September 25, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 What’s NEW: Open House: It was lovely to “see” everyone on Thursday night! As promised, here’s the slide deck and the recording of the meeting. Thank you for ALL you are doing to support us. Novels for Humanities: Students will read two historical novels in Humanities that compliment our… Continue reading Friday, September 25
September 18, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 What’s NEW: 8th Grade OPEN HOUSE – September 24 7pm Zoom Link Sign your child up for the YamJam! YamJam is the Society of St. Andrew’s annual sweet potato gleaning season. Gleaning is the traditional practice of gathering crops that would otherwise rot on farmer’s fields to give to… Continue reading Friday, September 18
September 11, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 What’s NEW (well, these aren’t new, but you may have missed them!): In-Person Crew Lunch in a Park Friday, 9/18 (12-2pm) Parents, we want to offer an OPTIONAL in-person opportunity. What are your thoughts? How many children will participate? SURVEY input needed! Consent forms needed: Casey Holmes, a PhD… Continue reading Friday, September 11
September 4, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 Wow! What a Friday. Your students were SO patient navigating all things tech, from kahoot quizzes to map testing trouble shooting. THANK YOU. Special patience awards to Ella for her kahoot and Annie and Hannah for sticking with some serious tech complications. Have a relaxing LONG weekend. Check with… Continue reading Friday, September 4
August 28, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 We loved getting in home visits this week. What a great way to wrap up our week! We also enjoyed having Matt Starr, the upper Neuse riverkeeper for Soundrivers.org. He is featured in WRAL’s documentary, “Trouble on the Neuse”, which is part of today’s asynchronous learning, if you’d like… Continue reading Friday, August 28
August 21, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 Wow! We made it through week one. Well done everyone. The highlight was certainly hearing Omer speak today. He graciously told us his story of escaping civil war in Sudan and eventually making it to the US. The process took almost 10 years and in his escape, he walked… Continue reading Friday, August 21
Exploris Grade 8 Welcome to 8th grade at Exploris! We are looking forward to this interesting, exciting school year! Thank you for partnering with us this year. We primarily use our blog for weekly information and the REMIND app for daily reminders. Please subscribe to both below! FOLLOW OUR BLOG: In a few weeks, we… Continue reading Monday, August 17
June 8, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 Parents and students, What a year! This will not be our last communication, as we plan to send out more information regarding graduation, but please know that we are so proud of your students. They accomplished so many amazing things in these last few months despite major life disappointments.… Continue reading Monday, June 8
June 1, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 Parents and students, Please check the MASTER portfolio list to see your guests for portfolios this week! Digital yearbook signing is live and available to ALL students. Click here to learn how! Countdown to Graduation Calendar here June 1-5 World Cultures: students continue project–Due Friday Art Enrichment: Virtual tour… Continue reading Monday, June 1, 2020
May 26, 2020 Exploris Grade 8 Parents and students, Digital yearbook signing is live and available to ALL students. Click here to learn how! Countdown to Graduation Calendar here Portfolio Signups: Jessie’s Crew Shannon’s Crew Adrian’s Crew Cori’s Crew Global Arts Schedule May 26-29 World Cultures: students continue project– Due June 5th Art Enrichment: Virtual… Continue reading Tuesday, May 26
