January 27, 2017
The Leaf
Message from Paul
I am in the classroom this week and next, exploring the physics of
sailing with Middle School. We have thought about wind and how the
forces on the sail and the keel combine to move the boat forward.
Using an old jib hoisted on the school flagpole we’ve demonstrated
how the sail functions as an airfoil. Next we will look at currents and
tide. I am reminded of the first time our three young sons set off by
themselves in a little sailing pram. They raised the sail and took off
across the cove, running downwind. But then they had to sail back, to
windward. It took a while, but they figured out the physics and made it
home for supper. To borrow from The Wind in the Willows, for
learning physics, “there is nothing – absolutely nothing - half so much
worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
The Raise Craze fundraiser will officially begin Friday, February 3rd and will end on Friday, February 17th. Please have your fundraiser webpages set up no later than Wednesday, February 1st. Instructions can be found at this link on
our website.
http://www.engageyourworld.org/raisecraze-parent-association-fundraiser/
If you were not able to attend this week’s Curriculum
Spotlight Series entitled
“Beauty, Precision, and Discovery in the Montessori
Polynomial Cubing and Squaring Materials” please take a
few moments to watch it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3NlIKdUwyI&t=48s
This video is also available as a post on our website at
http://www.engageyourworld.org/
Thank you to Diana Norma Shafer for sharing her passion and
expertise.
The polynomial squaring and cubing units build on what the
children have learned in previous math units, especially work
with the commutative and distributive laws of multiplication, as
well as work with multiples and factors. It is a deep
investigation of the geometric patterns that result from squaring
and cubing and prepares the child for square root, cube root,
powers of numbers, and algebra. The brilliance of the material
is that it affords the ability to explore complex mathematical
concepts through a process that is so precise, that it is
beautiful.
Some children have been known to say, "It's like magic!”
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Friday, February 10th is the annual
Lower Elementary Valentine’s Breakfast
Harborlight Caps!
Our 1 s t orde r sold out
very quickly. Stop by
the main office or email
Nichole to reserve one
from our next order.
Links to the next several months’
calendars are found below
Feb ruary
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March
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Ap ril
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Please remember that the next
Parent Associa tion Meeting will be held
Wednesday, February 1 st at 6:30 pm
Final push for
Harborlight’s Dinner and Skate Event!
The bigger the crowd, the bigger the fun,
the bigger the dollars raised.
Come dine and skate with friends!
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Harborlight Summer Program Enrollment will be
open next week.
For now, please view summer offerings on our
website by following this link.
http://www.engageyourworld.org/summer-atharborlight/
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