Ben Strand

Hey Tuscany - Our ‘Coulee School’ project is about to go live! Banner is up at front of the school. Finished posters will be placed along edge of the Coulee tomorrow. Posters share student learning & QR codes linking to website. Come learn with us! #EHSOurstory #WeAreCBE

Our "Rise of the Super Student!" design thinking challenge, inspired by the UNICEF digital book "My Hero is You!" has begun! Here's our EHS teachers' Readers Theatre production of the story m.youtube.com/watch?v=EMG4wl… Design challenges choice board arrives next week! #EHSSuperPowers

We welcomed Chester to our staff meeting today❤️❤️ Mr. Strand brought his family's new 10-week-old addition in for a little puppy therapy - much appreciated company during our budget & school organization discussions! Definitely experiencing puppy love this spring! #EHSOurstory

Woo Hoo! Love this Super Power look! An awesome EHS Super Student at work ❤️❤️

The Gr 3/4 students are working collaboratively cross-Pods to create Alberta landscapes. These beautiful murals are taking shape as learners create their prairie grain elevators & barns that dot our landscape❤️❤️ #EHSOurstory

@EricHarvieSchl teachers explored latest literacy research as we "refreshed our teacher toolkits" today! How to move practice forward to improve reading/writing? We are doing so much - might we possibly consider literacy instruction experiences as 'seasonal' rather than daily?

Working interconnectedly with our grade team pods for the first time as students cycle through various learning provocations & investigations during our multi-disciplinary Inquiries. Learners from both Kindness & Joy Gr. 3/4 Pods were thinking like palaeontologists! #EHSOurstory

Shanahan again! Love how he pokes the bear of my thinking - even though I already agree with most of his words! Another wothwhile read❤️ "Let’s face it. Our problem in reading isn’t that nothing works. It’s that everything does." shanahanonliteracy.com/ #EHSOurstory

@EricHarvieSchl Learners welcomed 'The Year of the Rat' with a traditional Lion Dance & Martial Arts demonstration from skilled competitors at Calgary Tai Chi & Martial Arts College this morning - amazing celebration😊😊

Very excited to share the news our Peace Poles have been installed as guardians of our playground! @EricHarvieSchl we believe peace around the world IS possible to achieve through kindness & care. Now we have symbols to share this message with the world! #EHSOurstory #WeAreCBE

Gr 3/4 Kindness Pod is learning at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump UNESCO site today - such amazing critical thinking from these outstanding students! #EHSOurstory