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Steelhead In the Classroom

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:04:41 +0000

Through “Steelhead in the Classroom” sponsored by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Trout Unlimited, THS students hatch fish eggs in the classroom to learn about the life cycle of Steelhead Trout, experience the value and diversity of aquatic environments, and learn about ecology and classification. Second graders take a close look at the balance that must be met to maintain and preserve our local wetland habitat, as well as how their personal actions impact these valuable resources. As part of the seventh grade Life Science curriculum, THS Upper School students not only better understand genetics, evolution, environmental issues and other biology-related topics, they work with the local non-profit Russian Riverkeepers, and the Russian River watershed to perform field work and do habitat restoration work.

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Emeril Lagasse Discusses Bringing His “Bam” To Bravissimo in Healdsburg in May

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:09:17 +0000

James Beard Award winner chef Emeril Lagasse is coming to Sonoma Wine Country May 17 and 18, and no one could be more excited about it than the management of The Healdsburg School (THS).

That’s because Lagasse is cooking a special Southern-style meal as a fundraiser for the private, independently-run K-8 school in northern Sonoma County, and then, the following evening, is helping host the Bravissimo dinner, dance and auction as another THS fundraiser at the Kendall Jackson Wine Center in Santa Rosa.

As is often the case with such celebrity appearances, guests will pay to play. The headliner dinner is a private affair for 24 guests willing and able to cough up $5,000 per person.

What the menu is, no one knows yet, but the meal will be paired with Kosta Browne wines and served at the Kosta family’s home, with Sonoma County chef Mark Stark assisting in the kitchen (Stark owns Stark Steak & Seafood, Willi’s Wine Bar, Bravas Bar de Tapas, Willi’s Seafood & Raw Bar, and Monti’s Rotisserie & Bar).

The Bravissimo gala is a bit more approachable, at $150 per person, and Lagasse and his wife Alden will also attend, so there’s good opportunity for rubber-necking at the chef, restaurateur, TV personality and author who had the whole world yelling “Bam!” for much too long after debuting The Essence of Emeril on the Food Network in 1994.

Guests wanting to sit at the Bravissimo Chef’s Table with the Big Guy himself, however, will need bigger wallets: tickets for that honor are $1,000 per person. [More...]

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Sip-n-Shop

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:20:06 +0000

For tickets: thsbravissimo.com

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Bravissimo 2013

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:17:05 +0000

For tickets: thsbravissimo.com

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Second Grade News – February 8

Mr. Agnos — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:45:15 +0000

The second graders have been immersed in letter-writing for the past few weeks. We are currently taking part in a project called “Flat Stanley”. The basic idea of the project is to connect the students with friends and family living in other places via letter-writing. Flat Stanley is a 1964 children’s book written by Jeff Brown. It tells the story of a young boy, Stanley Lambchop, who wakes up one morning to find that a bulletin board has fallen on his bed during the middle of the night. Even though he feels okay, he discovers that he is completely flat! He then encounters several unique and humorous situations. During this project, each student created an artistic “likeness” of him/herself. The “likeness” is a small, paper person that resembles the student. The “flat students” were then mailed with accompanying letters, written by the students. Each letter asks the host to take the visitor out and about for one week, while documenting his/her travels with a journal and/or photos. In class, we have documented these travels on our maps of the United States and the World. The “flat students” are due to arrive back to THS in the next few weeks and we look forward to hearing about their adventures.

Please be sure to study your Mandarin. Here is the link to Mrs. Li’s study guide.

Here is a fun picture from our buddy work on Tuesday. Enjoy!

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Fibonacci Sequence

Frederick Isaacs — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:36:36 +0000

In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers or Fibonacci series or Fibonacci sequence are the numbers in the following integer sequence:

(sequence A000045 in OEIS)

or, alternatively,^[1]

By definition, the first two numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are 0 and 1 (alternatively, 1 and 1), and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.

In mathematical terms, the sequence F_n of Fibonacci numbers is defined by the recurrence relation

with seed values^[2]

in the first form, or

in the second form.

The Fibonacci sequence is named after Leonardo of Pisa, who was known as Fibonacci. Fibonacci’s 1202 book Liber Abaci introduced the sequence to Western European mathematics,^[3]although the sequence had been described earlier in Indian mathematics.^[4]^[5]^[6] (By modern convention, the sequence begins either with F₀ = 0 or with F₁ = 1. The Liber Abaci began the sequence with F₁ = 1, without an initial 0.)

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Homework Assignment

Frederick Isaacs — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:30:46 +0000

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Download: THS Winter Program Poster 2012

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Where does it come from?

Frederick Isaacs — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:29:10 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

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Lorem Ipsum

Frederick Isaacs — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:19:58 +0000

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THS Celebrates Halloween Pirates-style

admin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:10:27 +0000

THS students with San Francisco Opera a la Carte

The Healdsburg School marked Halloween with a school parade in the morning and a cooperative performance through the San Francisco Opera Guild’s “Opera a la Carte” program.

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