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Chinese Autumn Festival 2023

Chinese Autumn Festival 2023

September 29th was the Autumn Festival ((中秋节zhōng qiū jié). It is celebrated on August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar. It’s a holiday for a family reunion on a full moon day that represents full, completeness and abundance. Our students in the sever different levels...

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Students see science as global

Students see science as global

A wide view of science: Science is international, crossing all inhabited continents (well, we can even include Antarctica, given the research going on there, but no one scientist is of Antarctic nationality!). Our grades 6-8 science teacher, Dr. Vince Gutschick,...

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Our New Year

Our New Year

Welcome to the new year.  All of our families who could make it came to the potluck dinner on Friday, August 18th. We’d just finished our third day of regular classes.  This was a good time for everyone to mix, meeting new families and renewing friendships. We segued...

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Academics and fun finish the school year

Academics and fun finish the school year

Our students and teachers packed a great deal into April and May. Each activity gets a link, or a story below: STEM Day, April 1, Saturday: our students presented their fun studies Students took the national tests, the Iowa Assessments, and do...

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Students excel in national tests

Students excel in national tests

In the mornings of several days in mid-April all of our students in grades K-7 took the Iowa Assessments, Form E, a national standard exam covering many aspects of English, math, science, and social science. In each subject area each student achieved a rank as a...

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Students present one-act plays

Students present one-act plays

On Saturday, May 6th, students in grades 4-7 presented three polished and amusing plays. They had practiced in theater club after school and on Saturdays for several months. Siblings, parents, teachers, and friends packed the gallery room that we turned into a little...

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Seeing historic Fort Selden

Seeing historic Fort Selden

On Friday, April 28th, our 1st- and 2nd-graders enjoyed a field trip out to Fort Selden. This site was a campground for Spanish soldiers in the late 1500s, then a Confederate Army post in 1861, and finally, a US Army post from 1865 until its abandonment in 1891....

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Student writing

Student writing

Yes, writing, for both content and style (beautiful cursive). Students in grades 1 through 7 in the English and writing classes of teacher Elizabeth Brasher wrote poems and essays on diverse topics. Many used the elegant cursive that teachers Lou Ellen Kay and Arielle...

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How we stand out as a school

How we stand out as a school

Our students all know each other, across grades, and they treat each other well. They come from the US and from 9 other nations of Africa, Asia, and Europe.  Classes are small, 15 students or fewer. On the national Iowa Assessments in 2022 23% of our students scored...

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