Odyssey History
In its first year, Odyssey had 50 students in these grades only.
What is first through fourth grades?
This is used to help students solve problems and create shared agreements.
What is the class meeting?
This Odyssey teacher also writes articles for the newspaper.
Who is Anne?
This recess game uses a quadrant layout and was most likely invented in Canada in the 1950's
What is Four Square?
The number of sheets of origami paper Jamie ordered this year.
What is 1500?
(3 packs x 500 sheets = an awful lot of origami)
The number of years that Tricia has been Principal at Odyssey.
What is 4?
The three places that Odyssey 1-6 attend Outdoor Ed.
What is Camp Indianola, NatureBridge and Camp Seymour?
This Odyssey teacher grew up on Bainbrige Island.
Who is Amy?
Name one of the top two issues came up most in our 3/4 class meetings.
What are fidgets and reminders to not discuss playdates, sleepovers and birthday parties in front of others.
The number of students with summer birthdays in our classroom.
What is 7?
37% of our class
The first 7/8 classrooms were located here.
What is Serena and Margretta's rooms?
This new Odyssey tradition was created by Serena this year.
What is March Madness?
This Odyssey teacher is a master gardner who grows all of her familiy's vegetables for the whole year in her backyard garden.
Who is Margretta?
This book series was the most read in our classroom this year.
What is Wings of Fire?
The number of reading and writing curriculums we used in class this year.
What is 3?!!!
(Reading and Writing Workshop, Love that Dog IM unit, and the Myths unit from Wit and Wisdom)
Odyssey was started by this group of people.
Who are parents?
A group of parents started Odyssey in 1996.
Mini-classes are technicaly called this other fancy name.
What are Independent Learning Blocks (ILBs)?
The number of current teachers who have had their own kids attend Odyssey.
What is 6? Liz, Paul, Barry, Anne, Jamie, Siri
(Tricia's children also attended Odyssey)
Airbags have a link to what 3/4 class pastime?
What is origami?
(Airbags are folded up inside using origami techniques)
The number of Blue 3/4 families that experienced at least one person coming down with COVID-19 (that I know of).
What is 9? (or 10 if you include Jamie)
The original name of Odyssey Multiage.
What is The Family Classroom?
The students voted to change it after two years.
These are the 3 ways to earn Ospreys and are the guiding expectations of our K-8 classrooms.
What are the 3 C's?
Care of Self
Care of Others
Care of the Environment
This teacher has taught at Odyssey for 21 years, but has only been full-time for 4.
Who is Paul?
Name at least 5 different 3-minute talks for our classroom.
What are:
Sea otters, dragons, sharks, zodiac signs, slime, baking,
The number of students who missed only one day of school this year.
What is 1? (Ellie)