A journey, bridge, adventure, the place to be for restoration and reflection: Tumalo Creek: Art Week 1

What REALMS is about

What is REALMS

REALMS is a Hands On Learning Charter School in Central Oregon. We are very different from most schools because we normally do not believe in learning by textbooks and homework (though we do have some). Our purpose is to foster scholarship, strengthen community, and inspire stewardship through active learning.

Here we have a mission, a mission to challenge each other to investigate, understand, and become stewards of the human and natural world around us.

Our Mission

Our Mission

Our mission is to help the process of restoration for Tumalo Creek. Meaning what we did to help restore Tumalo after the Bridge Creek fire. Since the fire was so devastating loggers came and took all of the trees away including the trees that were in the banks. After that there was nothing left. People finally realized that what we are doing to the creek is wrong so they started to fix it. They thought that it would be nice for the schools to get involved and that’s where we come in.

The 8^th grade classes started to get really involved. We replanted trees and most of the riparian vegetation along the side of the creek along with a couple other schools.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Art Week 1

Today at our study site, the class was instructed to shade in what we saw at Tumalo. We took the time to find a piece of nature. Some, including Stacia, drew a leaf, while other choose intricate plants, like Sienna, or a rock by the stream. Instead of outlining an object, we shaded until we were satisfied with our final piece, to become proficient at the shading technique and to look at Tumalo through different lens. Personally I enjoy Stacia's artwork, because she smudged, to give the blurred effect. This was the first week the class visited this study site, we were unfamiliar with the sights, sounds, smells and feel of Tumalo Creek. Art helped us appreciate the small details at Tumalo and become acquainted with this place that we visit each week.