by Amy Valens | Apr 14, 2022 | Open Classroom
by Amber Rose Bauer Some of my favorite times in Open were in the art room. Lanee was the art teacher at that time, and I always remember there being endless opportunities. I would grab cardboard, tape and scissors and be enthralled in a world that could have lasted...
by Amy Valens | Apr 11, 2022 | Open Classroom
by Kristy Muhic Arroyo There was no designated art teacher or art room in the Open Classroom during the first three years that I was in the program (from 1971-1973), and I didn’t need an art teacher or art room to know that I could always feel free to take creative...
by Amy Valens | Apr 5, 2022 | Open Classroom
by Amy McConnell, Open Classroom parent I haven’t visited in a while, but the Open Classroom is not just a figment of my imagination. It really was and always will be the coziest, most inviting home for learners, for everybody. There is a connection among families...
by Amy Valens | Mar 28, 2022 | Open Classroom
by Alison Double Back in our family’s day, most parents co-oped at Open Classroom; I was one of the parents lucky enough to spend a lot of time volunteering in the program. Just to give you an idea of timing, in those days, we still used paper Scrip*, sold from a...
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...
