by: Susan Grifffiths
Busing available to all interested
ESAA will be offering busing to and from school for the 2015-16 school year to all of our families living within the Sheboygan Area School District. We have added transportation to make ESAA to more accessible to families from all over Sheboygan. In order to accommodate all families interested in transportation, we have alleviated the living within a 2 mile radius restriction. We will provide two bus routes, a north side and a south side, to keep the student travel times to a minimum.
If you are interested in busing and have not filled out a busing form, please let us know at registration, on August 5th and 6th. If you have filled out an interest form, you will receive more information from the district at registration. The busing schedule will be finalized after registration and mailed out to all families showing interest.
With the addition of busing, we are excited to be able to offer ESAA as an option to those that that may not have been able to transport their child to and from our school. If you know of families that may be interested in enrolling in ESAA, please have them contact the ESAA Dean of School, Susan Griffiths.
Welcome Back Night
Summer learning looks different for all of us, and as part of The Étude Group schools it is exciting to see how each experience of observing, playing, wondering, creating, and exploring that happens in the summer will enrich learning this school year. We hope to start sharing these stories and reconnecting at our "Welcome Back Night."
by: Nina Matti
National Writing Project Puts Teachers in Students' Shoes
Two Étude Group teachers had the opportunity to expand their teaching abilities this summer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Invitational Summer Institute for theNational Writing Project[http://www.nwp.org/] from June 22 to July 3.
Start Season 3 With Us
We are looking forward to an unbelievable Season 3 of bringing Good Music + Good Cause together through The Étude Sessions!
by: Press Release
Étude Group Director selected to participate in WAB Creative Industries Committee
Madison, WI (April 29,2015) – Ted Hamm, Director, Principal and Founder of the The Étude Group has been selected to be a member of the Creative Industries Committee. The Creative Industries Committee is a board of experts comprised by The Wisconsin Arts Board to guide the Arts Board’s work to serve and promote the creative industries in Wisconsin.
by: N. Lynn Goldstein, Étude Studios Publication Design Intern
The Sugar Stems will sweeten Étude Sessions May 2
Teacher by day and, by night, a band of pop and rock mixture… The Sugar Stems. Our very own Drew Fredrichsen, music department at IDEAS Academy and The Mosaic School, actually teaches what he preaches. Drew holds classes for both IDEAS and Mosaic students, teaching the music he loves. He has been opening the ears and hearts of his students to the realm of music and helping them break out of their shells.
by: Susan Griffiths
ESAA Rocket Club launches with a splash
Rocket Launch 1
by: Jodi Kimme
First morning on the farm
This week we visited Higher Grounds Farm near Plymouth. It is the farm of Mike an Christal Mulder (Ms. Kimme's niece and nephew-in-law).
by: Dan Burkey
Drama class brings literacy to life
dramakslide One of the ways that children naturally direct their own learning is through dramatic play. Left to their own devices, kids will often devise imaginative games in which they take on roles and act out the relationships between characters they create. Whether it's adventuring as knights and princesses, prowling the jungle as real or mythological animals, or just playing house, acting things out helps children explore the world around them and develop a deeper understanding of human relationships. Drama brings the body, voice, and imagination together into a whole-person activity that can connect with a variety of learners, so it's easy to see why it performs such a natural role in human development. In fact, recent studies have shown that dramatic play is one of the primary ways that humans develop empathy; by inhabiting the role of someone else, children begin to comprehend the existence of perspectives other than their own.
by: Zoe Farrell & Autumn Willard, Étude Studios Publications Interns
EOS and Amity sponsor upcoming Étude Sessions featuring Rogue Valley
EOS and Amity Skateboards are sponsoring the next Étude Sessions concert, featuring Minnesota band Rogue Valley, at Paradigm Coffee and Music April 8 at 8 p.m.
