We started out the New Year with Wellness Week, designed and coordinated by our Health and Wellness Department. Throughout the week, students and faculty engaged in a variety of experiences that highlighted the different components of Wellness: physical, emotional,...
In 6th grade, students are learning about themselves through many different lenses during the Identity unit. In Science, they are learning about their genetics and the traits that make them who they are. In English, students are creating a "Where I'm From?" poem using...
Folks, The first semester is over, and the second semester is about to begin. Semester grades will be released next week, and each student will engage in a reflection process in HomeBase about work habits and students skills. This is a powerful moment for home and...
Our Grade 6 students turned into Egyptians earlier this week as they created their vignettes about the various cultural aspects of ancient...
Wellness Week! If your family is like mine, you tend to overeat and under-exercise over the Winter Break. To help re-focus us on positive healthy lifestyles, our Health & Wellness Department is organizing our first Wellness Week to be held from January 4-8. ...
Dear Parents: This January, the 6th grade will take part in our yearly interdisciplinary unit called “The Identity Project.” In this unit, students will begin to explore questions of identity and diversity through six subjects -- math, science, social studies,...
Dec. 7, 2015 Folks, It’s been such an exciting time here in the Middle School these past several weeks. The school days have been filled with all sorts of learning activities, classroom lessons, projects, field trips, special presentations and more. It sure looks...
Folks, It’s hard to believe that November is next week, and with that, we are quickly approaching our first formal written communication about your child’s progress. (Just a reminder: There is no school for your children next Friday, Nov. 6) As you approach the...
Want to know about inverse relationships? You might want to ask one of our 8th grade scientists; they have been measuring the height of shadows throughout the school day and recording the angle of the sun. They are discovering the relationship between the heights of...
In middle school, we continually engage our students in the process of Service Learning, with the aim of helping students learn about ways they may meet the last phrase of our School Mission Statement: “…to meet the challenges of a changing world and make it better”....