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February Break - NO SCHOOL
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Grades 2 - 8
2120 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
617.254.8904
Grades K1, K2, & 1
320 Washington Street
Brighton, MA 02135
617.208.6200
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Family Notes
February 12, 2016
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Notes From the Top
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Dear Families,
After an intensive few weeks of intensive engagement in school projects, we now begin the February "break" away from the usual day-to-day. This time is a wonderful opportunity to practice one of the key principles of Expeditionary Learning - that of reflection.
It is beneficial to everyone to take time to be alone and to explore one's own thoughts, to make sense of what surrounds us in our daily life and maybe come up with new ideas of what we want to do, how we want to do it, make new resolutions and explore new horizons.
We are told that reflection leads to growth of the individual.
Taking time to reflect can help us to better understand our strengths and weaknesses, face our fears, identify areas of weakness, ways to improve and acknowledge what is most important to us.
Being reflective can lead us to greater self-awareness, which is a first step to positive change.
Best Wishes for an exciting, happy "break" with time to reflect.
 Warm regards, Diana Lam
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From now until March 1, we'll post all admissions events and updates under this special heading! Stay tuned for reminders and upcoming deadlines.
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which also demonstrates the creativity and school spirit of each class is the class basket that is to be raffled off at the event. Each class in the school selects a theme for their basket - Spa, sports, culinary, electronics, fantasy, garden, etc. - and then every family in that class contributes an item to enhance that basket. These are raffled off - 3 tickets for $5 or a book of 25 tickets for 20 dollars. The contest for which is the most creative basket and how much interest it generates is fun and full of spirit! Contact your class teacher to learn what your child's class theme is. 
