The Rooted Schoolhouse

“Not all classrooms have four walls—some have a canopy of trees and a floor of moss. 🌳🌿

“Who knew stomata could be so photogenic? 📸✨ Today in Botany, we’re trading the big picture for the microscopic one. There is something so grounding about seeing the literal building blocks of life right in front of your eyes. Science is just magic with a better explanation! 🧪🌱

🐉 Big Stories for Small Readers! 📚
Our literature study is officially underway, and we are diving deep into the magical world of My Father’s Dragon! ☁️🍎 From outsmarting tigers to crossing the Wild Island, we are expanding our vocabularies and our imaginations one chapter at a time! 🏝️🦁

Grounding ourselves in some sidewalk sketches today. 🌿 There’s no better classroom than the great outdoors and no better tool than a simple piece of chalk. Watching little hands bring big ideas to life on our outdoor wall. 🖍️✨

“Nature’s own jewelry box. ✨ Inspired by the legendary Rockefeller Beetle Collection at Harvard—where biology meets high art. Trying to capture that impossible metallic sheen in this latest piece. 🪲🎨”

In the Upper Bands, PE is a lab for strategic thinking. Whether it’s on the court or the field, students move beyond basic motor skills to master complex game play.

Things got a little... slick today at the Rooted Schoolhouse! 🛢️ High fives to Mr. Jared from for teaching us about the gravity of oil spills and the dollars and cents behind environmental protection. Keeping our earth clean and our brains sharp! 🌍✨

☀️Biodiversity in Action: 🐞From the classic Seven-Spotted Ladybird to the deeper orange variants, the variety found showed just how welcoming our soil has become.🪴