Kino just received news that it was awarded a Youth Garden Grant. This means we will receive a gift certificate for $500 to buy gardening supplies from Home Depot as well as educational materials from the National Gardening Association.  Big thanks to the National Gardening Association, which administers the grant, and Home Depot or providing [...]

It’s not a smoking marshmallow — It’s a homemade sparkler!

Using iron, aluminum, magnesium, something else (I wrote it on my hand but it’s illegible), and corn starch as a binding medium,  Heather helped students make their own home brew sparklers in science yesterday. Luckily it was a sunny day today, so they could test them [...]

Today was Chae Young Kim’s last day at Kino, so her homeroom had a good-bye bagel party for her this morning. Young and her family live in South Korea, but they’ve been on an extended visit to Arizona. Young has been a Kino student since winter break, fitting in [...]

Homerooms have been talking about what we should as a special, school-wide event this spring.  Last year we all made kites, hot air balloons, and paper airplanes and spent the day flying them. Other years we’ve had parades, Yawps, and, if nothing else, Clean Up Day.

Part of the fun is just brainstorming, when one is [...]

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One thing about trying to capture Pajama Day in photographs is that many of us look like we’re in our pajamas on ordinary days.

And then there’s Erik:

A younger student in afternoon homeroom: “Can I wear my pajamas tomorrow?”

“It is important to go to school. You learn to make heavy things with Ed and Judy.”

Junior high students spent last week in the Chiricahuas, where they hiked, played, figured out how to work together cooking and cleaning up, and generally bonded. Heather, Chris, and Martha (Em’s and Lela’s mother) were the grown-ups along on the trip.

When they were asked about memorable parts of the trip, students answered:

Max:    We went on [...]

It’s become traditional — we celebrate Love of Reading Week and Valentine’s Day with Pajama Day every year. This year Pajama Day is Monday, February 15. Everyone wear something warm and snuggly and bring a favorite book to read and share.

It also allows them to take advantage of free food!

Anna’s and Vanessa’s homerooms and Mary Lou (more than twenty people in all) went to Denny’s this morning and everyone got a free Grand Slam breakfast. Denny’s was offering Grand Slams to all comers from 6 am to 2 pm.

There was about an hour’s wait [...]