7th grade students are producing excellent work in this month's creative writing block. In his "Writing from an Image" essay, Calvin responds to a Nico Fredia photograph:
Keep going, I tell myself. Leaves crunch under my feet, and I hear my breath coming faster and faster. The trees are a blur as I sprint past them. My stomach is churning, my legs and head aching. Suddenly, two hunters are in the clearing ahead of me, holding two gleaming swords like the one I have at my side. My heart feels like it's going to burst from my chest. They see me, Yaaaugh! They charge! I jump, my sword held high, catching the light from the sun, ready to strike.
For her assignment, "On the Eve of my Execution," Mia writes an elegy entitled, "Never":
I will be gone tomorrow.
Iron bars are not my only cage.
I am trapped by the thought of things
I will never do again.
I will never hold another book,
Never smell the ocean air,
Never again speak "hello" or "goodbye,"
Never feel happiness again,
Yet I did nothing wrong.
Never.
This single word is consuming me.
Outside my prison, the moon's light grows weak,
The last moon I will ever see.
The twinkling stars, the last ones
I will ever watch, disappear
I see the sun of my last day
Slowly make its way into the world.
The sun will continue forever.
I will not.
A dying bird from far below chirps
It's last song.
And mine.
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IMPORTANT HALLOWEEN NOTICE
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| Photo credit: Pradhan Studios
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Journey School's Halloween Parade, to be held on Friday 10/30, has been a fun tradition for our students since the school began. This festival offers an opportunity to dress in costumes that feature grade-level curriculum themes, allowing older students to remember their past as they enjoy the younger students' costumes, and as the younger ones view the older students' costumes they wonder about the future.
In order for your child to have the the best experience possible, it is important that they stay within their curricular themes in assembling simple, homemade costumes. Please visit the Journey School website for curricular costume ideas and guidelines on make-up, hair dye, temporary tattoos, and play weapons.
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BRINGING LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS
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Journey School's core values include being 'celebratory, soul-nourishing, and joyful' and we practice these important principles through seasonal festivals. We believe that a reverence and sense of guardianship for the earth and all her inhabitants are nurtured through these celebrations. Click here for Patti Connolly's blog post on why we celebrate Halloween at Journey School.
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HARVEST FAIRE IS 3 WEEKS AWAY
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Calling All Volunteers
As of today, 22.4% of our Harvest Faire shifts are filled! Lets double this before the weekend! Visit the PC website to learn more about the needs of Harvest Faire and sign up for your family's 2-hour shift. If your class booth is already covered, the Fairy Cafe or set-up shifts are great ways to help.
Bakers Needed
Help stock our Fairy Cafe at Harvest Faire with cookies, muffins, and all sorts of yummy homemade goodies. Get your volunteer hours from the comfort of your own kitchen! Sign-up here.
High School/College Students Wanted
Journey alumni are invited to help at Fairy Cafe's Peppermint Orange Booth. Non-alumni high school and college students are also invited to cover shifts for the Fairy Cafe in exchange for volunteer hours credit. Email Jerri for details.
Last Chance for Harvest Faire Advertising The deadline to purchase ad space in the Harvest Faire Pamphlet is 10/28. Please ask dance instructors, dentists, doctors, favorite restaurants, etc. who may want to buy an ad to support Journey and reach their local community! Email Tania B.
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ORDER YEARBOOK BY 10/31: GET 10% OFF
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New this year--customized yearbooks! Journey School has partnered with TreeRing to create yearbooks which include two free pages to customize in your student's yearbook with your own photos. Just $26.51 for softcover or upgrade to a hard cover. Click to order now by 10/31 and get 10% off. You have until mid-April to customize your pages. Yearbooks will be delivered before the last week of school. For every yearbook purchased TreeRing will plant a tree!
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CRUCIAL CLOSE THE GAP NOTICE
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Your Close the Gap Pledge Form is now due. Paperwork must be turned in every year if you choose to donate and currently we are missing forms from 152 families at Journey School. As you reflect on Journey School's unique program, remember that the size of your child's class and their ability to experience art, music, Spanish, handwork, and games classes are largely dependent upon your monetary support. Please be as generous as possible and return your form today. Click here to download the Close the Gap pledge form (PDF).
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Thank you to everyone who participated in PC's Pumpkin City fundraiser on Monday. Parents captured photos of the pumpkin patch magic.
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WIN YOUR WAY TO KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
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Win 2 Tickets to Knott's and help raise money for Journey with Invisible Fundraising. Simply post how much you earned and how you did it on any of Journey's social media: (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) between 10/19 & 11/2.
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TANAKA FARMS DELIVERIES BEGIN 11/5
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Tanaka Farms CSA will start every other week deliveries beginning 11/5. Support your local CSA and 10% goes back to Journey School. Come check out a box and get more information on this and other invisible fundraising efforts on Weds. 10/28. Click here for pricing or email Lindsey P.
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- 10/30 - Halloween Parade - Grades 1-8
- 11/11 - Veteran's Day
- 11/12-20 - Scholastic Book Fair - All students
- 11/14 - Harvest Faire, 11am-5pm - All are welcome!
- 11/23-27 - Thanksgiving Break
- 12/7-10 - Fairy Market - All students
- 12/14-16 - Sweetie Pies - Grades 7 & 8
- 12/15 - Santa Lucia Day - Grade 2
- 12/16-18 - Spiral Walk - Grades 1-8
- 12/21-1/3 - Winter Break
To view more Journey School events, visit our calendar page.
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