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Vinnie’s teaching blog
Hi. Here's the latest assignment. 1. Define the Universe and give three examples. 2. Watch this episode of Planet Earth (show everyone how to make a link) 3. Write a 1-page essay on the Defenestration of Prague and email it to me.
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Letters from kindergarten students to new students
Teacher Arielle Lane asked the kindergarten students to write letters to the next class, to tell them what they should know about the class. Enjoy these two!
Deep Appreciation of Our Donors
We’re revamping the site, so were going back year-by-year 2019-20 Donation of Funds LCA Families ● Ananya & Sanjoy Banik ● Andre Pattantyus ● Anonymous ● Anthony & Lisa Siino ● Audrey & Ugonna Ezeh ● Bleu Knight ● Carolyn Bowman ● Charlotte &...
Yes, our students learn cursive
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...
Young students learning flower structure and function
Our third-graders have been learning science all along. Here are two drawings of flowers, labeled by name and function.
Distance education in Chinese
Our incredibly effective Chinese program continues in distance-education mode. Teacher Yulin Zhang meets with students on Zoom. She also gives them assignments in ClassDojo, including quizzes to take on Quizlet. Students are in 5 groups by level of advancement in...
Distance education – computer programming
Zoom meetings in computer programming have advantages: all the students get carried along in the lesson very well, seeing every step in programming. All the students and teacher Vince Gutschick share a screen. One of us is set as host. He or she runs the program...
Science grades 5-8: home experiments and Zoom
Our six students in the science 5-8 class meet three times a week on Zoom for far-ranging discussions... and to show their results of their home experiments growing sunflowers hydroponically. Some of the discussions start from sections in the book we've used at time,...
Distance education, part 2!
Our early kindergarten / kindergarten class celebrated Earth Day. Teacher Arielle Lane provided materials and the students took it from there. Gabby planted beans, Evan made a bird feeder from a recycled bottle, Errol made a worm house, Obi was joined by his older...