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Arts News, January 9

Susan Dempsey, Theater Arts Teacher
January 9, 2020

Fifth Grade Rehearses for Class Play

The fifth grade got right back to work after the break and are rehearsing for their class play, The Reluctant Dragon. This week, in addition to learning their lines and perfecting their characters, the students began learning the blocking of the play’s scenes. The Reluctant Dragon will be performed on Friday, January 31 at 8:50 a.m. in the Palandjian Arts Center. We hope to see you then!

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By Sarah Pikcilingis, seventh grade math teacher |

October 9, 2026

A seemingly simple warm-up exercise in a recent seventh grade math class posed the question, “For each pair of shapes, decide whether or not they are the same.” This warm-up should take 2 or 3 minutes. Instead, when they checked…
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What is energy? Where does the energy in roller coaster cars come from? Does a coaster’s height affect its speed? These are some of the questions fourth graders are asking in science class. To answer these questions, students have been…
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Students in eighth-grade English read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders over the summer and have spent the first few weeks of school engaging in discussions to deepen their thinking and perhaps expand their perspectives on the book’s themes. They also have…
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