PARENT WEEKLY EMAIL | Country Classroom

Settling In

We have a working list of rules that the children created. Even the new kids are starting to remember the schedule and what they need to...

Over the summer a friend told me that some spiders rebuild their webs every day. This week an especially adventurous or tenacious spider,...

"Can I roll down the hill?" "Sure!" "Can I do it again?" "Absolutely." We're back at school, and it's wonderful to see everyone actively...

There are so many highlights from the past two weeks, it is hard to do them all justice. We decided to make this particular blog a little...

We are at that time of year when we are pulling together all of the pieces, making plans for our end of year celebration, doing a last...

We're back! This past week marked our first chance to have all of our students learning together 5 days a week. That was two big...

Some combination of the brilliant green and the sunny days has me truly loving my job and this school. Our students have enjoyed the...

On Friday, we had a conference day, and I always enjoy the chance to reflect on how much our kids have grown over the year. One of the...

The mild weather this week (no snow fell!) had us all reveling in the changes of spring. We moved the desks down to our tent to help make...

We know how to sink into our work here. This week our older kids were exploring Oobleck (a non-Newtonian fluid made from cornstarch and...

Each week, Country Classroom Head Teacher Tracy writes an email to our parents. Many of those emails we publish here.