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	<title>Salmonberry School, Orcas Island</title>
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	<description>Educating children through their Hearts and Hands since 2001</description>
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		<title>May Day Celebration</title>
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		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/may-day-celebration</link>
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		<title>Fairy Houses Everywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first week of spring brought some beautiful weather to Orcas island.   Salmonberry&#8217;s early childhood class celebrated with a playful visit to the  fairy realm&#8230;
After reading Fairy Houses by Tracy Kane on Monday, the children were ready to dive in.   It was a joy to see how engaged the children were with fairy house [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/fairy-houses-everywhere</link>
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		<title>The new pattern blocks are a hit!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/the-new-pattern-blocks-are-a-hit</link>
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		<title>The Salmonberry Garden class celebrates Chinese New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Linda’s desk…
“In anticipation of the Chinese New Year the Salmonberry Garden class had fun charting the Chinese Zodiac animals for the children and their families.  (It&#8217;s the only time you can call someone a pig or a rat without it being an insult!)  We had the most monkeys and snakes with roosters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/the-salmonberry-garden-class-celebrates-chinese-new-year</link>
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		<title>Friendly Space Aliens make the journey from Salmonberry to the library</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/friendly-space-aliens-make-the-journey-from-salmonberry-to-the-library</link>
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		<title>Button Blanket: Kunamokst</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KUNOMOKST
by Salmonberry School’s Elementary Students
Salmonberry Elementary students in grades 1-4, recently completed designing and sewing this original “Button Blanket,” entitled “Kunomokst” inspired by the traditional ceremonial blankets of the First Peoples of the Northwest Coast.  The colors, and certain  forms are based on traditional designs, which the class studied.  The title Kunomokst, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/button-blanket-kunamokst</link>
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		<title>Seattle Art Museum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/seattle-art-museum</link>
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		<title>Freedman embraces new challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, I’m not going anywhere.  But I have been recently asked to serve as a “Contributing Editor” for the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice.
This magazine was founded in the 1980’s as the Holistic Education Review and was retitled about ten years ago.  As many of you know, I have contributed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/freedman-embraces-new-challenge</link>
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		<title>Samish Elders Visit Salmonberry School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/samish-elders-visit-salmonberry-school</link>
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		<title>WAGONS HO!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food Bank or Bust! 
On Monday, November 16, Salmonberry School students age 3-10, participated in a unique sort of Wagon Train.  The students pushed and pulled a procession of large wagons through the driving rain, to deliver hundreds of donated food items to the Orcas Food Bank.  Once there, after a well-earned cup [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://salmonberryschool.org/wagons-ho</link>
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