Quote of the Week

"We come from the earth,
we return to the earth,
and in between we garden."
~Anonymous

Fall Harvest

Today we harvested about 30 pumpkins from our garden! We also had quite a few canteloupe, yellow squash, green onions, green beans and 2 watermelons.

The 11th grade boys class had a feast of the canteloupes.
Our kindergarten class also tasted some canteloupe last week. Today, they had a snack of fresh yellow squash. We even found a "twin squash" where 2 were conjoined. How fascinating!

Since we've cooked pumpkin every which way: pumpkin soup, pilaf with pumpkin, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cheesecake (with some local goat cheese), we let the 8th grade girls each take a pumpkin home to their families. We also sent them home with recipes to make their own pumpkin cheesecake with their parents for Thanksgiving dinner.

Quote of the Week

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."
Georgia O'Keeffe


Ms. Polly's drawing of a squash from our garden.

Dia de los Muertos

On Monday we had a festive celebration of the Mexican holiday "el Dia de los Muertos" (the Day of the Dead) where they pay homage to their relatives and friends who have passed on before them. The 5th grade and 1st grade were studying the Aztecs, the Mayans and the Incas of present-day Mexico, so we combined their studies with projects in art and cooking.


The 1st graders were very creative in their costume-making.


Sicily and Jenna debate which food to try next.


Mexican music and handmade tissue paper flags gave authenticity to the atmosphere.


Ms. Polly gets into the spirit!