WORMS AND WORSHIP
On rainy days at ACS Elementary, students love to gross out the teachers on supervision by showing them big, fat worms. To their giggling delight, the teachers respond as they hoped:“Ewwww! Gross!” Except when they bring the wiggling creatures to Nature Kindergarten teacher, Christine Beugelink. “Cool! Let me see!” she says, stopping them in their tracks, confused that she’s excited to check out the worms. Let's Take Them Outside! Fresh out of university, Christine first taught French at ACS Elementary’s Clayburn Hills campus. Since then, she has worked at several Christian schools, in classrooms, in distributed learning, and at [...]
LATEST STORIES
BIG IDEAS, LITTLE DESIGNERS
This past December, I had the privilege of being invited to a presentation from the students in 2A where the students presented a proposal for some new, exciting, and inclusive play spaces. Earlier in the year the class agreed to take on a big challenge—reimagining our elementary school’s playground! As part of our school’s Drive to Revive initiative, these young designers engaged in a project-based learning (PBL) experience that was important and inspiring. Their [...]
To launch the Inside Out blog in 2015, we created this music video to introduce our brave writers. While some of the writers have changed since then, we still feel it celebrates the spirit of who we are and the types of stories we want to share with you. Enjoy!