Our pre-kindergarten to grade four physical education students have been on a roll since February break, learning new games, using new materials, and getting into an athletic groove.
Students in the second grade music class completed the woodwind unit this week as they practiced basic resting and playing positions and the notes, B, A, and G on the recorder.
On March 19, we will host Devorah Heitner, Ph.D., author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive and Survive in Their Digital World for workshops with students in grades five to eight and an evening presentation for parents at 6:30 p.m. In preparation for the workshop we invite you to check out this podcast from NPR’s Life Kit
Students Develop Range of Woodworking Skills The woodworking studio teaches lessons across a broad range of students each day. In first grade, students recently completed work on some very colorful pencil holders which they designed and created. Students in grades seven and eight are making progress on learning the intricate art
Mural Helps Set the Scene in Fourth Grade Fourth grade is creating a mural in their classroom, a collaboration between the art teacher and social studies teacher. Earlier this year, the students were given the challenge to create a design for a backdrop for the storytelling corner that is set
First Grade Builds Skills in Woodshop First grade students are finishing up their pencil holder projects. The project encompasses many of the skills that these students have learned since the start of the school year including sawing, nailing, gluing, sanding, and painting. The project further challenged the students by adding
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
Our 2019-20 group of associate teachers have enjoyed the challenges of their first classroom placements through the fall and start of winter and are excited to move to their new assignments on Tuesday, January 21. Please join us welcoming our associates in their new classrooms: Tatiana Cochis will be joining the
Great Energy Heading Into Winter Break If there is one thing we are sure of in physical education, it’s that heading into a break, our students definitely won’t take a break from being physically active. The action has been intense, and they’ve been preparing for it all year, working on
This past week, we marked the first year of the Barn being online as part of the Belmont Day campus. With the construction of the Barn, we included numerous energy efficiencies including a large solar array on the roof. We are pleased to report that after one year of operation, the solar
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