by Amy Valens | Jun 11, 2022 | Events, Open Classroom
Many connections were made or remade on May 14th, but one thing that connected all of us was the music performed by the Open’s musical community members–whether former students, their parents, or music teachers, the songs and the joy with which they were...
by Amy Valens | Jun 2, 2022 | Open Classroom
Marty Meade and Karen Voets spent a day a week for months sorting through boxes of photos spanning all the years of the Open Classroom. They created 44 posters worth of them, some themed, some by year. Then they added in the posters that were made for the 25th...
by Amy Valens | May 17, 2022 | Open Classroom
It had been on my mind for 5 years, and in a more active state since January 2020. On May 14th it came to fruition so magnificently!! There are so many people to thank who helped make yesterday’s celebration a reality. Dave Cort set me on the path in the fall of...
by Amy Valens | May 12, 2022 | Open Classroom
When I got these memories from Tamina Stephenson, who attended the Open from 1985 to 1992, and from Becky Lynch, who was our Resource Specialist in the early 2000’s I saw a way to link them that I hope you enjoy. First Tamina recalls: * Sock Walks: We put...
by Amy Valens | Apr 29, 2022 | Open Classroom
By Steve and Carol Rebscher Like many new parents in the San Geronimo Valley my wife, Carol, and I looked at the three elementary programs in the Lagunitas School District. At the time, those were the Montessori Program, the Open Classroom Program and the...
by Amy Valens | Apr 20, 2022 | Open Classroom
by Amy Valens One of the things I have enjoyed so much in being part of the Open community is how even the traditions that repeat every year–the haunted house or the holiday cafe, never are the same twice, and always allow us to get excited about learning...
