Family Bulletin September 9, 2020 Upcoming Events September 26 - Used Gear Garage Sale @ EA 10-2pm October 5 - First Day of In-Person Classes October 20-24 - EA's Virtual Fall Fundraiser Thoughts on the First Day of School I hold summers sacred. Even thinking back to the summer before starting kindergarten, I would have preferred to delay the start of school indefinitely to continue spending my days outside catching salamanders in the creek behind the school … [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...]
Term End and Yearbooks
Family Bulletin June 5, 2020 Upcoming Events June 4-12 - Open Work Time for Students Friday, June 12 - Self-Assessments Due Photos From the Year Thank you for joining us for our Virtual Term End and Dine-in event! The cluster videos were the highlight, of course, but it was also wonderful to watch the slideshow of our best moments from the past year. If you missed it (or are feeling nostalgic) here are a few photos from our best-of files. You can also watch the full term … [Read more...]
Graduation and Term End
Family Bulletin May 22, 2020 Upcoming Events Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day: No School Friday, May 29 - Graduation Parade and Virtual Ceremony Tuesday, June 2 - Virtual Term End and Dine-In Event Friday, June 12 - Last Day of School Year Join us For Graduation Come out (or stay in!) and celebrate our 2020 graduating class! We will host a socially-distanced diploma ceremony in front of EA on Friday, May 29, at 7pm. We ask our EA friends and families to participate in a … [Read more...]
Give Big Washington and All-School Meet-up
Family Bulletin May 1, 2020 Upcoming Events Monday-Tuesday, May 4 and 5- Give Big Washington Friday, May 8 - Teacher In-Service; No School Tuesday, May 12 - Senior Capstone Presentations Thursday, May 14 - All-School Zoom Meet-Up and Portrait Give Big and Support an Amazing School At a time when so many schools are looking for ways to engage, Explorations Academy continues to find new ways to get students to interact meaningfully with their community. While we are now relying … [Read more...]
