May 16, 1974 – May 23, 2012 With great sadness we let you know of the passing of Elyse (Shamah) Robison on May 23, 2012. She was just 38. Elyse was diagnosed with colon cancer in the fall of 2010. She started at Discovery Schoolhouse in the summer of 1995, and Read more…
Play for Its Own Sake An Essay by Brian C. Scheff (C) 2009 During this time of MCAS and high stakes testing for students, parents of young children are becoming increasingly concerned with school readiness and early “academic” learning. Yet, hopefully, even as children’s time is becoming increasingly pre-programmed and Read more…
1995 – July 1, 2009 Jasper died Wednesday morning, July 1, just before arriving at Discovery Schoolhouse. He has been a fixture at the school since 1996. He was 14 years old, which is nearly 100 in “dog years,” so he was, indeed, a very, very old dog. He had Read more…