Camp University

What an amazing summer we've had! Thank you Novato Unified School District, YMCA, Sutter Health Novato Community Hospital, Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund, and the Hamilton Community Pool for giving so much to our students and their families 💗

What great fire 🔥 safety information today from the awesome Novato Fire Protection District!

Reminder... Camp University Family Day 2017 is tomorrow at 10:00 am. We are so excited to see you there ❤

Every year swimming is one of our kiddos' favorite Camp University activities. All of our kids made huge improvements with their swimming and water safety skills, many persevered with their swimming test, and about 30 of them passed! Much celebration is in order for all of them. Great bravery, tenacity, and focus from them all!!!!

Creature collaborations...but can they stand up to the wind? Watch to find out 😎

We've been collaborating on creating our own In Motion routine to the song Tu Sonrisa 🎶. We can't wait to do this with our families on Family Day, Thursday at 10:00. See you then!

4th grade partners are using all they've learned about senses to create their own creatures. What fun!

More beaver dam building. Way to go 1st graders for making revisions to your plans!

This week our Sutter Health nurses, Brenda and Sara, shared with us about Eating a Rainbow 🌈. Try new fruits and veggies that you've never had before. You may come across something you ❤!

¡Esta semana nuestras enfermeras de Sutter Health, Brenda y Sara, compartieron con nosotros sobre comer un Arcoiris 🌈. Intenta comer nuevas frutas y verduras que no has probado antes. Tal vez encuentres algo que te encante ❤!

5th graders are making caves!

¡Estudiantes del 5to grado haciendo cuevas!

We cannot believe it's the end of week 4 already! Check out all the cool things we've done this week in our newsletter.

¡No podemos creer que ya es el fin de la 4ta semana! Vea todas las cosas divertidas que hemos hecho esta semana, en nuestro boletin semanal.

Please save the date!!

Por favor aparte la fecha!!

These 1st graders are discovering what it might be like to be a beaver and build a dam.

Estos estudiantes del 1er grado estan descubriendo lo que es ser un castor y construir una presa.

Week 3 of Camp University was too much fun, and we did it all in just two days. Check out all of our fabulous learning and activities in each grade's Week 3 Family Newsletter :)

La 3ra semana de Camp University fue muy divertida, apesar de que tuvimos solo dos dias. Vea nuestras fabulosas actividades de aprendizaje en cada grado con nuestros Boletin Familiar de la 3ra Semana :)

We had so much fun this week on our field trips to the Makerspace-Media Studio Clubhouse at the Hamilton Public Library. Thank you for giving our kiddos a great opportunity to collaborate, imagine, and create!

Nos divertimos mucho en nuestros paseos al Makerspace-Media Studio Clubhouse en la biblioteca publica de Hamilton. ¡Gracias por darle a nuestros niños una gran oportunidad de colaborar, imaginar y crear!

Our 4th graders participated in a Restorative Circle today to build independence, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Thank you YMCA of San Francisco for leading this!

Nuestros estudiantes del cuarto grado participaron en el Circulo Restaurativo hoy para fomentar independencia, colaboración, y habilidades para resolver problemas. ¡Gracias YMCA of San Francisco por liderar en esto!

Little Miss Reading Hood visited us today to share about the awesomeness of books and reading. Thank you for all the Raising a Reader book bags that each one of our 1st-3rd graders get to have. We ❤ them!

Caperucita Roja nos visitó hoy para compartir acerca de la grandiosidad de los libros y la lectura. Gracias por todas las bolsas de libros Raising a Reader que cada uno de nuestros estudiantes de 1er a 3er grado recibieron. ¡Los ❤s!

Our 1st graders are showing off their pearly whites 😁

Nuestros estudiantes del 1er grado mostrando sus perlas blancas 😁

We ❤ our Sutter Health Novato Community Hospital nurses, Brenda and Sara. Thanks for teaching all of us this week about the importance of dental health.

Nosotros ❤ a nuestras enfermeras de Sutter Health Novato Community Hospital, Brenda y Sara. Gracias por enseñarnos a todos esta semana acerca de la importancia de la salud dental.

Last week every grade engaged in fabulous experiences! Check out our newsletters for each grade to learn more about what we're up to...

¡La semana pasada nos involucramos en experiencias fabulosas! Echa un vistazo a nuestros boletines para cada grado y aprender mas sobre las cosas que estamos haciendo...

Thank you Google volunteers for all the ❤ you gave to our Novato Unified School District students and the Hamilton Meadow Park School. The Google volunteers made the edible garden and reading area look amazing (and the kids loved reading in it after). It was a great day with all the volunteers and the kids loved helping. THANK YOU!!!

Gracias a los voluntarios de GOOGLE por todo el ❤ que le brindaron a los estudiantes Novato Unified School District y la escuela Hamilton. Los voluntarios de Google hicieron que el jardin comestible y el area de lectura se vieran fabulosos (y a los niños les gusto leer en el). Fue un gran dia con todos los voluntarios y a los niños les gusto ayudar. ¡¡¡GRACIAS!!!

Every morning at Camp University we exercise with My School in Motion. This is such a great way to come together as a community and to get our brains ready for all the fun learning we will do for the day. Please come join us and exercise along with your child. We love for our families to participate!

Todas las mañanas en Camp University hacemos ejercicio con My School in Motion. Esta es una gran manera de unirnos como comunidad y de tener nuestros cerebros listos para todo el aprendizaje divertido que haremos durante el día. Por favor venga a unirse a nosotros y hacer ejercicio junto con su hijo. ¡Amamos cuando nuestras familias participan!

This summer at Camp University we are focusing on one of Novato Unified School District's 6 C's: COLLABORATION. Ask your camper to sing you our Collaboration song and show you our Collaboration gesture. For more information, you can also check out our Collaboration rubric. Our students will be especially focused on the Collaboration domain of "Helping my Team to Be Successful."

Este verano en Camp University nos enfocamos en una de las 6 C's del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Novato: COLABORACIÓN. Pídale a su campista que le cante nuestra canción de Colaboración y le muestre nuestro gesto de Colaboración. Para obtener más información, también puede consultar nuestra rubrica de Colaboración. Nuestros estudiantes estarán especialmente enfocados en el dominio de colaboración de "Ayudar a mi equipo para tener éxito".

Check out all the fabulous things we've done in each grade during our first week at Camp University!

¡Echa un vistazo a las cosas fabulosas que hemos hecho en cada grado durante nuestra primera semana en Camp University!

How would you protect a structure from the erosive effects of water and wind? Ask a 3rd grade Engineer Camper for some ideas.

¿Cómo protegería una estructura contra los efectos erosivos del agua y el viento? Pregunte a su Ingeniero/a Campista del 3er grado por algunas ideas.

Way to go 4th and 5th graders for persevering with your engineering challenge of building levees to protect New Orleans!

¡Asi se hace! Los estudiantes del 4to y 5to grado perseveraron con su desafío de ingeniería de la construcción de diques para proteger Nueva Orleans!

Our 2nd graders are getting ready to show off their communication, collaboration, vocabulary, and engineering skills as they design tools to communicate.

Nuestros estudiantes de 2do grado se están preparando para mostrar su comunicación, colaboración, vocabulario y habilidades de ingeniería a medida que diseñan herramientas para comunicarse.