The Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) has released its latest Tahoe Nature Activity Book. It will be distributed to every student in Grades 3 through 5 in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District and made freely available to other schools and districts in the Truckee-Tahoe region. The book helps enhance the current science curriculum with fun and challenging activities centered around the natural wonders of Lake Tahoe. Topics include “How to Draw A Western Tanager,” “Tahoe’s Rockin’ Geology,” and “Tahoe at Night.”
“We’ve been really deliberate about making sure that the content lines up with Next Generation Science Standards and the topics that Tahoe teachers are actually covering in their classrooms,” says TINS co-founder and executive director, Will Richardson. “It’s just one of the many ways we hope to help assist Tahoe educators, while inspiring a love of the natural world in children.”
Edna Swartz
It is indisputable that kindness as human virtue is in too short supply and too little used these days. Sometimes we wonder how we can heal our seemingly insurmountable divides. Let me posit a single word: Kindness.
Over the past five weeks, you have demonstrated kindness to the teachers and staff the two school districts that serve the South Shore by submitting over shout-outs and donating little gifts to celebrate with. Our educators have worked so hard this year and we took a moment to say thank you. These are the things that make Tahoe not just a wonderful place to live, but a wonderful place to call home. Sometimes all it takes is a random act of kindness to change the world, and you have done that!
Parents need to call the school at this time and set up a registration time.
Tahoe Valley Elementary - 530.543.2350
Elevated Digital Learning Academy - 530.541.2850 ext. 1055
A lottery has already been held for kindergarten students wishing to get into the Two-Way Immersion program at Bijou Elementary and at the Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School.
To be eligible for Kindergarten enrollment a child must be five years of age on or before September 1, 2021. If the child turns five years of age between September 1, 2021 and December 2, 2021, they qualify for Transitional Kindergarten (TK); a two-year Kindergarten program located at Tahoe Valley Elementary School.
Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/06/2021 - 9:37am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A new work development program is being created to inspire local youth to pursue career paths in natural resources, forestry, recreation, environment, and related fields. A partnership between the City of South Lake Tahoe s Parks and Recreation Department, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada Alliance has been created to design and implement the work development program.
The program will provide paid positions to about 12 students to serve as Ambassadors in highly visited locations around South Lake Tahoe. The Ambassadors will interact with visitors and share knowledge about the specific natural or historical sites, general information about environmental sensitivities of Tahoe and inspire visitors to be good stewards of Tahoe.
April 6, 2021 - 6:00pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District is holding a vision workshop on Tuesday, April 6 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to participate and help plan the future of the district.
The workshop will be held both in person at the South Tahoe High Student Union and via zoom. Masks are required at the in-person meeting which will abide by all other safety protocols as well including social distancing, signing of COVID waiver, and with maximum occupancy.