October 2019 – Clairbourn School News

With an infectious laugh and effervescent personality, Taryn Johnson, Class of 2000, simply glows. Now that her daughter Harper is enrolled in the kindergarten class at Clairbourn, it marks five generations here.

The family history dates back to the mid-1940s when Taryn’s great-grandmother, Lola Wallden, started her career as a school bus driver and retired in 1982 as the Assistant Head of School. Taryn’s grandmother, Beverly Thomson, was the preschool and kindergarten teacher from 1971 until the year 2000. Taryn’s mother, Jodie Robison, is also an alum of the school and worked in the finance office for years.

Sayra Rubio, the preschool teacher at Clairbourn School, is willing to do whatever it takes to inspire her students! She recently completed her first skydive on Sunday, October 6, 2019, in order to give a first-hand account of the experience to her students and answer their questions about what it was like to descend to earth by parachute.

For over a month, preschoolers at Clairbourn have been involved in a STEM activity called “The Parachute Plunge” designed to teach the scientific principles that make parachutes work. Students learned about surface area, properties of materials, and air resistance/drag effect, all of which combine to work in opposition to gravity.

Parachute Plunge – Clairbourn Preschool Teacher Skydives for Student STEM Lesson
Sayra Rubio, the preschool teacher at Clairbourn School, is willing to do whatever it takes to inspire her students! She recently completed her first skydive on Sunday, October 6, 2019, in order to give a first-hand account of the experience to her students who are studying and building parachutes.

Clairbourn School’s preschool teacher Sayra Rubio took her first skydiving jump to inspire her students building parachutes for their STEM studies.

Month: October 2019

Alumni Legacy Family: Taryn Johnson, Class of 2000 – Five Generations at Clairbourn School

Parachute Plunge – Clairbourn Preschool Teacher Skydives for Student STEM Lesson

Parachute Plunge – Clairbourn Preschool Teacher Skydives for Student STEM Lesson