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emily29939
Nov 223 min read
Sustainability at a Glance
Hi, everyone! Can you believe we're already over halfway through November? The past few weeks at school have been filled with exciting...
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shannon7481
Nov 222 min read
Innovation Barn
This week, we visited Charlotte’s Innovation Barn. https://envisioncharlotte.com/innovation-barn/ . This is a space where businesses...
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shannon7481
Nov 143 min read
Veterans Day - Upper Elementary
On Monday, we welcomed Veteran Bob Doran to our school. Bob spent the first part of the morning in circle with upper elementary and...
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Heidi Kelly
Nov 121 min read
Schiele Museum
For November, we headed off to the Schiele museum to learn about natural history. We visited lots of animal exhibits and then took a...
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Heidi Kelly
Oct 281 min read
A trip to the Town Hall, Police Department, and Fire Department!
Our first stop was to the town Hall, where we learned about the building's history, met the mayor, and saw several rooms including the...
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kathleen McIntyre
Sep 301 min read
Lower Elementary Rockmont Adventure
This past week, Lower Elementary headed up to the mountains of western North Carolina to Camp Rockmont for their overnight adventure. Not...
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kathleen McIntyre
May 201 min read
Middle School Climbing Trip
Only the most masterful artists can capture the nuances and feelings of a precious moment in time. Over our three-day adventure, we had...
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kathleen McIntyre
May 61 min read
Lower Elementary Mountain Adventure
Eagle sightings, frolicking at the base of a waterfall, hiking to the top of the mountain, singing around a campfire…. These are just...
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Heidi Kelly
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Greenway Walk with Ms. Paula
We enjoyed a lovely nature walk with Ms. Paula to the greenway. We did some natural observation, discussed some of the things we...
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Patricia Hatch
Oct 21, 20232 min read
Tales from the Loft
Hello Green School! Since our last correspondence, middle school has adventured far and wide! We camped in tents under the fall foliage...
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Collette
Oct 19, 20231 min read
A Day to Remember
What an amazing day we had together at Carrigan Farms. I didn't know that the farm has been in existence since 1902. What an incredible...
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kathleen McIntyre
Oct 14, 20231 min read
Middle School Grayson-Highlands Mountain Adventure
15 middle schoolers 0 cells phones 7 wild ponies 5,000 ft elevation picnic 15 inspire journal entries 17 miles of Virginia Creeper Trails...
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shannon7481
Oct 10, 20232 min read
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." Leonardo da Vinci
Protest (verb) - to make a formal declaration of opinion and usually of objection or complaint Upper Elementary has come into contact...
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kathleen McIntyre
May 17, 20231 min read
Middle School’s Coastal Adventure - ELFT
Months of planning, fundraising, and community meetings resulted in a coastal adventure filled with history, art, haunts, marine study,...
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kathleen McIntyre
May 9, 20231 min read
The clouds part… Lower elementary’s Mountain adventure
There are days on the top of Mount Mitchell, where you can see for 70 miles away. The clouds part and everything becomes clear. That was...
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kathleen McIntyre
May 5, 20231 min read
Upper elementary adventure to the mountains
Last week, upper elementary headed to the hills. When they arrived, they were greeted with wet, cold weather. And this weather hung...
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shannon7481
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Grow and Share - Upper El
Last week, Upper El walked to the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson to deliver our school-grown kale. The kale was grown in the dome using...
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Patricia Hatch
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Men of Change - MS Field Trip
This past week, middle school students had the special opportunity to visit a travelling Smithsonian exhibit, Men of Change. Two museums,...
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kathleen McIntyre
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Crafting Kindergarteners
Kindergarteners took their first walking field trip of the year today, making tracks for a morning of crafting and sharing a meal out on...
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kathleen McIntyre
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Adventure to the Coast
Magical is the word that best describes upper elementary’s field trip to Barrier Island Sea Camp. One of my favorite parts about this...
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