365 Days of Education

November 18 – Math Wall

November 17 – Peace

A little peace in a 5th grade classroom.

October 15 – Wheelchair accessible?

Of course, there was better access at the other end of the building.

October 12 – Brontosaurus

This guy was hanging out in a fountain at a hidden gem of a school in  California (nicknamed the Secret Garden).

October 2 – Gourd Bowling

Just one of the many games at the school’s Fall Festival.

September 19 – CSU Marching Band

We’ve been to both of the home games for CSU this season and I have dozens of pictures, mostly of the band. I love how their green uniforms look against the fake turf and the precision and linear-ness of the marching.

Although I took several that look like a “Where’s Waldo?” image, this one of the horns “posing”‘ during a drum cadence seemed so out of place.

September 10 – Painting the A

In preparation for the CSU home opener. More photos on Flickr

May 8 – Art Show

The local mall is having a student art show. Six or seven schools from Fort Collins are participating.

April 29 – Boat, Maybe.

Each year in 10th grade, IB students spend 6 months on a personal growth project. We went up to school to check them out.

Projects ranged from planning a fundraising run to building an electric guitar with everything in between.

writing a science fiction novel
learning how to decorate a cake
rebuilding a Gran Torino
composing a piece of music
making a laser harp
pottery
building a propane generator
training a dog
training a horse
becoming an equestrian show rider
balancing mobiles

One student built a Suessian playhouse to be auctioned for charity that garnered the local newspaper’s attention.

This was my favorite. I get the impression from the title that this student learned a lot about himself.

April 7 – Fence

That’s right, it’s a fence.

I was waiting for the boys to finish track and was struck by the light and the rough texture of the schoolyard fence. I didn’t futz with the image in anything, except cropping out the office in the distance.