PE Update: Some Pain, A Lot of Gain
When your workplace involves dynamic action, flying projectiles, and blistering speed, there are bound to be some bumps and bruises. Though we never like to see one of our students get hurt, learning to deal with injuries is part of physical education and an opportunity for growth and insight.
Los diseñadores de modas de séptimo grado
Seventh grade Spanish students are learning about clothing in the context of Guatemalan culture and traditions. Inspired by the Mayan attire, students designed a style they believe would be a perfect mix of Guatemalan-style clothing and their favorite clothing.
Arts Update: Fourth Graders Learn Programming Basics
For the past few weeks students in fourth grade have become familiar with the micro:bit and the programming environment used to control it.
Eighth Grade Studies Cell Reproduction
Eighth grade science students have had a busy week diving into the topics of asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, and the process of meiosis through a series of discussions, videos, and comparisons to what they learned about mitosis in seventh grade.
Community Is at The Center of Lesson for Fifth Grade
This week in humanities, the fifth graders have been focused on community. We’ve been discussing what community means to us and how we can be positive community members.
Arts Update: Sixth Graders Improvise Family Portraits
Sixth graders have been learning all about the art of improv in their theater arts intensive. In this activity entitled “Family Portrait,” each group came up one at a time and was given a title for a picture that revolves around a type of family.
Arts Update: Sixth Graders Improvise Family Portraits
Sixth graders have been learning all about the art of improv in their theater arts intensive. In this activity entitled “Family Portrait,” each group came up one at a time and was given a title for a picture that revolves around a type of family.
Pre-kindergartners Create Giant New Dinosaur Sculpture and Friend
Measuring 71 inches tall, 13 feet long, and three feet wide and taking over six weeks to complete, the pre-kindergartners are proud to share a completed Giganotosaurus sculpture! Grown from a love of dinosaurs, this project started as an example of an emergent curriculum that ultimately flowed into our spring sculpture curriculum. While the final result is truly a phenomenal showcase, the process and learning behind the product is where the true magic lies.
Arts Update: Fourth Grade Quilt Project
Students in fourth grade art class just completed their hand-sewn quilts inspired by an investigation of African American quilting traditions. Students learned about the Gee’s Bend quilting tradition from rural Alabama that began in the 1800s and is still vibrant today. Beginning as a necessity, these fabric artworks have emerged as an American art form.
Arts Update: Improv Sets Off Some Wild Stories
In our eighth grade theater intensive, the students learned about acting and empathy and then wrote monologues from a shoe’s perspective. They next analyzed a scene adapted from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They also created an original set design for the scene. At the end of the intensive, we learned to say “yes” and build on each others’ ideas in a series of improvisation games. Two favorites were “The Worst Day Ever” and “Late to Work.” In the first game, everyone has thirty seconds to regale their peers with a description of their worst day ever.
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