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Middle School Program News

  • 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
  • Historical Perspective When learning about conflict in history, perspective is very important. People are complicated, and in history, people rarely fit nicely in to Good Guy and Bad Guy roles. Real life ...
    Posted Oct 21, 2018, 7:22 AM by Jason Brunken
  • Unit 1: South Africa and Apartheid Welcome to a new year in the Program for Upper Level Students at Happy Kids. Each year I try to plan unique, interesting, and challenging students of this class. This ...
    Posted Sep 17, 2018, 6:20 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 2 News

  • This Week: Jellies This week in Grade 2 we will be doing the usual, practicing grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, and writing. Our story for this week in Journeys is Jellies. Jellies is a ...
    Posted by Jason Brunken
  • This week: Super Storms This week in Grade 2 we will be doing the usual, practicing grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, and writing. Our story for this week in Journeys is Super Storms. Super Storms ...
    Posted Nov 13, 2018, 4:24 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: Animals Building Homes This week the grade 2 classes will be reading Animals Building Homes by Wendy Perkins. This is a nonfiction book about the different places that animals live. It is a ...
    Posted Nov 4, 2018, 3:55 AM by Jason Brunken
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Grade 6 News

  • This Week: Star in the the Storm This week in Grade 6 we will be doing the usual: practicing grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, and writing. Our story for this week in Journeys is A Star in the ...
    Posted by Jason Brunken
  • This week: Kensuke's Kingdom This week in Grade 6 we will be doing the usual, practicing grammar, vocabulary, spelling, reading, and writing. Our story for this week in Journeys is Kensuke's Kingdom. Kensuke ...
    Posted Nov 13, 2018, 4:22 AM by Jason Brunken
  • This Week: Science Friction This week the grade 6 class will be reading "Science Friction" by David Lubar. This story is a funny look at how collaborative work can work even with people with ...
    Posted Nov 4, 2018, 3:54 AM by Jason Brunken
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