RED OAK COMMUNITY SCHOOL BLOG POSTS

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• A Show of Artists

  April 22, 2024

  Brian Hagemann

  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 – from how they bake a cake, to how a soccer ball is kicked, to how an idea is painted on a canvas. Anyone who puts a unique aspect to something they do, is an artist. And though it sounds easy, being an artist requires taking a lot of risk. It requires owning one’s individuality. In downtown Franklinton, at Wild Goose Creative there is a show currently up called, “Us.” That show ...
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OTHER RECENT RED OAK NEWS

• 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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