Sweetgrass School

FALL 2018 PROGRAMS!!!
Sweetgrass School is offering a series of child-centered, project and play-based classes this fall and whole-heartedly welcomes you to join in the fun! These programs are designed as a collaborative learning experience for students ages 5-10 and offer an integrated learning experience that incorporates a combination of social studies, literacy, math, science, woodworking, fine arts, traditional arts, performance arts, music, blocks, movement & physical education, outdoor living skills, and, of course, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!

Please visit www.sweetgrass-school.org/fall-2018 to learn more about our programs!

HERE & NOW: A COMMUNITY STUDY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA: Designed to build community-mindedness and an awareness of the inter-connected nature of human relationships, this fully integrated curriculum explores the process of investigation, involves community partnerships, engages students in the world around them, and will culminate in the construction of a model community that will showcase an understanding of how and why people come together to support each other.

ACT LOCALLY! ACTIVISM, COMMUNITY, COMPASSION & KINDNESS: This workshop is designed to help students engage in the world around them and deepen their understanding and ability to positively impact their community. Each four-week long workshop will focus on a different nonprofit here in the Gallatin Valley and will offer students an opportunity to build investigatory skills as well as be active participants in social action projects.

PUPPETS, POETS & STORIES: Playful, joyful literacy explorations! Students will develop their storytelling, illustration, and writing skills (if developmentally appropriate) by making a playing with different kinds of puppets.

TRADITIONAL ARTS: In a fast-paced, technology-fueled world, traditional skills, arts, and crafts grow evermore precious. Through this ongoing workshop, students will be introduced to a variety of traditional arts and crafts skills including woodworking, weaving, felting, sewing, baking, knitting, candle-making, and more! Each session will build upon the last and leave students with lasting skills that help them represent their understanding of, relationship with, and connection to, the world and our history.

INTO THE WOODS: A place-based, artistic journey through the natural world as it is presented by the open spaces, farms, and trails in and around Bozeman.

BLOCKS! BLOCKS! BLOCKS!: Mathematics, social skills, engineering, communication, language, dramatic play, physics, and fun! Unit blocks are among the most researched and most revered play-based classroom material and have been proven to support social-emotional, physical and cognitive development. These versatile learning tools are as magical as they are fun!

ACT LOCALLY! Activism, Community, Compassion & Kindness

This program is designed to support students in their efforts engage in the world around them and deepen their understanding of how, and their ability to, positively impact the community in which they live. Each month, this program will support a different nonprofit organization in the Gallatin Valley and will offer students an opportunity to build investigatory skills and grow as active participants in local social action projects.

Wednesday, October 10–December 19, 9:30am-Noon — 9 sessions, $270/child

Visit www.sweetgrass-school.org/fall-2018 to learn more about FALL 2018 PROGRAMS!

That moment when you flip the switch to test the power grid that you have designed and added to the model city that you built as a classroom community.

Learn more about interdisciplinary, project-based, fall programs by visiting www.sweetgrass-school.org/fall-2018!

TRADITIONAL ARTS
In a fast-paced, technology-fueled world, traditional skills, arts, and crafts grow evermore precious. Through this ongoing workshop, students will be introduced to a variety of traditional arts and crafts skills including woodworking, weaving, felting, sewing, baking, knitting, printmaking, candle making, and more! Each session will build upon the last and leave students with lasting skills that help them represent their understanding of, relationship with, and connection to, the world and our history.
Wednesday, October 10–December 19, 1pm-3pm

Learn more about our fall programs by visiting www.sweetgrass-school.org/fall-2018!

FALL 2018 PROGRAMS!!!
Sweetgrass School will be offering a series of child-centered, project and play-based programs this fall and whole-heartedly welcomes you to join in the fun! These programs are designed as a collaborative learning experience for students ages 5-10 and offer an integrated learning experience that incorporates a combination of social studies, literacy, math, science, woodworking, fine arts, traditional arts, performance arts, music, blocks, movement & physical education, outdoor living skills, and, of course, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!

Programs begin in October and group discounts are available!

Private tutoring is also an option if anyone is simply looking for additional support.

Please visit www.sweetgrass-school.org/fall-2018 to learn more about our programs!

