by Amy Valens | Mar 21, 2022 | Open Classroom
by Leif Glomset March 19, 2022 Howdy all; I’m Leif Glomset. I taught in the Open Classroom from 1972-79, the first years. I’m looking forward to seeing so many of you in May. I thought I’d toss out a few random good memories from those years as we get ready for the...
by Amy Valens | Mar 14, 2022 | Open Classroom
Those tables. It was the first thing I remember seeing in the Open Classroom. Year of our Lord 1975. Imagine squat, angular, modernist mushrooms. Seen from above they were like stop signs, except instead of equilateral octagons, every other side was triple the...
by Amy Valens | Mar 1, 2022 | Open Classroom
I love school. I always have. Yes, there were mornings in Marlene’s room when I cried with her because I missed my mom, but even then there was something that felt so right about being there. Being at school. It felt like the place I was supposed to be. It still...
by Amy Valens | Feb 11, 2022 | Open Classroom
A nervous energy fills every member of the school community before the start of the new year. A teacher in the Open Classroom is no exception. Can I do this? Am I prepared? Is the room alright? Judy’s room looks perfect. Mine...
by Amy Valens | Feb 3, 2022 | Open Classroom
When the rains started this year I remember waking up one morning and thinking: “I am retired now. Rainy days don’t mean facing all that child energy contained in a building.” But then I had a different memory of times when rainy days were amazing,...
