Personally, I’m challenging myself to walk, run, hike, backpack, etc. for 2,000 kilometers this year. I’m on the right track having logged more than 50 km already but it’s a long road ahead. I’ll be out and about here, there, and everywhere trying to achieve this. Professionally, I’m taking a deep dive into behavior, specifically dialectical behavioral therapy. As the world moves closer to a post-pandemic reality, it’s important to acknowledge what we’ve all been through to look forward to the best version of ourselves yet. It’s just a difficult process for children still forming their identity.
This week in G5, we launched (literally) into a new unit about space. We asked some robust questions: Should we spend money on moon landing projects? Who owns the moon and its resources? How was the universe formed? Team Awesome: Rachel, Khadija, and I have been teaching skills with an emphasis on each student developing their approach to learning in order to launch self-directed learning projects in a few weeks. We’ve planned for students to share their learning at conferences and we’re really looking forward to that event.
Signing off with photographs from a scavenger hunt to learn facts about space … Andrew Wetzel
