by Chloe | Mar 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
By: Jazmin Heartfield, Prekindergarten Teacher; Meaghan Petersack, Second Grade Teacher; and Elaine Hou, Middle School Principal “What makes you the best candidate for this job?” Fast-forward years from their career at Two Rivers, all of our students will have this...
by Chloe | Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
By: Caroline Mwendwa-Baker, Elementary School Principal; Penny Perrott, Physical Education Teacher; and Anya Rosenberg, Assistant Teacher It’s Wednesday morning on a crisp day in early November and students in the Fourth Grade are getting ready for their weekly...
by Chloe | Jun 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams What’s in a grade? Why do we grade? What do grades communicate? These questions may seem to have obvious answers, but they warrant consideration as we realize that grading is a major way that schools communicate both how individual students...
by Chloe | Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams At Two Rivers we have made a conscious effort to change the way that everyone thinks about, talks about, and engages in math. We have shifted the expectations to place the emphasis away from just memorizing math facts to also understanding the...
by Chloe | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
By: Jeff Heyck-Williams At Two Rivers, we often say that social learning is just as important as academic learning. This isn’t just talk. We believe that time spent teaching our students about how they can effectively interact and the personal skills needed to...
by Chloe | Jan 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
By: Elaine Hou, Instructional Guide What is rigorous teaching and learning, and what does it look like across the grades? As students, educators, and parents, we have all come across varied definitions of rigor in past and present schooling experiences. When one wants...
