Seventh Grade English Digs Into First Novel Study For their first novel study of the year, seventh grade students have spent the fall thus far reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm. After spending the past several weeks studying the events in Animal Farm and their allegorical ties to the Russian Revolution,
Our school is extremely proud to be part of Zinefest, a fun and creative event on Saturday, October 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Watertown Library, 123 Main Street. A number of our middle school students have worked to craft their own collection of zines and will have
Second Graders See Themselves, Classmates In second grade, we have been working on building our community and using our collective intelligence to create norms and guidelines to ensure friendship, fun, and learning for all. After reading This Plus That, Life’s Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, we created our own
PE Update: Don’t Call it a Comeback! Team Teaching Returns We are thrilled to announce an adjustment to our physical education teaching model for this year, which is a return to our roots. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, PE in grades 1 to 5 was co-taught, allowing our department to
PE Update: Gymnastics Scores a Perfect 10 As physical education teachers we pride ourselves on being versatile coaches and incorporating a wide variety of sports into our programming. Yet we have occasional gaps in our expertise (key word: occasional) that might result in certain activities being underrepresented. One such activity
Arts Update: Fifth Graders Rehearse Class Plays Fifth graders are very excited to be performing together on stage in The Princess Plays. One student noted, “We haven’t done a class play since first grade because of COVID!” This week some students worked on coordinating their gestures to enhance their storytelling,
Woodworking Is Rocking for Third Grade! This week, third graders adding the finishing touches on their rocking people. This unique and fun construction helps to introduce students to using coping saws for making curved cuts and demanded slightly more complexity in its building than previous projects. Students, of course, also
The Coolidge Art Studio has been abuzz this week as classes finish artworks and transition to new explorations and challenges with various media. First graders recently completed making paper by hand, and are now learning about architect Zaha Hadid, who will serve as inspiration for their upcoming 3D work. Third
After watching the fourth grade play, Imagine!, first graders were inspired to create their own ribbon dance performances. Emphasis was placed on both freestyle and synchronized segments. The students learned that fluidity and big arm motions helped create the most drama in their dance. This concept piggy-backed perfectly with their
This week was filled with many musical moments. Students thought about a song’s purpose in a songwriting class, played chord progressions on the keyboards, learned new songs from the school musical as an ensemble, and rehearsed (and performed) for our annual Winter Concert. Music served as a thread that connected
on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, due to weather.