HERE & NOW: A COMMUNITY STUDY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA: Designed to build community-mindedness and an awareness of the inter-connected nature of human relationships, this fully integrated curriculum explores the process of investigation, involves community partnerships, engages students in the world around them, and will culminate in the construction of a model community that will showcase an understanding of how and why people come together to support each other.

ACT LOCALLY! ACTIVISM, COMMUNITY, COMPASSION & KINDNESS: This workshop is designed to help students engage in the world around them and deepen their understanding and ability to positively impact their community. Each four-week long workshop will focus on a different nonprofit here in the Gallatin Valley and will offer students an opportunity to build investigatory skills as well as be active participants in social action projects.

PUPPETS, POETS & STORIES: Playful, joyful literacy explorations! Students will develop their storytelling, illustration, and writing skills (if developmentally appropriate) by making a playing with different kinds of puppets.

TRADITIONAL ARTS: In a fast-paced, technology-fueled world, traditional skills, arts, and crafts grow evermore precious. Through this ongoing workshop, students will be introduced to a variety of traditional arts and crafts skills including woodworking, weaving, felting, sewing, baking, knitting, candle-making, and more! Each session will build upon the last and leave students with lasting skills that help them represent their understanding of, relationship with, and connection to, the world and our history.

INTO THE WOODS: A place-based, artistic journey through the natural world as it is presented by the open spaces, farms, and trails in and around Bozeman.

BLOCKS! BLOCKS! BLOCKS!: Mathematics, social skills, engineering, communication, language, dramatic play, physics, and fun! Unit blocks are among the most researched and most revered play-based classroom material and have been proven to support social-emotional, physical and cognitive development. These versatile learning tools are as magical as they are fun!

It is truly remarkable how, like all living creatures, humans follow a certain, predictable progression in their growth and development ... and yet, the experience is so unique and special for each individual child.

Sweetgrass School understands, celebrates, and honors child development and offers a learning environment that stimulates growth and encourages students to progress at their own, developmentally-appropriate pace.

Learn more by visiting www.sweetgrass-school.org!

SWEETGRASS SCHOOL CORE BELIEF #10
Diversity stimulates a deeper consciousness about humanity and promotes the development of compassion, mindful curiosity, and a critical awareness of the similarities and differences that unite all humans and also make us unique beings.

Looking for a smaller student-teacher ratio for your child? Concerned about overcrowded classrooms? Wondering how classroom size impacts the student experience?

Join Brittany at tomorrow's OPEN HOUSE to learn more about her commitment to maintaining the lowest student-teacher ratio in Bozeman and about other child/student-centered initiatives that make Sweetgrass School so unique!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 9am-11am
Room 204a at the Emerson
.. or schedule a meeting at your convenience.

Visit www.sweetgrass-school.org for more information about curriculum, Brittany's background and passion as an educator, and the mission, vision, and core beliefs of Sweetgrass School.

SWEETGRASS SCHOOL CORE BELIEF #7
School should be an environment that fosters and supports self-confidence, integrity, compassion, creativity, activism, courage, curiosity, happiness, empathy, responsibility, kindness, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional growth, and ethical citizenship.

Learn more about our Core Beliefs by visiting with Brittany at the OPEN HOUSE this Saturday!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 9am-11am
Room 204a at the Emerson
.. or schedule a meeting at your convenience!

Learn more at www.sweetgrass-school.org!

Do you wish that your child's school experience included more time in the great outdoors, time spent exploring and engaging with the world around them, and the experience of connecting with and learning from the members of the Bozeman community? Well, it can! Learn more by visiting with Brittany at the OPEN HOUSE this Saturday!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 9am-11am
.. or schedule a meeting at your convenience!

Learn more at www.sweetgrass-school.org!

Join Brittany in Room 204a at the Emerson to learn more about Sweetgrass School and her background and passion as an educator!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 9am-11am
Or schedule a time at your convenience!

Only three spaces left!

Learn more at www.sweetgrass-school.org!

OPEN HOUSE!

Learn more about the classroom experience, integrated & emergent curriculum, community partners, our commitment to small classroom size, the progressive teaching model, and Brittany's background and passion for creating a dynamic learning environment honors children and inspires their life-long love of learning!

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 12pm-2pm/4pm-6pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 9am-11am/2pm-4pm
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 9am-11am
OR ... schedule a meeting with Brittany at your convenience!

Visit www.sweetgrass-school.org for more information.

ONLY THREE SPACES LEFT!