Hello Friends and Families of Explorations Academy, I hope you all are having a safe and wonderful final day of 2020. After a year like no other, we wanted to share news from the last 12 months in an end-of-year newsletter. Afterall, we all could use a little good news at this point. I also have one important update to add to everything featured in the attached document. The donor responsible for the matching challenge mentioned in my article has agreed to extend the deadline until … [Read more...]
#GivingTuesday and Matching Program
Family Bulletin November 26, 2020 Upcoming Events November 26 to 29 - Thanksgiving break November 30 to December 11 - All classes online December 10 - Virtual Term End, 7pm December 11 - Cluster preference forms due December 23 - Report cards emailed to families December 12 to January 4 - Winter break January 5 - Winter term begins January 5 to 8 - All classes online We are proud to announce the opening of the Explorations Academy Endowment! The establishment of an … [Read more...]
Fall Virtual Auction and EA Logo Gear
Family Bulletin September 22, 2020 Upcoming Events September 28 - October 4 - New Covid Test Required and Daily Health Checks Recorded October 2 - Teacher In-Service Day/ No School October 5 - First Day of In-Person Classes October 20-24 - EA's Virtual Fall Fundraiser Congratulations to Sita! Long-time EA supporter Sita Amba-Rao is part of a local writing group that just had their collective works published. The Blue Bottles Writing Studio Anthology can be purchased at Village … [Read more...]
Fall 2020
Dear EA Families and Community Members, First of all, I want to thank all of you who have contributed to the decision-making process regarding reopening the school in the fall. I also want to apologize that this has taken longer than expected. This proposal has had more iterations than anyone originally thought would be required, but we feel it is stronger for having had multiple rounds of feedback from our stakeholders. The Board of Directors, Explorations Academy’s COVID-19 Task … [Read more...]
Online Learning off to an Amazing Start
Explorations Academy has always had a strong emphasis on building interpersonal skills and developing strong group bonds. Even when unprecedented situations result in that person-to-person contact being lost, we continue to believe in the necessity of real-time interaction. We are extremely proud to have created an online instruction program that allows our teachers to share the best of EA while utilizing cutting-edge pedagogical tools and techniques in an online setting. While other schools are … [Read more...]
