RED OAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL BLOG POSTS

These Red Oak posts feature news and events from our community partner. To see the most up-to-date Red Oak School news, check out their Online Blog page

• Cirque Kalabanté

  December 12, 2024

  Brian Hagemann

  CIRQUE KALABANTÉ   When the large drums started beating, four in total, I could feel the sound in my chest. I instantly looked to see how the kids from ROCS were responding. One, two…five, six…I counted ten (there were probably more) steady with their headphones on, while others who didn’t have them (or forgot to bring them) sat holding their ears. But the drums only lasted a few minutes, and what came next, and all that followed was ultra-stimulating, and all encompassing. The international Cirque Kalabanté was a journey for the body and the soul. The opening of Cirque Kalabanté involves the creator, ...
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OTHER RECENT RED OAK NEWS

• The Cutest Catfish

  October 14, 2024

    OCTOBER 14, 2024 by Celeste Irving , ROCS mom (original blog link) From biking, to fishing, to Adena mounds, and an over-sized eagle’s nest, Highbanks Metro Park has so much to discover. ...
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• A Show of Artists

  April 22, 2024

  What is an artist? Though not an objective answer, I believe an artist is someone who expresses a unique part of themselves. It could be done in many forms – ...
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• Access is Love

  January 31, 2024

  How we move within in a space, how we move within our environment is not entirely our decision. It coincides with how the space was designed, how it exists either ...
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• Chaperoning at Glacier Ridge

  November 28, 2023

  Chaperoning at Glacier Ridge   The big yellow school bus pulled up to the 1,032 acre park – once covered in farmland, and before that, debris left by retreating glaciers.  ROCS had ...
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• The Choice To Sing…

  October 4, 2023

  Part One: The Choice to Sing  It seemed so simple, what they did over at The Harmony Project. They got together in a big room and sang a few songs. But ...
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• A Gratitude List

  September 14, 2023

  A Gratitude List The following is a gratitude list. Twenty-five reasons I am grateful for Red Oak Community School. This idea came from: 1) a personal goal to make my first ...
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• The Great Book Sort

  June 23, 2023

  The Great Book Sort of 2023 The minute Maureen, a ROCS educator, pulled me into her room and I saw the books organized in stacks on the table, I knew there ...
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• Studying Aminah Robinson

  April 5, 2023

  BUTTONS OF INSPIRATION STUDYING AMINAH ROBINSON “Can you tell me about your drawing?” I asked each student in the Chickadee class. They were sifting through bowls of buttons trying to decide which ...
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• Learning Democracy

  February 16, 2023

  CHAIRS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES     There was an issue to be solved and a solution to present even before word of the problem hit Cheryl’s ears. The Owls, the ...
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