One of the fifth graders’ final projects for the semester will be creating and developing their own wikis based on their reading of The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton. From now until the end of the term, students will use their…
In seventh grade Latin, students have been studying Julius Caesar’s political career, with special attention to his conquest of Gaul (modern-day France) and his failed conquest of Britain. To start, seventh graders explored the pre-existing Celtic cultures in Gaul and…
This semester, seventh grade French students have been exploring the francophone world through presentations on countries where French is spoken, researching culture, climate, population, traditional foods, and notable figures. They also examined the impact of French colonization, learning that while…
On Saturday, March 21, seventeen middle school students took part in a Model UN Conference at Northeastern University. These students were “delegates” of Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Norway, and Rwanda. During the middle school clubs period, they researched their countries and…
This week in sixth grade Latin, students learned about the funerary customs of ancient Romans. Students started by looking at ten different Roman tombs and reading both the Latin inscriptions on the graves as well as English translations to determine…
On Wednesday, you could hear a pin drop in second grade. How is this possible, you might ask? We were holding our 19th annual Read-a-thon! The second graders spent all day reading to raise money in support of Gaining Ground, a…