Educating children through their Hearts and Hands since 2001

The Salmonberry Garden students have been enjoying the new set of pattern blocks in the classroom. The children have created vertical towers, flat designs and designs on paper which they trace and then add pencil details for a pattern block drawing. Here are a few photos of them deeply engaged in their projects.

The children at Salmonberry Garden created space aliens last month from recycled materials. They used milk cartons, yogurt containers, spice bottles, salt containers, berry boxes, dental floss containers and wires from old calendars. They held these things together with masking tape and old playdough. Then they covered them with metallic paint and added beads for [...]

Salmonberry Elementary students took advantage of an opportunity to view the collection of contemporary art at the Seattle Art Museum with a special focus on the temporary exhibit Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act. The class spent time with their art teacher, Andrea Cohen preparing for the visit. They did some projects in the classroom and [...]

On Thursday, November 19, Two Samish elders, Rosie Cayou and Bill James spent the day with the 1st through 4th grade children at Salmonberry Elementary School. They taught lessons about Samish cultural traditions, songs, stories, rituals, language, clothing, and much more. With great sensitivity to the children’s young age, they helped the students to think [...]