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Welcome to SOCDS
Thank you for your interest in our school. For the past four years I have been on a journey to create an environment that encourages learning, fosters independence, and demands personal responsibility for both our students and our staff. I am proud to say that we have made giant steps on this journey, and continue to move forward. One change we made this fall was the creation of our Morning Message. The entire school meets on the blacktop to greet each other, perform morning stretches, recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and to sing Happy Birthday to the celebrants. Teachers have taken a leadership role in leading monthly school wide projects that include Johnny Appleseed Day, Exercise Day, America Recycles Day, and many more. Both Morning Message and these monthly school wide activities have helped us build a common experience and vocabulary amongst our students.
Annemarie Maini
Director
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
| February 22, 2012 Book Sale Ends Feb 22 Book Sale Ends Feb 22 |
| February 22, 2012 PEP Book Drive PEP Book Drive: Orders due February 22nd. PEP Book Drive is well underway. .... |
| February 22, 2012 School Tour for Prospective Guardians Please join us at 10am for a tour of our school. Our next enrollment period is for .... |
| February 23, 2012 Dynamic KidsFit Dynamic KidsFit will join each class for some indoor fun. |
| February 24, 2012 School Tour for Prospective Guardians Please join us at 10am for a tour of our school. Our next enrollment period is for Sum.... |
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Kindergarten 22nd Week Update |
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Our week started with plenty of LOVE! We talked about symmetry and made our symmetrical hearts to go on our "Winter Tree". We also worked on sorting and graphing sweethearts candy. As a reward, we ate the hearts right up! At the end of the day, we shared our cards and treats ...
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PreK Robins 22nd Week Update |
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This week our PreK Robins have been working hard on learning The Hustle, and to show off how hard they've worked, we are going to boogie on down at our 70's disco party. They've listened to different 70's music, learned about the fashion of the time, made sparkl...
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3s BumbleBees 22nd Week Update |
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The best thing that happened this week:*painted beautiful rainbows* counted cactii*dressed as cowboys and cowgirls*practiced yoga*Snowball dance*Pizza Pajama day
This week was fashion week with cowboy attire, fancy dress, and pajamas. The children all had fun. They really enjoyed dressi...
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Nursery 22nd Week Update |
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This week we have especially observed how much our friends have grown across all dimensions: physical, social, and emotional, as well as cognitively. They have gained such confidence and independence. We are so proud of our friends!
We had a fabulous week. The week...
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Zero the Hero Sends His Regards for 100 Days at School |
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Dear Zeroids!!!
I hope this letter finds you – and finds you all still young! It´s me, Zero the Hero – and I´m writing you from 100 years in THE FUTURE!!! I had to follow to chase the pumpkin gang into the future, but I wanted to say HI on your 100th day of...
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Kindergarten 21st Week Update |
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So far, one of our best weeks in kindergarten.
The week started with plenty of music, from jazz to classical, and some Brazilian rhythms (after all it is Carnival time down there!!!). By the way, music is so powerful that some of our students have been singing a very cool Brazi...
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PreK Robins 21st Week Update |
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On Monday, our PreK Robins enjoyed a fun session of indoor exercise with Dynamic Fit Kids. What a great way to start the week and thank you PEP for organizing these sessions.
This week we discussed different types of musical instruments and the friends shared their favorite instrumen...
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3s BumbleBees 21st Week Update |
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The Best thing that happen: * Maraca's out of water bottles * Kazoos out of toilet tissue tubes * Tambourines out of paper plates and bells * Shakers out of plastic eggs *Sand Blocks using juice boxes and sandpaper *Hand drums out of toilet tissue tubes and paper plates The Bumblebees really enjoy...
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Nursery 21st Weekly Update |
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The instruments have sparked our friends imagination and musical performances. They have enjoyed playing the piano, ukulele, tambourines, xylophones, drums, and hand bells. They also enjoyed making their own instruments; they creatively made Jingle bracelets, kazoos, tambourines, and marac...
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Kindergarten 20th Week Update |
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We began the month of February learning about some Famous Americans and their contributions to our society and the world. The kids showed a lot of interest in President Barack Obama, Rosa Parks and Arthur Ashe.
On Thursday, after listening to our weather report by Sana, we also disco...
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"Our kids are near the end of three fantastic years at South Orange Country Day School. After interviewing for the school that they will attend in September, we received the following feedback from the new school....."it is obvious that the teachers at South Orange Country Day have done a fabulous job with your children." We think that feedback says it all!"
SOCDS Parent