At Lewis we have been working to establish and sustain a garden education component to our curriculum. Recently the work of our staff and families was highlighted on the Portland Nursery web site. Thanks to Peggy Alcott and the Portland Nursery staff for their continued support to our program...
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Lewis Elementary
Snowing at Lewis and Working in the Lab...
I'm at Lewis today working in the computer lab. Our PTA has a function going on and in spite of the weather, it is taking place and I needed to open the building for them. I'm using the time to reimage our old lab computers. Last Wednesday we unboxed and set up 23 new iMacs to add to 6 existing iMacs to bring our lab up to 29 computers. My music and technology teacher, Tony Jamesbarry and I spent most of Wednesday (another snow day...) imaging the new computers and today I am imaging the old lab eMacs in preparation for moving them out to classrooms to replace much older iMacs (the colorful ones...) As I mentioned the weather today is pretty bad. The worst we have had all week. The video below is the view outside the door that leads to our garden area. [flickr video=3122759179]
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Video about Music, Art & Technology at Lewis Elementary
This spring Emily Chapman talked with Lewis Elementary music/technology teacher Tony Jamesbarry about technology and art instruction at Lewis Elementary. The video provides an overview of our program and demonstrates some of the projects that students have been working on. Emily, a Media Studies graduate of the University of San Francisco, is an old family friend. She is working on two other videos about Lewis and I'll post those when they are finished.
Lewis Elementary School from timlauer on Vimeo.
Ecoroof at Lewis
The ecoroof on our outdoor classroom at Lewis is growing nicely this spring. I'll grab some shots from the school roof later this week and post them to Flickr.
Lewis BBQ...
On Friday the Lewis Elementary PTA sponsored a BBQ and picnic on the school playground. Musical entertainment was provided by our own Boomin' Beats students and also a local Marimba Band which featured Lewis alum, Wilson Alness. In addition a local band lead by Lewis parent Chris Hawking also performed to a very appreciative crowd. It was a great event on a perfect spring evening and we had a great turnout.
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Lewis Butterfly Garden Slideshow
At Lewis Elementary we recently created a butterfly garden space near our west entrance. Our Americorp Volunteer, Julia Hamlin put together a slide show that documents the work done by our students and volunteers... I exported the slides as images and put them up on Flickr and have used Slideoo to present them below. Update: I have also posted them to Google as a Presentation. See below...
Lewis Butterfly Garden Project
At Lewis, we are in the middle of creating a butterfly garden near the west side entrance to the building. This is being led by our Americorps Volunteer, Julia Hamlin, and with the help of many parents. Tomorrow, Sunday, May 18, we are having a work party to finish the project. Below are some images from our work this past week...
Challenge Month Won't Change Antonia's Routine...
Challenge Month won't Change Antonia's Routine.:
The folks over at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance have a nice profile of one of my students, Antonia. Antonia rides her bike to school every day, rain or shine. The article also talks about the involvement of Lewis in the BTA's Walk and Bike Challenge...
Beets
Our Nutrition Services department is working to offer more locally produced food in our school cafeterias. They have a program called Harvest of the Month and on Tuesday they invited local media to our school to talk to students about the latest choice.... beets...
| I hate beets |
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