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Day 76
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Yesterday students demonstrated their skills and knowledge by leading students through warm-ups or games in PE. Students have been working on designing their own warm-up or game within groups. Each team had to lead their class through their warm-up or routine. It was high energy, engagement, and fun.
Day 75
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We believe in a growth mindset at Harvest, not just for students but for adults as well. All Harvest teachers participated in learning walks on Thursday and Friday. Teachers went out to four classes each in teams to learn from each other. The focus was how are we coaching kids up on learning skills. Powerful inquiry and discussion.
Day 73
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As an IB school we value educating the whole child. Visual and Performing Arts is a part of every childs' experience at HMS. On Wednesday night, Brendan Day, the Harvest Music Teacher led the music students in the Harvest Winter Concert, which was a huge success. Over 200 6th-8th grade students performed in the Big Gym music for the holidays and more. Congrats to the growth that students have made over the semester.
Day 63
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Harvest 8th grade students participated in the Community Project launch. Napa High School students shared their Senior Project experience to help Harvest students understand the important skills. Students joined their new Advisory teams and created a team name and chant. For part of the day, students had the opportunity to start their Community Project. Our 8th graders are high school ready and college bound.
Day 54
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Today Harvest Middle School and Embassy Suites were honored by Napa Learns for the partnership between business and education to support student learning. Embassy Suites spends time teaching our students about the hospitality industry by providing hands-on experience such as cooking demos. Our garden students produce vegetables that are used in the restaurant at Embassy Suites Napa Valley. We are thankful for our partnership!
Day 53
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1:50 PM
One of the most effective and powerful strategies for learning is teaching students where they currently are in the learning process and how they can get to the next level. 6th grade students are reviewing the learning log that identifies where they are in the writing process and talking about how they can improve.
Day 51
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Harvest partners with Embassy Suites Napa Valley to teach students about the hospitality industry. The staff of Embassy Suites visited classrooms today to deliver an apple to every Harvest student. The apples were decorated as pumpkins with a note reminding students that it is what is on the inside that counts.
Day 48
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6:13 AM
Napa Valley Unified School Day hosted Food Day in celebration of the nation-wide movement supporting real food. Harvest students who plant, grow, maintain and harvest the garden put together a display of the real food produced at Harvest Middle School. Garden is a class that meets during the day learning about the design cycle through gardening. These students work incredible hard and think critically in order to grow fruits and vegetables as well as take care of many chickens. We are thankful Embassy Suites and Mid City Nursery for sponsoring our garden and school.
Day 46
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8:00 PM
During Student Led Conferences, parents and students had the opportunity to learn together about Managebac. Managebac is the learning management system that shows class agendas, homework, and grades. If you have questions about Managebac or International Baccalaureate grading, please look for upcoming parent learning community sessions.
Day 43
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4:30 PM
AVID Tutorial Day today! AVID 8 students review their Cornell Notes and come to tutorial with questions. During tutorial students collaborate and work through the process of solving the problem. Reflection is key! At the end of the question, students reflect on how they solved the problem so that they can remember the process for solving. AVID tutorial is foundation to student success!
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Day 38
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1:30 PM
Harvest is proud to have a Wellness Center that supports the academic, social, and emotional needs of our students. It is a model for schools of how to provide wraparound services students. Today, Village Napa leaders took a tour of the Harvest Wellness Center. Village Napa is a group of educators and mental health professionals, and parents in our community that focus on teen mental health and awareness. They have different events in the community for teens and parents, and one coming up is on Thursday at New Tech High School at 6:30, just for teens, called Teen Connect.
Day 37
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5:32 PM
Harvest Leadership and staff sported their new neon shirts today. You won't miss our Harvest Leaders this year. This group of students has led an assembly, a rally and a spirit day this year already! Whew...they are busy building a positive culture at Harvest and we are proud of their ideas, energy, and spirit.
Day 36
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5:32 PM
Harvest is on the map! Today we enjoyed showcasing our International Baccalaureate journey with visiting administrators from Norway and incoming 5th grade families. It is powerful to walk through classrooms and hear our students talk about their learning and watch them in action. Way to go, IB Hawks!
Day 32
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2:30 PM
AVID Excel students in Mrs. Pridy's class take an AVID brain break. With the demands of learning, it is important to remain balanced. Brain breaks allow students a minute to stretch their body and refocus on their work. We are learning that mindfulness training is important to achieving a healthy and balanced life for our students. Way to go AVID Excel!
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