to accomplishing two important goals: To build a scope and sequence for our anti-bias education...
