Mueller Charter School Blog

As some of you may or may not know, our first graders have been working on understanding the many different types of habitats that people and/or animals live in. We have been working on knowing our 7 continents and viewing many videos and pictures of them in class. We have also been hearing stories about each continent and the habitats that exist there. Along with our studies we have been working on making a visual representation of the different habitats and writing short stories to go along with our artwork. As many of you may not know, last Tuesday we took our students out to experience the continent of Africa at The Wild Animal Park. Like our fellow 6th graders, we quickly discovered that nature was our classroom; whether it’s on a hike learning about the animals around the park and their habitats, standing by the water ways watching a great variety of birds, walking along wooden bridges afraid that we just may not make it across, sitting in a giant egg, or just enjoying a lunch with friends and our classroom parents as we look out onto the beautiful grassland areas below us, our students were learning, writing, and loving this amazing experience as being one with the animals surrounding us. This is a trip we are sure we will not soon forget!

Your friends,

Dawn Wold, Gina Drew, Gretchen Donais, Bertha Ortega, and Heather Naddour

Dear Mueller Familia,

We are reaching the end of Day 2 during this year’s Los Angeles College Week (LACW) and we are “pleasantly exhausted” (Mr. Knox’s words). Thus far our students have been nothing short of amazing and have done an incredible job of representing themselves, their families, friends, and our school.  If you were here with us, you too would be proud of our 8th graders!!!

Mueller Staff just finished debriefing the day and they are on their way to Group Meetings with their respective students.  The purpose of our Group Meetings is to create a space for our students to reflect on their experiences after each day.  Perhaps these groups will discuss the impact that the Museum of Tolerance had on their understanding of prejudice or social justice, perhaps these groups will share how powerful it was to have a guided tour by a USC student who grew up in Chula Vista - just like them, perhaps they will talk about how incredible it was for them to stand a few inches away from Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting “Water Lilies” at the Getty Museum or maybe they’ll just talk about how cool it was to stay in a hotel room with their BFF’s.  It’s difficult to say which experience will hold the most value for our students, but we feel confident in saying that they’ve had an incredible time here in Los Angeles.  Needless to say, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed ourselves too.  

Here’s to making college dreams happen!

Your 2009 Los Angeles College Week Chaperones