In Studio Art 6, the kids are deeply engaged in a unit PBL with the driving question, “How do we, as architects, design new buildings to solve existing problems in our communities?” The students were able to spend time with architect Mr. Mark Thaler and view real...
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Focus on Fitness
Every year, all middle school students participate in the fitnessgram assessments during their physical education class. These assessments are a great tool for students to develop an understanding of their own personal fitness levels. This past week, students...
As I walk the halls…
In 6th grade, students have been working on an essay in Social Studies comparing two Bronze Age Greek cultures. In Mrs. Segar's math class, students have been working the past two weeks on their "How can I relate to a million and a billion?" PBL. Finally, in Science,...
Message from Kathy Christoph, MS Principal
Folks, D-E recently hosted two notable authors as part of the Parents’ Association BookTalk 2016 event. Ms. Julie Lythcott-Haims (“How to Raise An Adult…”) and Ms. Jessica Lahey, ("The Gift of Failure") spoke to our students, our faculty and our parent body. Read More...
REMINDERS & SHOUT-OUTS
Our Middle School students have a wonderful opportunity to see their work published. Open Roads, our literary magazine, is looking for poetry and narrative fiction or non-fiction no longer than 2 pages, double-spaced and photography or fine-art (drawings, paintings,...
SPECIALISTS’ CORNER
As we know, middle school is a time of growing minds and increased awareness of the world around us. Something as simple as turning out the light and going to bed may suddenly feel like a challenge to your adolescent. Similar to how we helped our very young children...
HEALTH & WELLNESS UPDATE
This past Monday during morning meeting, the Health and Wellness team presented their March wellness theme. The theme entitled "March Madness: Swoosh Your Stress Away" focuses on the benefits of exercise as a tool for stress relief. Students volunteered to read...
ARTS CLASSES OVERVIEW
Our Arts classes continue to offer our students rich, robust experiences that stretch each child in creative thinking, doing, and performing. Drama 7: Students are finishing up theatre terminology. They will soon engage in a backstage tour and lesson with our DE...
GRADE LEVEL HAPPENINGS
In Grade 8, students in English classes are wrapping up their study of To Kill A Mockingbird and continuing to refine topic sentences and thesis statements. Students are also learning grammatical concepts in order to help increase the specificity of their arguments,...
MESSAGE FROM KATHY
Folks: Wow: the level of activity here in the Middle School continues to be of high quality with plenty of intellectual challenges and academic experiences for every student! As we head into Spring Break, I share below some of the good stuff that I get to see every...