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February 6, 2017: A Tilden snow day is a so-much-fun day!
For those students who could safely get to school during Seattle’s recent snow storm, our playground was a winter wonderland filled with friends. Snow forts, snowmen, and snowballs were the main...
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February 14, 2017: Valentine’s Day
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Tilden parents throw the best parties; Thus, we owe them a huge THANK YOU! Face painting, mini marshmallow races, balloons, cookie decorating, craft projects, treats,...
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February 21-23, 2017: IslandWood
Tilden’s fifth-grade class spent three days and two nights at IslandWood, an environmental sciences school in the woods on Bainbridge Island. The program provides exceptional learning experiences with...
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March 13, 2017: Tilden Learning Celebration
Tilden students-turned-tour-guides hosted their families for an evening to reflect on all they’ve learned thus far this year. From classroom to library, computer lab to hallway displays, every student...
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Jacob Lawrence at the Seattle Art Museum–2nd and 3rd grade field trip
Tilden’s second and third grade art history classes recently enjoyed a trip to Seattle Art Museum to see the special exhibit Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series. This series of 60 paintings was...
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March 22, 2017: Northwest Opera in Schools
“That was my first opera!” beamed fifth-grader Nessa. She, along with Tilden’s entire student body, was treated to a fully-staged adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffman,” presented by...
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April 12, 2017: Aviation Learning Center at the Museum of Flight
Please fasten your seat belts as we take off into a new learning adventure! Tilden’s fifth-graders attended ground school, plotted their flights, conducted their preflight checks (with a real Cirrus...
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April 18, 2017: Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor at the Pacific...
Lucky Seattle, hosting the world premiere of artifacts from the First Imperial Dynasty of China! The fourth- and fifth-graders witnessed real figures from the terracotta army, along with over 100...
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Spring Concert 2017
Nearly eight months of hard work by Tilden faculty and students culminated in our spring choral concert at the Hall at Fauntleroy. After a light-hearted family singalong, rounds, folk, and silly songs...
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Poem in your Pocket Day 2017
Poem in your Pocket Day is a beloved tradition at Tilden. Adults and children celebrate, bringing poems for sharing with each other. Throughout the day, poems are pulled from pockets and shared in the...
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June 7, 2017: Twelfth Night
A love triangle in the tropics sounds like an entertaining tale, and, indeed, the fifth-graders delivered! Duke Orsino wooed Countess Olivia, who wooed Cesario the page, who was really Viola, who fell...
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June 7, 2017: 3, 2, 1, Liftoff!
Launching rockets at Hiawatha Park was the culmination of the fifth-graders’ flight and rocketry studies. Every student’s rocket successfully launched—commendable, as each student built her/his own...
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June 9, 2017: Field Day
A huge THANK-YOU to our hardworking Tilden parents for such a fun and spirited Field Day! At the start, the day was filled with adventure, from firefighter training to exploring our solar system, from...
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September 6, 2017: Welcome Back Picnic
Gathering at Lincoln Park, returning staff and families welcomed new staff and families for a celebratory start to the school year. There were lots of introductions, handshakes, hugs, conversation,...
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October 24, 2017: The U.S.A. Just Got Better!
Yesterday, October 23rd, fifth-grader Thuc and his parents successfully completed their Naturalization Oath Ceremony to become U.S. citizens! So today the fifth grade class celebrated in red, white,...
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October 30, 2017: Pirates Invade Tilden!
Yo-ho-yo-ho, what a merry time we all had at this year’s Halloween Carnival! All hands were on deck as pirates (parents) sailed into Tilden, the Jolly Roger waving high in the wind. With loads of good...
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January 24, 2018: An Intro to Classics
Lucky fifth-graders! Today they enjoyed a very special lesson with Tilden alum Nils Enevoldsen, visiting on break from his graduate program in economics at MIT. Having already read the Iliad and being...
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February 6, 2018: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch
Tilden students gathered to watch and celebrate the test launch of SpaceX‘s Falcon Heavy rocket. We watched with bated breath as the engine ignited, joined the countdown, cheered at liftoff, watched...
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February 14, 2018: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Tilden parents went all out for this year’s Valentine’s Day parties—typical. Love was in the air, love for our Tilden kiddos, that is. Decorations, games, crafts, and loads of treats were enjoyed by...
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February 2018: Nutrition Classes with Marcy Rebar
Next year the fifth-graders will be off to middle school and greater independence in many ways, including food choices, so we invited dietician Marcy Rebar to share her expertise. The kids learned...
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