Equity Spotlight: December 2023

What is the work? In 5th grade, we begin the year with a social studies unit focusing on Identity. Students do a deep dive into the idea that our identities are influenced by many different external factors such as family, culture, society, and media. Students learn about both their personal and social identities; students thenContinue reading “Equity Spotlight: December 2023”

Equity Spotlight: November 2022: 2nd grade Community PBL

In 2nd grade, we spend the year building our idea of community. We start at the very beginning of the making of the San Fernando Valley by studying all about rivers, how they are made, where they flow and the plants and animals that grow around this special riparian ecosystem paying special attention to the Los Angeles River.