Welcome to the 24-25 School Year! 

¡Bienvenidos al año escolar 24-25!

Thank you, Vashon Partners In Education!

A grant from Vashon PIE made it possible to purchase tea plants for our 7th grade Humanities students.  The seventh grade curriculum focuses on global trade routes such as the Silk Road. One of the main commodities was tea. The history of tea itself tells us much about medieval technology, the exchange of ideas and how the medieval world was actually far more connected than one might anticipate. This grant allowed us to purchase one mature tea plant (Camellia sinensis) for each section of 7th grade Social Studies along with the tools to prune and dry our own tea. This will enable kids to dig into the history of the product that has shaped our world from the early trade routes, America’s rebellion from the British to the modern day Milk Tea Alliance. Students will gain an appreciation of the process of cultivating tea as well as cultural practices around the tea service. This means our students will have the opportunity to engage in deeply held cultural practices all the way from China to South Africa.