KiS is a K-6 school offering a safe, diverse, mixed age, literacy-based learning experience.
01/24/2023
I will always remember the day the students decided they were not going to take it anymore!
The Reading Riot By Rachel Hill One of the primary goals at KiS is to help our students feel engaged, challenged, and supported wherever they are developmentally, which is why a mixed-age educational model works so…
12/13/2022
We love to play with purpose at KiS!
Play-based Learning: Can We Make a Game for This? By Rachel Hill After stumbling across the book, The Playful Classroom by Jed Dearybury and Julie Jones, I was immediately consumed by the idea of play-based learning in the classroom. This educatio…
10/28/2022
We spent our Friday afternoon creating characters for an upcoming Dungeons and Dragons campaign! The excitement was palpable as students added their own personal touches, and we crafted images using AI technology. 😀
10/13/2022
Meet our new KiS Student, Billy B. Bones! 💀🎃💀
10/06/2022
We went on a habitat walk for Science and found so many creatures right around us here at school. Afterwards, we made a game out of ID'ing which were producers, consumers (and predator or prey or both), or decomposers. Learning outside rocks! 💚
10/04/2022
Check out this insightful deep dive into our KiS Student Learning Contracts from a parent perspective!
This Belongs to You! Letting Children Take Control of Their Education By Heather Lee Schroeder Almost certainly, every child will hit a wall at some point in their educational journey and begin to feel like completing …
Our first discovery bottle to go with our class read aloud, The Wild Robot was a success! The discovery bottle helps us stay focused and relaxed while we explore the book, and it includes story elements, such as the robot, a fox, a gosling, a stick, rocks, and glitter in water and baby oil.
Research shows multi-sensory learning activities create more engaged students. We love messy learning at KiS!
09/01/2022
Enjoy this exclusive glimpse into community building at KiS!
Soft Landings: Community Building at the Start of the School Year By Rachel Hill Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Classroom communities are dynamic and complex. They need to be deliberately built and cultivated throughout the school year. A healthy classroom commun…
08/22/2022
Rocking out during our music class this past Friday-and every Friday at KiS! 😎🎶🎸🎵😃
08/13/2022
Our first blog post of the new school year! It's going to be a wonderful ride for our learners!
“I’m nervous because I want to be excited!” Photo by Angie on Pexels.com The title of this post is a direct quote from one of my younger students on our first day of the school year, and it also embodies exactly how I felt as the teacher in …
