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Don’t forget! Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day.  There will be NO SCHOOL.  School will resume on Friday, November 12. This is a short newsletter.  Inside is an article from Robin, our mental health counselor, a reminder of our Parent Advisory Committee meeting, WASC, Pandemic and Covid testing, and a band update. We are more than midway through the semester and...

Thanks to all the volunteers who made the special events for our K-8 Halloween events happen. We couldn’t have our special events without parent volunteers!  And a huge thank you to Dave and Shawnee Dunning, parents of two current Nature Academy students and two alumni and owners of Legend Theatrical.  They donated their services of a stage, DJ, lighting, and props to create a special Middle School Halloween Bash, along with the Nature Academy’s parent council and parent volunteers from all the programs

It has been very rewarding to see how our programs are slowly integrating with each other when possible during the days when they are here together.  Seeing the various age groups interact is wonderful.  Parent Volunteers are also interacting with various groups of students during this hour. It’s great to see parents in various programs talking together while they are waiting for their students to be done with their classes. Master Gardener...

As we move deeper into the rhythm of more complicated work and assignments, we are noticing more of the effects that students are experiencing due to the pandemic shutdown, distance learning, and evacuations that are negatively affecting their academic performance. Many students, of various ages and within various programs, are having difficulty refining the depths of their reading, writing, and mathematical thinking, as well as communicating/dialoguing with their peers and/or teachers to clarify their needs or ideas on a topic. We need...