Dates to Note

Sun., April 21, 1 PM--Calm and Compassionate Children class, New Ren. Books

Sat., May 5--Joyathon

Monday, May 7--In-service, no school

Thursday, June 7--Awards Night


Surina and Sabine

Joyathon
Sat. May 5, 10 am – 1 pm
Mark your calendar for a morning of fun. After the children ride, we will have lunch (a choice of Indian or mac & cheese) and a little carnival afterwards. Go Fish and face painting are always popular. Making a debut this year is henna hand-painting.



Isabella
Volunteers Needed to run carnival booths. Please let Usha or Sandy Pagano know if you are willing to serve.

Pre-school, pre-K, and Kindergarten
Kathleen (Prasanna) Hankins is now helping Helen on Wednesdays (the day Helen has the most students) and Trina on Thursdays. On Tuesdays, Trina’s assistant is Sara Ponce.
The children continue to find the dirt, the bugs, and the lily leaves fascinating. The new fad is “make your own kite.” Beads have finally taken a back seat to other activities. A zoo trip is coming up soon, and a unit on pets.

Junior High Trip for Fun and Service
The junior high boys will be leaving April 22 for a field trip to California parks. They will be joining students from the Nevada City, CA, Living Wisdom School at Big Sur. On April 28 they go to Yosemite where they will give 2 ½ days service to the park and then have 3 ½ days hiking and rock climbing. They will return for the Joyathon May 5 (along with their teacher, Sandi Goodwin!).
Have you seen the great trellis the boys built by Angel House? They also planted a climbing rose and a grapevine. Thanks, guys.



Michael and Ben

Primary Class to Solve a Mystery
Welcome to new student Karl Gieben, a third grader. The primary class is wrapping up their wetland unit and will be doing a detective science unit next. Tuesday the children read their wetland animal reports to parents and then tested them on their listening skills!



Karl

Aditya

Intermediate Class
The fifth and sixth grades tutor the first graders once a week and they help out in pre-school, for instance, when the children bake.
They also went with the junior high to environmental lobby day in Salem. Along with adults from the districts where they live, they met with their representatives to discuss issues such as clean water and air. Two of our students were chosen as spokespersons for their groups!