Month: February 2016

Gentle Reminders

Our school day officially begins at 8:10. That means children should be in their first period classroom/assignment with their materials at hand and ready to engage in the day’s activity. Please help your child arrive at school in a timely manner so s/he can go to...

Middle School Happenings

Middle School Happenings

Studio art 6 students have wrapped up the art portion of the Identity Unit by piecing together their self-portraits to form the beautiful quilt on display on the second floor of Umpleby.  Currently 6th graders are exploring the potential of clay by using additive and...

Grade Level Happenings

Grade Level Happenings

In 6th grade we finished up a very successful Identity Unit with an assembly on Feb. 4th. The assembly highlighted their hard work in each class from the DENN project in Social Studies to the Self-Portraits in art, to name a few. Following the assembly the...

Message from Kathy

Folks, I trust your sons and daughters enjoyed their long weekend. Yesterday, the entire Middle School faculty and I were engaged in a workshop with a presenter from the nationally-renowned Buck Institute for Education group. This was a type of...