Spicewood Elementary School We were excited to celebrate the culminating event with our 5th graders last week during their exhibition. The students were passionate and excited about taking action for real world issues like ocean pollution, freedom and equality around the world, homelessness, and...
read moreHow We Express Ourselves: Parent Resource
Expressing ourselves is a basic human need. From the very physical or tactile to verbal or visually, we all find ways to express our feelings about topics important to us. Some people may feel called to the arts to channel their creativity and ideas, while others...
read moreExhibition 2017: How We Express Ourselves
After several weeks of inquiry, mentor meetings, and project construction, our 5th grade Exhibition came to a culmination last Wednesday. With their chosen creative expressions, our students once again shared heartfelt messages of inspiration to our community,...
read moreExhibition 2017: Invitation
As a PYP school, we place student driven action and agency at the forefront to learning so what better way than to have our very own 5th graders design the invitation to their Exhibition! Congratulations to our winner and our risk-taking 5th graders who entered the...
read moreExhibition 2017: Parent Information Session
The role of the adult, both teachers and parents, plays a vital role in the PYP program. The student is best served when the parents and teacher work as partners to facilitate and encourage the inquiry in the classroom. Here at Spicewood, our teachers and parents work...
read moreExhibition 2017: Learner Profile Reflection
During our second round of Exhibition Mentor Meetings, students met with their groups to further discuss and reflect upon what lies at the heart of the PYP program, the Learner Profile. The leaves and branches are the attributes that we "see" on the outside. Students...
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