February 19, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, Yearbooks for Sale – FINAL CHANCE TO GET YOUR YEARBOOK! Click here to purchase your 2018-2019 yearbook. The price is $35. It increases on February 22 to $40 and sales after Feb 22 aren’t guaranteed delivery. Get your order in by February 22! Sourdough BLOG – Our… Continue reading Tuesday, February 19

February 11, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, Sourdough update! We have had a GREAT first week of our sourdough citizen science project. Students are learning about microbes and yeast and bacteria in a very real way! This week, we will reach climax communities and can send mature dough home. Each day, students backslop two… Continue reading Monday, February 11

February 4, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, ELECTIVE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Do you have a talent you’d like to share with our middle school students? We are looking for volunteers to help offer a wide range of electives. Electives will be offered from 1:30-3:10 on the following Fridays in March: 3/1, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29. If… Continue reading Monday, February 4

January 28, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, ELECTIVE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Do you have a talent you’d like to share with our middle school students? We are looking for volunteers to help offer a wide range of electives. Electives will be offered from 1:30-3:10 on the following Fridays in March: 3/1, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29. If… Continue reading Monday, January 28

January 22, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, Today we are honored to spend time with Mr. Joseph Holt, Jr.  In history we know Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, but what about Durham’s Pauli Murray? She did the same thing on a bus in Virginia 20 years earlier.  We… Continue reading Tuesday, January 22

  January 14, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, Strategic Plan Parent Input Needed: We are embarking on a new 5 year strategic plan and we want to include all parent, student, and staff input.   Student and parent input is critical to ensure we incorporate ideas from all Exploris partners. Students will be completing their… Continue reading Monday, January 14

January 7, 2019 Exploris Grade 8 Dear Parents, Happy New Year! We hope you had a restful holiday season. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your thoughtful and generous holiday gifts and teacher thanks contributions from you. We are very grateful! Model UN is accepting applications! Do you like learning about other countries? Are… Continue reading Monday, January 7