February 2, 2018

Renaissance Adventure Education Goals and Objectives 

Delivering on the Dream...

Each student will demonstrate empathy, beneficence, and integrity in a growing respect for self and others. 

Each student will recognize that the value of experience and growth is increased when shared with others. 

Each student will demonstrate perseverance in a growing willingness to step beyond his or her comfort zone and consistently challenge him or herself. 

They took advantage of an opportunity to put what they are learning about service into action.
They took a gear room and transformed it!

 Each student will demonstrate a greater understanding of the value of service to fellow crewmembers as well as the greater community. 

Each student will demonstrate continuous development of mind, body, and spirit. 

Mrs. Bartee's photo of professional photographer, Nick Lucey with Renaissance students on pinhole camera fieldwork in downtown Castle Rock.

Pam has been busy taking kids on fieldwork!

Nick Lucey is journalist who now lives and promotes Castle Rock. He wrote the following on his blogpost:

"My day was made before 10am this morning. While out shooting some street photography, I ran into a group of 5th graders from Renaissance Secondary School who were walking around downtown snapping shots with their little Holgafilm (yes, you heard me correctly—film) cameras. It was a delight to see the sparkle in their eyes as they scanned the world around them for photo subjects. They were also calculating how many exposures they had remaining on their roll—a quirky phenomenon that has become so alien to us in the digital era. It instantly teleported me to my film days, when I was an underwater photographer and it was impossible, of course, to change film beneath the surface. Those precious exposures were critical! You pressed the shutter release sparingly, and you subliminally saved an exposure or two in case something really interesting came along (a whale, a shark, or a whale shark, for example). Seeing these kids in action was a fantastic reminder that it's the artist—not the camera—that makes the shot. My rig today might be literally 100 times more expensive than their plastic Holgas, but the passion and creativity that was ignited on their photo shoot this morning is priceless, and worth more than anyCanon DSLR. Less, as they say, is indeed more.

 "— in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Calendar:

February 5 - 9:

Monday, 5th:
Ms. Lisa's Crew Winter Voyage
Ms. Kim, Ms. Teresa and Ms. Karen's Winter Voyage (D 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)

Tuesday, 6th:
MTSS 7:30 a.m.


Wednesday, 7th:
The Beat 9:00ish
PD:
* Team Planning
* Early Literacy Course 1:30 p.m.
* Webinar: Guided Reading by Interest 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, 8th:
Deborah out to admin. mtg.

Friday, 9th:
Ms. Gina's Crew Hike 9:30 a.m.


February 12 - 16:

Monday, 12th:
Ms. Dana's Crew Hike 9:30 a.m.
Fifth Grade Parent Night: Healthy Relations Seminar 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, 13th:
MTSS 7:30 a.m.
12:00 Steve Cook (Assistant Superintendent) makes informal visit to Renaissance (45 minutes)
REA meeting 4:30 p.m.
New Parent Orientation 6:00- 7:30 p.m

Wednesday, 14th:

Ms. Dana and Ms. Gina's Winter Voyage

Valentine's Day

PD: 

State testing proctor training 1:30 p.m.

Early Literacy training 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, 15th:

Fifth Grade Healthy Relations Seminar 1:30 - 4:00

Friday, 16th:

*NO school for students

Professional Development for teachers:

Agenda:

Love and Logic Training 9 am - 3 pm

* All classified invited to join

Update!

Janell is on her way home after a successful surgery. Nothing keeps her down for long!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Deborah