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The All-School Thanksgiving Feast
The kindergarten made decorations and the lower school brought fruit and snacks. The Middle School brought dessert and did the cleaning up. The Upper School brought the sandwich makings, served and led the way. The weather was brisk. Sydereal sang. Alums appeared. And the Pre-K were in the middle of it all. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Choice
Would you rather have supper in a castle, breakfast in a balloon, or tea on the river? John Burningham We do best, and engage most readily in, that which we experience as freely chosen. Margaret Donalson At PDS we build in options for students wherever we can. Making constructive choices and managing timewell are important skills for learning and life,…
With the kindergarten – Patterns to Pixies
The kindergarten invited me to their classrooms to see their Pattern Museum. It was wonderful to see their hard work and ingenuity on display. They had found patterns everywhere and created many more of their own. And then – they visited me in my office disguised as fairy-angel-princesses, assorted ghouls, Supermen, a skeleton and a railroad crossing.
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Blog -a modern portmanteau* word breakfast plus lunch= brunch smoke plus fog = smog web plus log = blog Humpty Dumpty explains it all to Alice: “Well, “slithy” means “lithe and slimy.” “Lithe” is the same as “active.” You see it’s like a portmanteau – there are two meanings packed up into one word… …Well then, ‘mimsy’ is ‘flimsy and…