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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
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Kindergarten 35th Week Update |
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This week kindergartners started with two great book discussions: The Rainbow Fish ( by Marcus Pfister) and Swimmy (by Leo Lionni).
These books were selected for deeper discussion of their specific and clever messages. They both illustrated the importance of sharing, makin...
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PreK Robins 35th Week Update |
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Yay....We were all so excited to have yoga with Ms. Dawn again!!!
This week was all about the water cycle. We learned a new song to help us remember the cycle: Evaporation, Condensation and Precipitation. At the writing center they couldn't wait to get their hands messy in writing s...
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3s BumbleBees 35th Week Update |
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Frog, turtles, and fish, Oh my!
This week of learning has been awesome. In class we discussed the various types of wildlife you find in fresh water sources and compared them to the animals we explored that live in the sea. We tasted the difference between salty and fresh water,&n...
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Nursery 35th Week Update |
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This week's theme was " the pond." The friends enjoyed learning about the animals that live in or near the pond, as well as the plants and algae. The friends made beautiful snails, which reminded us all of Eric Carle's work. They worked hard completing their pond mini book...
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Kindergarten 34th Week Update |
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This week we learned about the Water Cycle. We learned a song to help us remember the cycle: Evaporation, Condensation and Precipitation.
We built window terrariums to observe this cycle on a daily basis. For this science experiment, each student got a fast growing seed, ab...
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PreK Robins 34th Week Update |
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Although the week started off cloudy and rainy, it ended on a bright and sunny note!! Spring Time!!!
Continuing with our ocean theme, this week we explored fun facts about whales. One interesting fact about whales is that they love to sing. They sing to call to mates, as a ...
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3s BumbleBees 34th Week Update |
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What a wet, wild week for all about the water cycle! The 3's class had an awesome week discussing the water cycle. They were introduced to Randy the Raindrop. We also learned a song about evaporation, condensation and precipitation sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Around the Mount...
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Nursery 34th Week Update |
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This week was fun and filled with simple and informative experiments. We started our week discussing the water cycle. We learned that water on earth is constantly on the move as it recycles over and over again. To easily understand how it works, the Nursery class obse...
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Kindergarten 33rd Week Update |
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We started the kindergarten week learning and sharing lots of facts about the ocean habitat. We decided to dive in an adventure of exploring the mysteries of the sea! Modeled after the 3D pond we made last month, this month we created a seaside environment in our classroom...
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PreK Robins 33rd Week Update |
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PreK Robins dived into the deep, cool, wavy waters of the ocean. They learned fun facts of different sea creatures and especially liked the octopus, sea turtle, and clown fish. At one center this week they made beautiful star fish using sand paper and beads. They also made thei...
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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