by mckenzie | Feb 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the spirit of the current Winter Olympics, Roots students participated in their own Winter Games this week! The week kicked off with our music teacher Miss Katie leading us in ‘Music Olympics’ to review some of the musical concepts we’ve learned...
by mckenzie | Feb 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The announcement of students’ jobs on the first class of the week is perhaps the most anticipated moment at Roots. At our opening circle, we look at the job board together and read which student has which job for the week. The Douglas Firs and Aspens rotate...
by mckenzie | Feb 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
After being inspired by the sculptures we saw on our Winter Carnival field trip in town, students were ready to try out snow sculpting themselves. On Monday, the Ponderosa Pines were visited by veteran McCall snow sculptor and former teacher, Ellen McKinney. Ellen...
by mckenzie | Jan 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
As part of our January theme on modes of travel over the snow, our students have the opportunity to try out nordic skiing this week. We are grateful to our families who so generously donated skis and boots to us for the week, and the Bear Basin Nordic Center for...
by mckenzie | Dec 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Bears have been woven in to our curriculum throughout December. These creatures capture students’ imagination and lend themselves to a variety of stories and games. We are also lucky in that we share the greater forest around McCall with bears and that learning...
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