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Bringing Local Crops to the Classroom
There’s nothing like hands on learning to help students remember and relate to what’s being taught in the classroom. Currently, our third grade students are learning about local agriculture and farming. We’re lucky to live in Butte County for lots of reasons, one of those is our bounty of local agriculture. Rice, olive oil, nuts,…
Read MoreRecipes from the CCDS Kitchen
Click below for links to recipes used in our elective and after school cooking classes Mexican Street Corn – recipe courtesy of Foolproof Living
Read MoreThe Almost Daily Press
Click below to read the latest edition of The Almost Daily Press, our student-led news publication December 21, 2022
Read MoreThe Making of Artists: Inside the CCDS Art Studio
Welcome to the Art Studio at Chico Country Day School! This is the first article in a series highlighting the art program at CCDS, written by our art teacher, Judie Hall. We’re proud to offer a robust art program at our school and recognize this is not always the case. According to a recent article…
Read MoreDesign for Belonging: Celebrating Community at CCDS
Here we are, two months into the new school year. Take a moment to pat yourself on the back for starting strong and patiently navigating the school pick up line (we hope). To say there’s a lot of planning that happens before we officially open the gates on the first day of school is an…
Read MoreThe Almost Daily Press
Enjoy this latest edition of The Almost Daily Press, our student-led news publication September 28, 2022
Read MoreCGI Math: A Teacher’s Approach to Mathematic Confidence
By Christine Stedman, 2nd Grade Teacher at CCDS As a teacher, using Cognitively Guided Instruction in my classroom has been unbelievably rewarding. Before being introduced to this way of teaching math, my classroom lessons consisted of me standing up in front of the classroom with all of my students on the same workbook page with…
Read MoreThe Almost Daily Press
The Almost Daily Press is back for the 2022-23 school year! Our middle school newspaper elective students have returned to the writing room, bringing readers a unique glimpse into student life – from a middle schoolers perspective. This first edition features student interviews and polls, opinion pieces, a restaurant review, and a book review that…
Read MoreQuestions From Our Community: Project Based Learning
Q: How is Project-Based Learning different from what I experienced in school? I’ll have to answer with some generalizations about schools over the past 30 years or so, but maybe your experience was different. In the 90’s, the push toward high-stakes testing and No Child Left Behind really created a lot of schools that were…
Read MoreQuestions From Our Community: The Graduate Profile
Q: I’ve been hearing about a CCDS Graduate Profile. Can you tell me why we’re doing this and what it is? A: A graduate profile is a document that visually displays the cognitive, personal, and interpersonal competencies that students should have when they graduate – skills they will carry with them beyond their school years. It…
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