Monday, June 10, 2013

The Adventure Begins!

Today was the first day of camp!  It was a sultry day ("sultry" is a new word the upper elementary learned today while reading Saki's short story, "The Storyteller."). But we had a blast!  We're working with 98 kids --  all of them reading great literature and tackling ways that they can change the world. 

Here you can see two of our upper elementary students digging into the Newbery Award winning The One and Only Ivan. I can't wait to see what themes they pull out of this complex text that deals with everything from animal cruelty to the power of art. 

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