This is the beginning of something special.  From the very first day of school, there was a wonderful energy in our Upper Elementary...

For our peace circle yesterday, upper elementary students researched Tibetan Prayer Flags. The flags carry mantras including peace,...

As you can imagine, we've talked a lot about grief this year. After we came back from the February break, the children honored me with...

These kids have been weaving since January using a peg loom. They chose the colors and Mr. Matt provided materials and set us up in the...

Q: What do you get when you mix art, math and geometry, geography, science, engineering, research and current events together? A: Upper...

This year, spring began on March 19th, a day earlier than usual.  Why?  It’s a leap year!  This gave upper el students the opportunity to...

Students recently shared their book report projects with their classmates. Everyone read a book of choice and selected a project they...

On Fridays, UE typically focuses our morning writing on gratitude. Last Friday, we turned that into a rainbow. What are we grateful for?...

Last week we welcomed Ms. Paula to our classroom for a special lesson. We learned about climates and food harvesting. In our discussion...

On most Thursdays, Upper Elementary writes thank you letters to friends and family. Today, they were given the assignment of writing...

Protest (verb) - to make a formal declaration of opinion and usually of objection or complaint Upper Elementary has come into contact...

Maria Montessori wrote the above titled book. A key aspect that came from her observations of children is that children seek growth...

This past Friday, we visited the Whitewater Center. Our experience included ropes courses, zip-lines and an engineering class. Before...

One of my favorite places to observe our DGS students is in the woods. Once we pass the cottage, everyone seems lighter. A deeper sense...

One of the wonderful things about the Montessori materials for math is that the students are able to revisit a materials in new ways. ...

Tiny and mighty - this week AND Upper El! We had such a fun and productive three days to start the school year. The kids were...

These last two weeks in Upper El have been a lot of fun working on our final engineering project and getting ready for the end of our...

Starting last week, UE began their final Science & Engineering project: Light it Up! This year has been all about energy and how...

Last week, upper elementary headed to the hills. When they arrived, they were greeted with wet, cold weather. And this weather hung...

Since last week, UE has been building their bottle rockets. Last week also included extra drama practice leading up to the Spring...