Familiar Ground: Traditions That Build School Community

This book shows how Greenfield Center School, NEFC's K-8 laboratory school, uses traditions like all school meetings, mixed-age games, and partner lunches to create a strong sense of whole-school community. Descriptions of the traditions are accompanied by guidelines for implementing these traditions in other settings.

Table of Contents

• Greetings: Morning Meeting Greetings/Back-to-School
• All-School Meeting: Making All-School meeting Work/Fun All-School Contests/Favorite Songs for All-School Meetings
• All-School Games: Making All-School Games Safe and Fun/Choosing Games for Mixed-Age Groups
• Mountain Day Conferences/First Week Greetings
• Magic Penny Ceremony
• Graduation: Making it Special