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Projects 
Projects
meet four times weekly (every day except Wednesday) for about fifteen 80 minute
sessions. Students are enrolled in Projects throughout the year, choosing their
preference from a new palate of offerings with each cycle. Entirely new groups
are formed each time to study different subjects with different teachers in
different age-group combinations. This results not only in teachers teaching
all students, but all teachers teaching all grades. This strengthens the sense
of belonging and family at the school and enhances Eastside's ability to create
a close sense of community with each child in the school.
We mostly
learn science and social studies units during this time, but we also have art
and woodshop projects, too. We get to choose what we want to take. Classes usually
have two or more grades in them combined.
Each teacher
teaches to their strengths. Here are some examples:
- Karen's
Projects
- Tide Pools
- Trees Are Terrific
- iMovies
- Beading
- Lego Robotics
- Human Development
- Butterflies
- Kids Engineering
- Dinosaurs
- Planets
Susan’s
Projects
- Medieval Times
- Nifty 50
- Japan
- Mad Scientist
- Time Machine
- Harry Potter
Vic’s Projects
- Little Totem Poles
- Back Packing
- Castles
- Woodshop
- Lego Robotics
- Choir
- Human Development And
Drug Awareness
 
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