by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Apr 1, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Salmonberry students celebrated World Water Day with a walk for water through the village of Eastsound. Preceding this walk-a-thon event students secured pledges from friends and family and then set out to walk to raise awareness of water resource issues around the...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Apr 1, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
In recent weeks, third, fourth and fifth-grade students at Salmonberry School have explored many aspects of the human body with guidance from their teacher Paul Freedman and two Salmonberry School parents who are local physicians. “Dr. Jim Litch presented a terrific...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Feb 8, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Salmonberry Elementary School students have launched a community-based civics curriculum that has recently brought them directly into the public spotlight, which has included a well-received presentation at a recent meeting of the San Juan County Council. These 13...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Dec 9, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized
Recently, IDEA, the Institute for Democratic Education in America named Salmonberry a “Showcase School” and invited us to become a member of this organization as well. This honor has moved me to explore further the meaning of the phrase “democratic...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized
“Letting our everyday intelligence go mute: to feel the intelligence of what surrounds us. Take a tree, a flower, a blade of grass – and study their stillness. Become their stillness; aware only of the air your imagining begins in. There is something in...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Sep 4, 2011 | Blog, Uncategorized
Salmonberry officially began it’s second decade this week, and this milestone leads me inexorably toward reflection and introspection about this amazing project. I remember so clearly the first gatherings of eight 3 and 4 yr-olds in rented and borrowed spaces around...
