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Students to Exhibit Their Work at Zinefest in Watertown

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

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Learning Updates for September 11 to 15

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

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Learning Updates for September 6 to September 8

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

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Learning Updates for April 10 to April 14

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

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Learning Updates for March 27 to March 31

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,

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Arts Updates: Woodworking and Music

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

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Arts Update: Transitions in the Studio As New Explorations Abound

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

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Arts Update: First Grade Ribbon Dancers!

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

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Pre-k and kindergarten students sing at the Winter Concert

Arts Update: A Week Filled With Song

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

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A student works on his soft sculpture project

Arts Update: New Soft Sculpture Class Begins

Seventh and eighth graders began their new trimester of arts classes last week. One of the new offerings is a soft sculpture class. Students are working with a variety of materials, including fabric and wool. For their first challenge, students designed a six-sided sculpture made from cloth. After creating a

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By Brittany Conroy, innovation coach |

October 6, 2023

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…

BDS

September 15, 2023

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…

BDS

September 8, 2023

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…

BDS

April 14, 2023

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…

BDS

March 31, 2023

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…

BDS

February 9, 2023

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…

By Anne Armstrong, visual arts teacher and arts coordinator |

January 27, 2023

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…

By Christopher Parsons, theater arts teacher |

January 20, 2023

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…
Pre-k and kindergarten students sing at the Winter Concert

By Kassie Bettinelli, music teacher |

December 16, 2022

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…
A student works on his soft sculpture project

By Kathy Jo Solomon, visual art teacher and sustainability coordinator |

December 9, 2022

Seventh and eighth graders began their new trimester of arts classes last week. One of the new offerings is a soft sculpture class. Students are working with a variety of materials, including fabric and wool. For their first challenge, students…
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