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Middle School Program News

  • Welcome to the 2019-2020 School Year! Hi! This website is your home for the Happy Kids Program for Upper Level Students. If you are a new parent to this class, know that you can stop in ...
    Posted Aug 29, 2019, 7:41 PM by Jason Brunken
  • Getting Started on the Crusades with Blood Red Horse We are into a new unit in the PULS. This unit, featuring K. M. Grant's excellent novel Blood Red Horse will center around the historical event known as the ...
    Posted Jan 8, 2019, 4:33 AM by Jason Brunken
  • A Pail of Oysters and A Big Project on Transitional Justice A major topic going forward in class this year is transitional justice. Transitional justice are the actions countries take to address large-scale human and civil rights abuses in order ...
    Posted Oct 28, 2018, 2:46 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 2 News

  • This Week: Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble We are reading a very interesting and funny story this week called Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble. It is a book about a principal who loves ties but loves his ...
    Posted Jan 25, 2021, 5:09 AM by Jason Brunken
  • Extension Week: Writing a True Story This week students in Grade 2 will be writing their first stories of the year. We have been focusing this month on how to write a multi-paragraph narrative using ...
    Posted Jan 18, 2021, 5:18 PM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: Officer Buckle and Gloria Sorry for the late post. This week in Grade 2 we are reading an excellent realistic fiction book called Officer Buckle and Gloria. Children love this book because of the ...
    Posted Jan 12, 2021, 4:52 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 6 News

  • Extension Week: Writing an Expository Essay This week students are working on their second essay of the year: an expository essay. An expository essay differs from a persuasive one in that it's purpose is to ...
    Posted Jan 25, 2021, 5:08 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: The Emperor's Silent Army This week, we are reading The Emperor's Silent Army. This selection is about the famous Terracotta Soldiers that were buried with Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of a ...
    Posted Jan 18, 2021, 5:16 PM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: The Princess Who Became a King Sorry for the late post this week. I'm sorry so many students had to be absent because of exams and graduation trips this week. I will post the reading ...
    Posted Jan 12, 2021, 4:50 AM by Jason Brunken
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