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Welcome
This book is a community effort, written by the teachers, parents and students who were part of the journey which was The Environmental Middle School and Sunnyside Environmental Middle School. We invite you to make your own contributions to this project. The book will be organized into chapters. Some suggested topics: Guidelines
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Tables and Chairs
As the first day of school approached, that first year, we still did not have enough tables and chairs. It was the Friday before Labor Day weekend and still no tables and chairs. There were, of course, hundreds of unused chairs and tables in district buildings but we had no access to them. At last […]
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The First Day of School
The first day of school tumbled out of our collective dreams and landed in an urban school, In Southeast Portland. It was an early September day in 1995, seeds blowing in the wind and the belief that we could create a middle school that would grow hope and kindness in the heart of our students. […]
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