Camas Ridge Families, 

Community Time (CT) will start this week

Community Time (CT) will start this week. This is an exciting time for our students and our teachers have been preparing their classes for what the first day of CT will look like. We will start off at 1:45pm getting students ready to depart to CT at 1:50pm. At the beginning of the year we start CT with 1st grade to 5th grade, in late Spring we will invite the Kindergarten classes into CT. 

What Happens During CT?

While each class has its own identity, the content is universal: we teach Camas’ triangle of values.  Depending on the classroom, the learning may look different, but the end result is unified in purpose.  The work we do is focused on social/emotional learning, but is accomplished in myriad forms and through various academic disciplines.  From group projects, to art, to writing, to games, to reading, to read alouds, to experiments, to public service projects, every child reinforces and (perhaps) expands upon their knowledge of a given subject.  They do this through the lens of achieving an understanding of community at Camas Ridge and its manifestation in the “real” world.  

For now (10/09-11/21), we will meet every on Thursday and Friday. 
This year we are starting out with 2 days a week to really focus on being together as a building and then progressing into 4 days a week starting on December 1st. 

How will Students Transition?
Our plan is to have a “delivery train” for our youngest students. All staff will be out in halls to make sure that students know how to get to their CT class. A 4th or 5th grade student gets assigned to each primary student   during our first class. They are tasked with escorting their “buddy” safely back to their class. From then on, the older “buddy” will pick up and drop off the younger “buddy.” Staff will be in hallways, positioned between stairwells and in the hallways to help anyone in need.