Gr 8 Projects

Gr 8 Projects

Gr 8 Projects   |||   The 8th grade projects have traditionally been a culmination of the students’ work and the development of their skills over the 8 years of elementary school. This year, the students were encouraged to think of their projects as less of...
March brings Women’s History to Grade 8

March brings Women’s History to Grade 8

|||   Women’s history is important year-round, but the month of March gives us an opportunity to highlight this theme. In our Eighth Grade, students read an excerpt from Mary Wollstonecraft’s famous work published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of...
Celebrating Black History Month cont…

Celebrating Black History Month cont…

Celebrating Black American Culture ||| Songs and Singing Games Ms. McCune brought a series of songs and singing games that are rooted in African-American culture to the lower graders. Each class learned a different song/singing game. She introduced the Third Grade to...
Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black History and Manuel Had a Riddle ||| Black history is part of human history and is important all year long, as are all cultural lineages in this global education. But this time of year does offer an extra opportunity for teachers to explore the...
Ohlone Sisters Visit BRWS

Ohlone Sisters Visit BRWS

Ohlone Sisters visit Berkeley Rose ||| On Wednesday January 25 we were blessed to have a visit from the Ohlone Sisters—Carla Marie and Desiree Munoz. Carla Marie and Desiree are Rumsen Ohlone culture bearers. They did three presentations over the course of the...
Honoring Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. this week

Honoring Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. this week

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. this week ||| Each class took the opportunity to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in their own way over the past week. Here you will see a few glimpses: Lower Graders singing songs from the Civil Rights struggle and engaging in...