Welcome to our Weekly Reflections section! Here you will find learning updates from all of our pods. Our principal will post on Fridays to share what was explored in our program throughout the week, to give parents a glimpse into the classroom throughout the school year. These posts are a form of communication with parents, showing where your child may be at in their learning journey and sharing details that can be further expanded on at home. We encourage you to read these p

This week we finalized our school promise upholding our four foundational teachings of Humility, Honesty, Discipline and Respect. Students chose their own statement that appealed to their personal goals for learning for the year and signed their names to our collective agreement. This agreement is posted on the wall in the main classroom, and a laminated copy will be sent home with each student this week. Our week was consumed by gratitude feast preparations on Tuesday and

Monday - Adriana was away today Calendar went smoothly today, as we adjusted the month calendar to add the special days in October. Our teaching introduced this week was Courage, represented by Mukwa (Bear) and Dragon. We learn from Mukwa what it means to stand up for ourselves and others. Math began with a game of Money Bingo! Everyone won bird stickers and an extra bonus sticker if they could name the bird they received for winning. As a result, everyone received two

Share the magic day was an absolute blast and super organized! I want to thank our educators for joining us for the day, as they truly made it possible for students to be supported in playing, learning and exercising their choices in executing their chosen jobs throughout the day. Our morning started shortly after 9am with students able to walk around and check out the sale space, as it was all set up during the school day on Friday between creative pursuits. The energy wa

This week we introduced the teaching of Love from our relative Eagle. Eagle represents love because he gave up his flying Eagle life to build a human family with the last Woman in the land after the great flood. Eagle shares with us that we must love ourselves completely before we can truly love another. Our Statement for Love is: I love myself and others. Emphasis is placed on "others" being of all living creatures. Our story this week was Little Red and the Very Hungr

Our week began with Solstice Celebration around our morning circle, our first community drum birthing ceremony of the year, and planning for Share The Magic Day sale items to connect our curriculum to business. We did not share any new teachings this week, and instead reviewed our previous teachings, growing more familiar with our friends Ma'iingaan, Kitchi Sabe, Bison, and Ears (our capacity to be disciplined). We continue to enjoy calendar time, as our teachers take over r

This week we introduced the foundational teachings of Honesty, featuring Kitchi-Sabe (Sasquatch), Respect symbolized by our golden ruler (respect for self and others), and Discipline symbolized by the ear (listening to others) to prepare for creating our school contract together. We will be sharing these teachings with parents as well at our parent community meeting on Monday evening. This week was spent following our classroom routine and building competency with language a

Our first week in our new classroom! Many new adventures! New students and new play spaces! This week was all about observing the students, getting to know them, and starting off with a basic routine, with plans to scaffold more elements of our routine slowly so students feel ready for the next step without the overwhelm. This week we enjoyed music, movement and connection in our morning circles, and we learned about our first foundational teaching: Humility. Humility as we