Greetings, families of our first grade graduates!
What a wonderful ending to an incredible year. After much celebrating, playing, swimming, sun burning, dodging rain, and reflecting, this week has been the perfect way to tie up the year and jump into summer.
On our last morning together, we took the time as a community to reflect on highlights from the year...trips to Buttermilk Falls, the zoo, and the pool, sewing globe pillows, doing science experiments, meeting each other.... We wanted to take the time to let the students process and reflect about this year and the changes that next year will bring. Thinking back to the first day of school, the students could still remember how nervous and excited they felt. To help the new first graders that will be joining us next year feel welcome, we took time to write little notes of encouragement to give them on the first day.
Although next year will be different and we won't all be together in the same way, we will still make time to catch up at recess, the park, in the halls, and hopefully do some special projects together:)
If you have time, take a look at a few photos from our last days at school (just request access if it doesn't automatically allow you to view... sorry for the inconvenience).
Finally, keep an eye out for an email coming soon with different ideas, book suggestions, developmentally appropriate activities, chores, and projects that your child could do over the summer.
That's all for now! We wish you all a glorious summer.
All the best,
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Emily Bowar & Jessy Eaton Fabel
Clearwater Guides
"Our aim therefore is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his inmost core." ~ Maria Montessori"
