May Day Play 2009

Here are some photos from our 2009 May Day Play:

Get your costume on!

And now, get into character!

The band played music and sound effects:

May Day 2009

Here are some photos from this year's traditional Maypole Dance!

For the full slideshow, visit the Early Elementary class page:

http://hisearlyelementary.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-pole-dance.html

HarvestFest 2008: Picture Slideshow

Here are some photos from our HarvestFest 2008 celebration!

We extend our thanks to all our staff, students, and especially our family volunteers who helped make this HarvestFest so exciting and educational!

Also, here are more photos of our Kindergarten HarvestFest music party.

Our Community, in Doll Form

To start our year, each student created a version of his or her self in paper doll form. You can see the complete display on our front lobby bulletin board; can you match up each doll with its student?

Back to School Night

We enjoyed hosting all our class parents at Back to School Night 2008.

Press Release: Take a Child Outside Week

We're celebrating "Take a Child Outside Week" in our wetlands and forests, September 24-30!

Download our PRESS RELEASE about the week >>

You can learn more about this all-natural national program at the following websites:

• "Take a Child Outside" Week
• The "No Child Left Inside" Initiative

Installing Our Kestrel Home

Here's the kestrel that visited us on Thursday!

Jeremy showed us how to install a kestrel house high up in a tree on our wetlands.

If we're lucky, we'll have a kestrel of our own living here by next Spring. See the Early Elementary Blog for more photos of our kestrel visit.

First Day of School

It's been a big day of introductions and new experiences!

We circled up after lunch for a quick song...
Then, at the end of the day the upper school (K-8) met with our new director, Heather.


Watch the other class blogs for news about our first day!

"Arts in the Wild" Camp Photos: Fun and Games

We enjoyed some songs and active games down by the dining hall...



Below, we're playing our newly-built and -decorated rain sticks on the busride home!

"Arts in the Wild" Camp Photos: Forest Walks

During our week at Camp Tuckernuck, we're practicing our woodlands observation skills with "Wordless Walks" in the forests. For 30-40 minutes at a time, our groups explored wide-ranging terrain... without a single word!

We talked with our hands, our faces, and with our bodies.

We discovered lots of great new sounds, plants, animals, and landscapes... and we found lots of delicious summer berries, too.

Of course, it wouldn't be "Arts in the Wild" camp with music at the campfire circle...
You can find many more pictures and samples of the comics we drew here.

Wind 'N' Willows Camp Photos: June-July 2008

"Down by the Bay" Camp: Photos

Inspector Detector Camp: Photos