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 8th 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 25, 2012

Week 2 Opening Circle


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Week 2
Opening Circle
REALMS students waiting patiently in an Opening Circle while Mr. Beck
reads an inspiring piece by Janet about a history of Tumalo

In this weeks opening circle we were getting prepared for a fantastic math day. To start it off the teachers told us a brief explanation of the exciting schedule they had prepared, like math and science, this week we got to cross the river! We were all super excited. So after we learned the schedule which included crossing the river and then setting up the collection plot. Mr. Beck started to read an article by Janet Lansburgh, Social Scientist. My favorite line in the article was "Our glorious study site is located in the ever-beating heart of Tumalo Valley." After he read we were so pumped to start the best day ever.
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