BUILDING UPDATE
May 2008
 
TIMETABLE
FOR DESIGN
 In December of 2007, our board of Directors hired 3North Architects of Richmond to undertake a Master Planning process with the mission of planning our space needs and campus for the next thirty to fifty years. The results of their Intangible Qualities (IQ) process and Master Plan were unanimously adopted at the January 2008 Board Meeting and our long anticipated design process has begun in earnest!
 
Sabot at Stony Point is committed to intellectually rigorous education that nourishes curiosity, intelligence, initiative and imagination. Our collaborative approach encourages students to find meaning and joy in learning, cultivates respect for all individuals, and nurtures the skills students will need both to be actively rooted in local communities and to flourish in our increasingly global future.
 
School News and Events
Summer / September 2008
 
  • Stony Point Campus
    August 25

    Lower and Middle School students return to school. Noon dismissal. Extended Day available.

     
    August 29

    Teacher In-Service Day, No School

     
    September 1

    Labor Day, No School

     
    September 10

    K-2 Back to School Night. 7 p.m.
    This evening will be an opportunity for K-2 parents to engage in discussion about how to partner with our school to provide the best possible year for our children/students. The evening will begin with a meeting with Irene Carney to hear about the priority initiatives and activities for the year (including a building update) and review highlights of the Community Guidebook - the road map to our year together. The second half of the evening will be in classrooms and will include conversation about the developmental particulars of the grades K-2 and the big picture plans for the year.

     
    September 11

    Middle School Back to School Night. 7 p.m.
    This evening will be an opportunity for middle school parents to engage in discussion about how to partner with our school to provide the best possible year for our children/students. The evening will begin with a meeting with Irene Carney to hear about the priority initiatives and activities for the year (including a building update) and review highlights of the Community Guidebook - the road map to our year together. The second half of the evening will be in classrooms and will include conversation about the developmental particulars of middle school and the big picture plans for the year.

     
    September 15

    Grades 3-5 Back to School Night. 7 p.m.
    This evening will be an opportunity for grade 3-5 parents to engage in discussion about how to partner with our school to provide the best possible year for our children/students. The evening will begin with a meeting with Irene Carney to hear about the priority initiatives and activities for the year (including a building update) and review highlights of the Community Guidebook - the road map to our year together. The second half of the evening will be in classrooms and will include conversation about the developmental particulars of grades 3-5 and the big picture plans for the year.

     
    September 24

    Teacher In-Service, Noon Dismissal, Extended Day Available.

     



    Grace Street Campus

    August 6

    Preschool Atelierista Anna Golden makes the news for her supercool community service work for WRIR. Check her out now on Richmond.com or on Tuesdays between 6 and 8 a.m. on WRIR 97.3 FM. The link is http://www.richmond.com/music/25111

     
    September 8

    Preschool Phase-In Begins. More information will be mailed to families.

     
 
Faculty Forum
THIS MONTH’S BLOGGER: CAT HENNEY
The Constructivist Classroom: Everyone Teaches, Everyone Learns
For one week in June, a group of educators gathered at the Stony Point campus for the “Constructivist Classroom” graduate course offered through VCU’s  Division of Community Engagement.  Instructors Pam Oken-Wright and Marty Gravett led participants in discussing and experiencing tools for co-constructing understanding through hands-on, collaborative research.  Using the constructivist educational philosophy of Reggio Emilia as a springboard, class discourse ranged from adopting new practical approaches (e.g. documentation, action research) to deeper questions about the implications of constructivism within different cultural contexts and across the PreK-12 spectrum. I left the class with a renewed enthusiasm for a constructivist approach to education.  Only a few days later, I had an opportunity to apply this new understanding of how we learn, the importance of multiple means of representation, and of that critical “tossing of the ball” among individuals as understanding and meaning are co-constructed. “She just told us
 
 
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