Field day 2021

by Leah | May 28, 2021 | News and Events, Uncategorized

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Multi-talented teacher Elizabeth Brasher organized a full day of athletic events – foot races, ball throw, 1-minute basket shooting, and more, including special activities for students in grades early K to...

Experiments in science, grades 6-8, 2020-2021

by Leah | Mar 28, 2021 | News and Events, Uncategorized

The science experiments we ran in Science 6-8 this academic year, 2020-2021 (up to March) – real hands-on learning, and minds-on learning at the same time. Our students have learned to be thorough, careful, and questioning. Classes run from 1:50 PM to 2:50 PM, four...

Poetry by our kindergarteners & early kindergarteners

by Leah | Mar 8, 2021 | News and Events

Week of 1-5 March 2021.  Our kindergarteners and early kindergarteners are learning elements of poetry.  New teacher Katie Bushma has them imagining and writing. Some poems were composed on the whiteboard, some on paper; some were “blackout poetry,” using a random...

Celebrating the new Year of the Ox

by Leah | Feb 15, 2021 | News and Events

February 15th, 2021: It’s another new year, this time in the Chinese lunar calendar.  Our students enjoy learning Mandarin Chinese under the vibrant teaching of Yulin Zhang.  It’s fun to dress in beautiful, traditional costumes and parade. In addition to...

Sodium in water experiment -finale

by Leah | Dec 13, 2020 | News and Events, Science 6-8 2022

11 December 2020: students in our grades 6-8 science class finished a series of experiments with a dramatic show for the younger students. Teacher Vince Gutschick bought sodium metal online after the students and he planned a series of experiments on reaction rates. ...

Yes, our students learn cursive

by Leah | May 1, 2020 | Distance ed, News and Events

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Learning cursive writing is important – for taking notes, for signing documents, for reading such historic documents as the Declaration of Independence.  Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our Head of School, has been teaching cursive to all our students.  Here are a couple of...