Week of Events
Learner University: Planning a Family Vacation (Grades 3-4)
Join this exciting PBL opportunity where learners in grades 3-4 will plan a fun family vacation. Your family has been saving money and wants to take a vacation. You need to create an economical budget and a practical itinerary. You are creating the itinerary and arranging all the accommodations, such as transportation and lodging.ย You...
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
Come with us to visit the beautiful Mig Morongo Canyon Preserve. Nestled in the Little San Bernardino Mountains, the desert oasis at Big Morongo Canyon is one of the 10 largest cottonwood and willow riparian (stream) habitats in California. Water draining from the surrounding mountains flows into a river through the canyon, and ground water...
Budding Botanists: The Science of Life! – Virtual Event
Budding Botanists: The Science of Life! – Virtual Event
Join us as we "dig" into ecosystems! Through making our own terrariums, we will investigate the role of sunlight and how environmental matter cycles in a system. We will also explore plant growth and survival through our seed starting activity and lima bean dissection. Sign Up HERE This event focuses on 3rd-5th grade science topics,...
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Story Time & Art: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay, Grades K-4
Story Time & Art: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay, Grades K-4
As spring returns and so do the butterflies, learners will gather at the Acton Library to read the story of one girlโs hope to bring butterflies back to a deserted garden. During our time together, weโll create our own butterflies and figure out how we can bring butterflies to our own gardens. Register below.
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Story Time & Art: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay, Grades 5+
Story Time & Art: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay, Grades 5+
As spring returns and so do the butterflies, learners will gather at the Acton Library to read the story of one girlโs hope to bring butterflies back to a deserted garden. During our time together, weโll create our own butterflies and figure out how we can bring butterflies to our own gardens. Register below.
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...
Book Club for Grades 6th-8th: Midsummer Mayhem
Book Club for Grades 6th-8th: Midsummer Mayhem
During this book club, learners will follow Mimi as her fictional town of Comity, MA is turned upside down by new neighbors. We'll compare this book with the plot of Shakespeare'sย A Midsummer Night's Dreamย as many familiar characters begin to appear. Learners will write their own stories full of allusion and foreshadowing as we become experts...
Budding Botanists: The Science of Life! – In Person Event
Budding Botanists: The Science of Life! – In Person Event
Join us as we "dig" into ecosystems! Through making our own terrariums, we will investigate the role of sunlight and how environmental matter cycles in a system. We will also explore plant growth and survival through our seed starting activity and lima bean dissection. Sign Up HERE This event focuses on 3rd-5th grade science topics,...
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Virtual Current Events Club for Grades 6+
Middle Schoolers are invited to participate in the Current Events Writing Club, where they will meet daily to watch CNN10. Learners will then participate in a discussion about the topics and complete a writing project at the end of the week. Learners are not required to attend daily to participate. They can join whenever it...