Week of 2/28

Hi Everyone,

I really love having the opportunity to meet with everyone for five week check ins. It is always so nice to be able to spend time connecting and working together to make OH the best possible place for your child.

Here is this week's update:

Welcome to OH!

• Sydney Senior is our newest addition to the OH family. We are so excited to have her as our first full time virtual student!!
  

Things to ask your student about:

• High School and Middle School: How are you doing with completing your OHpedia lessons? Also, ask them to show you their shared google doc that is a calendar of their monthly PBL work. This will help give you an overview of what their PBL work schedule looks like.
  

• Elementary: What did you learn about carnivorous plants this week?
  

PBL update:

• OHpedia projects were due Friday 2/18 and we are presenting them Monday of this week.

• The OHpedia lesson plan presentations are not formal. The purpose of these is to allow students to go over their lesson plan to show their peers what they need to do to complete the lesson. Parents are welcome to attend and we would love to see some of you! Here is the presentation schedule:
  
  • 8:45-9:15 Prep time/7:45-8:15 (Telluride time)
    
  • 9:15-9:25 HS Mira&Taylor/MS Mason
  • 9:30-9:40 HS McKenzie&Kylie/MS Alyssa
  • 9:45-9:55 HS Chase&Joanna/MS Hannah B.(8:45 Telluride time)
    
  • 10:00-10:10 HS Connor&Alex/Davis (9:00am Telluride time)
    
  • 10:15-10:25 HS Hunter&Nathan/Mitchell (9:15 Telluride time)
    

• Mysterious package is finishing their recycling project with their feedback from experts. They are also continuing their work with Ms. Rooney's class in Wisconsin and Ms. Carey's class in South Carolina on a carnivorous plants project. Ask them about their plant dissection.

Alabama Field Experience:

• The trip was a huge success. A special shout out goes to the Telluride crew for their awesome Bear Dance!!

Other things going on:

• The students have been brainstorming ideas for our big trip next year. They are thinking about service learning and global issues. They have come up with places such as Alaska and Africa.
  

• Rosemary Beach crew will have a two day mini project led by Ben Sung violinist and visiting artist in residence. The essential question will be "what is creativity?"
  

Happy Birthday to Trae 2/27!!! "What a guy!"

Attitudes of gratitude:

• Thank you to Melanie Ruder and Cindy Weldon for the amazing desserts and breakfast on our trip!! Thank you to the Jorden Family for providing yummy snacks!!Thank you to Mr. Tim and Kelley for coordinating our amazing trip to Alabama!! Thank you to Melanie Jorden for joining me to discuss the Digital Natives article on Friday!!
  

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for how we all should be."
~Gilda Radner

Have a great week!

Amy

Week of 2/21

OH Rosemary Beach at Symphonia

Hi Everyone,

Here is this week's update:

Things to ask your student about:

• High School and Middle School: How is your pace for FLVS coursework?
  

• Elementary: What did you learn about venomous snakes this week?
  

PBL update:

• OHpedia projects were due Friday 2/18 and the lesson plans from these projects will be rolled out for classmates the week of 2/28.
  

• Mysterious package is waiting for responses from experts on the recycling PBL. They are also working on a collaborative project about tarantulas with Ms. Rooney's class in Milwaukee.
  

Alabama Field Experience Update:

• We are set to travel to Cheaha State Park this Tuesday. We will leave at 6:00am and return Wednesday between 10-11pm on Wednesday. It is going to be such a wonderful trip!
  

Happy Birthday to Chase 2/20!!!

Attitudes of gratitude:

• Thank you to the Syed Family for providing a bunch of snacks!!Thank you to Paige for coordinating the Telluride Crew's participation in the Seaside REP's class on Fridays!!Thank you to the Weldon Family, The LaPlante Family, The Adams Family and Alyssaa for all of our yummy Valentine's day treats!!
  

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
~Winston Churchill

Enjoy your week!

Amy

Week of 2/14

Hi Everyone,

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Things to ask your student about:

• High School and Middle School: What kind of feedback did your expert provide about your OHpedia entry?
  

• Elementary: How are you working on a collaborative spider project with Ms. Rooney's class in Milwaukee?
  

Reminder:

• We will be doing our five week check ins with families in the next three weeks. Please look for an email from me with a date and time for your check in.
  

PBL update:

• MS/HS: We are in the last stages of the Ohpedia project and should be done in the next few weeks.

• Elementary is in the last stages of their recycling project and should be done in the next few weeks as well.

Things we need:

• Tape

• Healthy Snacks

Coming Soon/Announcements:

• We are traveling to Anniston Alabama 2/22-2/23 to do a project at Cheaha State park and present our PBL in the Oxford county schools.

Attitudes of Gratitude:

• From our Attitudes wall: Thank you Mysterious Package for the awesome presentations, Whu hu Telluride Crew you rock! and Thanks everyone for getting mucho work done.

"Life is like a ten speed bicycle, most people have gears that they never use."
Charles Schulz

Have an amazing week,
Amy

Week of 2/7/11

Hi Everyone,

We had a great experience last week both at our conference and staying in touch virtually with all of the students. Things went relatively smoothly.

Here is what we are up to this week:

Monday:

• Mysterious Package will put together their recycling plan for Rosemary Beach and send it to their expert. They will also be starting Destination Math, continuing their book study with Ms. Rooney's class in Milwaukee and doing a geography project on the most dangerous place to live on the earth.

• It is PBL day for the 7th-11th grade students and they are all at various stages of their OHpedia project. Today they will all have a project check in with one of the facilitators.

• All Rosemary Beach students have rock and roll academy.

Tuesday and Thursday:

• Mysterious Package will continue their recycling project, Prep for their big writing, work in Destination Math/do some math inquiry work, do a book talk Skype with Ms. Rooney's class, continue reading Janitor's Boy, do their reader's response and have some exploration time with all the great things that the parents have been sending in to tinker with.

• 7th-11th-FLVS day-New students will be going over their current pace charts on Tuesday. All students will have a check in either Tuesday or Thursday.

• All Students in Telluride have Rock and Roll Academy with Mr. Mark.
  

Wednesday/Friday:

• Mysterious Package will have their big writing Wednesday. They will also be working on their recycling project, Destination Math/do some math inquiry work, continue reading Janitor's Boy, do their reader's response and have another mini project challenge.
  

• It is PBL day for the 7th-11th grade students and they are all at various stages of their OHpedia project.

• Wednesday all students in Rosemary Beach have rock and roll academy.

• Friday all students have the seaside Rep class at 2:00pm (our Telluride five are being included in this).

Coming Soon/Announcements:

• 2/18 Symphonia with Benjamin Sung-whole school

• The students will be working on looking at where they would like to travel next year for their big service learning trip. We hope to have some ideas to share with you by the end of this week or early next week.

Costa Rica Update:

• Final payment for the trip is due March 1st. Kelley will be contacting you directly to let you know the amount and how to make payments.

Celebrations:

• Happy Belated Birthday to Chase 2/2 and Connor 2/4!!!!!!
  

Attitudes of gratitude:

Thank you for allowing us to have the privilege of working with your children and the amazing OH families! We love OH!

"Living with animals can be a wonderful experience, especially if we choose to learn the valuable lessons animals teach through their natural enthusiasm,
grace, resourcefulness, affection and forgiveness."
— Richard H. Pitcairn

Have a fabulous week!
Amy