This is an example of monthly progress submitted for a Cascade 5th grader. Families of K-8 in person students are responsible for reporting monthly progress on home learning. Everyone's progress looks different at Cascade.
Math
- Middle school math club weekly on Mondays
- Cascade/SHG chess club on Mondays, 2 chesses on Saturdays, other chesses throughout the week
- AoPS Algebra A - will bring printouts of April progress for evidence.
Multidisciplinary Reno/Tahoe Trip
- Traveled to Reno and Tahoe to visit cousins.
- Participated in April 16 protest from Carson City (Nevada's Capitol City.)
- Much social emotional learning (for all!!!) from spending time with a large neurodivergent group with conflicting needs and wants.
- Improvised skits with cousins
- Went to Science Museum in Reno
Arts:
- Alonzo King LINES Ballet at UW Meany Hall (free field trip!)
- Lara Downes live music performance at Meany Hall (arranged by Teacher Laurie!!)
- Listened to lots of other protest music as inspired by Woody Guthrie sing along at Lara Downes performance
PE:
- Weekly climbing class at Vertical World
- Tried climbing at a new gym in Reno
- Weekly gymnastics class at SGA Ballard
- Swim lessons through Little Fish Swim School
Science:
- Biochemistry Literacy for Kids: finished course! Bringing full notebook of handouts for evidence.
- Carkeek Park Salmon Release Field Trip: Scavenger hunt with friends to find boxes with beads in them. Before opening each box they answered a question about the salmon lifecycle. They also got to release a salmon fry from the bucket that Lily brought to the park into the imprint pond and give it fish wishes for its journey!
- UW Astrobiology Program's 25th Anniversary Lecture Series (free lectures at UW!)
- April 9, 2025 – “From the Deep Ocean to Deep Space" Dr. Rika Anderson, UWAB Graduate 2013, Associate Professor of Biology at Carleton College
- April 16, 2025 – “Exploring Mars with the Perseverance Rover“ Dr. Ken Williford, UW Astrobiology Program Graduate 2007, Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
- Science podcasts
- Brains On
- Radiolab
- Shortwave
- Science Vs.
ELA:
- Created a logic puzzle from scratch
- Reading for pleasure
- The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science. Kate McKinnon. Audiobook. (65% complete)
- Max in the House of Spies. Adam Gidwitz. Audiobook.
- Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- Philosophy For Beginners
- Law For Beginners
- Money For Beginners
- Podcasts
- NPR Sunday Puzzle
- Whose Amazing Life
- Smash Boom Best
Social Studies/History/Economics/Ethics:
- April 5 Hands Off Rally at Seattle Center
- Read booklet about the constitution and bill of rights
- Made a sign
- Participated!
- Brought a friend!
- Studied issues
- Talked to people at all the tables about issues and collected stickers
- Wrote a postcard to DOGE
- Everett Boeing Factory Tour
- Learned about the history of Boeing in the PNW
- Learned about self flying taxis!
- Learned about Bernoulli's Principle and got to experiment with it! (Very fun)
- Toured the HUGE factory (longest hallway ever, loudest tour guide ever, strangest accent from a NW native ever)
- National Constitution Center Zoom
- The Day the Revolution Began: Lexington and Concord at 250. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, historians Rick Atkinson, Mary Beth Norton, and Rosemarie Zagarri explore the events leading to the first shots of the American Revolution, the battles themselves, and the colonists’ response to this pivotal moment in history.
- Podcasts
- Throughline
- Consider This
- TED Radio Hour
- Planet Money/The Indicator from Planet Money
- Forever Ago
- Short & Curly Ethics Podcast
