This promises to be a good week at Willow Creek. The weather is perfect and we have a couple of new students. One is a delightful young man in kindergarten---he is a bit late starting school this year due to a medical condition. But he is here now and raring to go. He's so pleased about being in school that he asked his mother last night if it was OK to do his homework right away!
We also have a 7th grade boy joining us tomorrow. He just arrived from India last Friday and has already shaken off his jet lag and is ready to get to work. His favorite subject is English and he's very, very anxious to take advantage of our classroom libraries.
Our Spanish program started today---thanks to Berlitz we are able to work with some native speakers in our world languages program. In a few weeks, we will be offering Mandarin to our 4th grade class. We are able to provide these programs thanks to the Fullerton Family Foundation, a donor fund managed by the Marin Community Foundation.
As time goes on, it is so rewarding to see the many layers of experiences that students and staff weave together into an ever evolving learning and doing program. Soon we will have music in place and the halls will ring (I hope) with song.
On Saturday, we had a great garden party----about 8 or 10 parents and grandparents arrived with their students and really tidied up the garden so it's all ready for the kids. Everyone had such a good time, that this will continue every couple of weeks until the cold and wet weather sets in.
Enough for now.....time to do some of my own homework and studying
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An informal description of daily activities at Willow Creek Academy Charter School in Sausalito, CA.
About Willow Creek Academy
- Carol Cooper
- Sausalito, CA, United States
- Willow Creek Academy is a public charter school founded in 2001 by parents and Sausalito community members. Started with 37 students in grades K-4, it now is a K-8 school with 150 students.