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February 28th, 2016

2/28/2016

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One of the amazing things about IOS is that right from the beginning in kindergarten, students have a voice and a vote.  In this clip two kindergarten students discuss an agenda item about how in group tag games they get tagged right away as soon as they are unfrozen.  They are very passionate about this.  It turns out that a previous ruling from a HIVE meeting has been forgotten that gave them a 5 second spacer to get away.  No one was abiding by this ruling.  It was a good reminder.
It is very interesting on Fridays when the age groups are completely mixed all day for Peace Circle, electives, nature literacy, community stewardship, snack, lunch, and HIVE.  The children learn so much from each other in collaboration,  reinforcing each other's ideas, and adding to them.  At HIVE, often amazing solutions arise to address chronic issues.  For example, almost every week someone puts "toilets" on the agenda.  The problem being that sometimes people don't flush.  The many creative invented spellings of toilet is a study in itself.  This week after acknowledging that this is still a problem, discussion ensued.  One student suggested keeping a tally of how many times an unflushed toilet is encountered on the chalkboard outside and then collecting data on whether this is improving, with a goal of zero tally marks.  We were all excited by the idea.  At the very least, it is something beyond just mentioning the problem every week without any action to attempt.   Here are a few pictures from recent Friday electives.
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12/27/2016 03:40:37 am

I am grateful for the positive learning environment you provided students with.

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