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3rd Grade Trip to Ada Jenkins
At DGS, service for and an intentional connection with our community hold a great significance. The Ada Jenkins Center is an excellent...
Heidi Kelly
Apr 272 min read
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Lake Norman State Park!
Sometimes the simplest things are the best! We took a trip to visit our close neighbors at Lake Norman State Park, and had such a...
Heidi Kelly
Apr 92 min read
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Mint Museum Field Trip
On February 13, we took a trip uptown to the Mint Museum. What a wonderful experience! A special Thank You to Kelly Mitchem, who took...
Heidi Kelly
Feb 131 min read
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Hearts on Fiber Field Trip
We walked together as a class just down the street to visit "Hearts on Fiber", where the children had a weaving lesson. The children...
Heidi Kelly
Jan 281 min read
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Author Visit!
We were SO excited to be able to host Author Tameka Fryer Brown as we head into February and Black History Month. Ms. Brown is the...
Heidi Kelly
Jan 172 min read
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Sustainability at a Glance
Hi, everyone! Can you believe we're already over halfway through November? The past few weeks at school have been filled with exciting...
emily29939
Nov 22, 20243 min read
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Innovation Barn
This week, we visited Charlotte’s Innovation Barn. https://envisioncharlotte.com/innovation-barn/  . This is a space where businesses...
shannon7481
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Veterans Day - Upper Elementary
On Monday, we welcomed Veteran Bob Doran to our school. Bob spent the first part of the morning in circle with upper elementary and...
shannon7481
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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Schiele Museum
For November, we headed off to the Schiele museum to learn about natural history. We visited lots of animal exhibits and then took a...
Heidi Kelly
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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A trip to the Town Hall, Police Department, and Fire Department!
Our first stop was to the town Hall, where we learned about the building's history, met the mayor, and saw several rooms including the...
Heidi Kelly
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Lower Elementary Rockmont Adventure
This past week, Lower Elementary headed up to the mountains of western North Carolina to Camp Rockmont for their overnight adventure. Not...
kathleen McIntyre
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Middle School Climbing Trip
Only the most masterful artists can capture the nuances and feelings of a precious moment in time. Over our three-day adventure, we had...
kathleen McIntyre
May 20, 20241 min read
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Lower Elementary Mountain Adventure
Eagle sightings, frolicking at the base of a waterfall, hiking to the top of the mountain, singing around a campfire…. These are just...
kathleen McIntyre
May 6, 20241 min read
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Greenway Walk with Ms. Paula
We enjoyed a lovely nature walk with Ms. Paula to the greenway. We did some natural observation, discussed some of the things we...
Heidi Kelly
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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Tales from the Loft
Hello Green School! Since our last correspondence, middle school has adventured far and wide! We camped in tents under the fall foliage...
Patricia Hatch
Oct 21, 20232 min read
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A Day to Remember
What an amazing day we had together at Carrigan Farms. I didn't know that the farm has been in existence since 1902. What an incredible...
Collette
Oct 19, 20231 min read
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Middle School Grayson-Highlands Mountain Adventure
15 middle schoolers 0 cells phones 7 wild ponies 5,000 ft elevation picnic 15 inspire journal entries 17 miles of Virginia Creeper Trails...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 14, 20231 min read
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"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." Leonardo da Vinci
Protest (verb) - to make a formal declaration of opinion and usually of objection or complaint Upper Elementary has come into contact...
shannon7481
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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Middle School’s Coastal Adventure - ELFT
Months of planning, fundraising, and community meetings resulted in a coastal adventure filled with history, art, haunts, marine study,...
kathleen McIntyre
May 17, 20231 min read
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The clouds part… Lower elementary’s Mountain adventure
There are days on the top of Mount Mitchell, where you can see for 70 miles away. The clouds part and everything becomes clear. That was...
kathleen McIntyre
May 9, 20231 min read
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