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Green School in Bali-Indonesia

Green School serves more than 100 students in Preschool and Kindergarten through Year Eight. Their innovative curriculum combines demanding academic content taught through a holistic approach that aims to inspire and enhance all of a child’s capacities. Their goal is to foster a spirit of inquiry and a love of learning that prepares children to thrive in the challenging, complex 21st-century world. The eight-hectare campus in Sibang Kaja is divided by the Ayung River, whose western bank supports classrooms, libraries, laboratories and kitchens, while the eastern bank serves as the setting for the School’s entrepreneurial enterprises, cultural centers, homes, and guest villas. Aquaculture ponds, organic vegetable gardens, edible mazes, and permacultural gardens are found throughout the vast campus of shaded walkways, elegantly curving bridges, and cool breezes that lift themselves off the rushing River. (According to the Blog) This blog has all the recent activities of the students ages K - 8. It has information for parents and the schools daily schedule.

Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog

Kathy Cassidy uses her classroom blog to help her children read more smoothly. She has a video on her classroom blog of a social studies assignment that has the children showing the difference in what they "want" and what they "need"! Mrs. Cassidy also uses her blog to show what her children are doing in the classroom. She has the children working online with a "buddy" from the University of Regina to work on their computer skills.