Dear Readers, Students recently finished our origin themed novels, and their final projects showed such creativity and intention. While a few students chose to write short stories, many chose to create a piece of artwork. I am sharing the artwork here, but I encourage families to ask their student to read them their story if they wrote one. It was engaging to see how they interpreted the writing prompts. The three options within the reading groups included: Graffiti Art - Res

Pairs of students are given budgets and must shop for a week's worth of groceries. Some pairs have an abundance of finances while others are unable to meet basic needs. Between middle school diving into a unit on the Great Depression and Sustainability beginning with global goal, SDG 2 - Zero Hunger, students have been immersed in the topic of need. Through photography, engaging activities, and field trips, students have explored various elements of the Great Depression. In a

This past Thursday, the middle school visited Common Ground at Allison Creek for a historical field trip. While the story dates back to...

We are all schoolmasters, and our schoolhouse is the universe. To attend chiefly to the desk or schoolhouse while we neglect the scenery...

Hello Dear Readers, Middle school has been incredibly busy these past few weeks! We: attended a showing of Landfill Harmonic at The...

Here's how the day takes shape for our middle schoolers and how these students put our values into action in and outside the calssroom.

Welcome back to the loft after a long break for all the holidays! It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks - a week of school .... wait .......

Dear Readers, I have a confession. I have no pictures to share, not because we have been boring, but because we have been present . So,...

Dear Readers, I hope November has ushered in a sense of all things cozy for you as it has here in middle school. Hot chocolate Fuzzy...

I wanted to share a quick blog about a unique project middle school is creating over the course of the school year. It started at the...

Middle school just completed their unit study introducing forms of government, which partnered with their sustainability unit study of...

Dear Readers, I wanted to take just a minute to share one aspect of our learning experience in middle school that may often get...

Hello Readers, It's been a jam-packed first three weeks in middle school! Students are settling in to a routine, and the teachers are...

At the beginning of the school year, middle school started our three year cycle diving into seventeen global goals, AKA the UN's...

It is now June, the dust on the most recent school year is settling, and students could be anywhere in the world - literally - right...

Only the most masterful artists can capture the nuances and feelings of a precious moment in time. Over our three-day adventure, we had...

Two weeks ago our middle schoolers presented in front of the Charlotte International Cabinet. They addressed the following question: How...

Poetry and Basketball.... Do they REALLY go together?!? Every March the world loses its mind over March Madness, and in middle school we...

Dear Readers, It's been a bit since we've last connected, and so much has happened! Just to highlight a few biggies: The middle schoolers...

Dear Readers, It's been a couple of weeks since we've spoken, and so much has been swirling around in the attic of DGS. We're a busy...