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Upper El, 11/2-11/6: A new month, a new genre, and a new president!
Upper El students were as awesome as ever this week, embracing our chilly mornings and never complaining! We kicked off November with a...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Nov 8, 20202 min read


Sustainability: Map and Compass
Our Middle School has begun its micronation project. Mapping their “nation” is one aspect of this collaborative project. Taking the...
kathleen McIntyre
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Our Week In Review (10/26 - 11/6)
We have accomplished a lot in Middle School over the last couple of weeks. Students have been closely following the election and learning...
Maya Montemurro
Nov 7, 20202 min read


Primary November 2-6. An extra home in the dome!
We began our week with a very chilly start. We have made a second classroom in the dome. While we have spent time in the dome on rainy...
Collette
Nov 6, 20202 min read


Lower Elementary November 2-6: Geometry in Nature
The children really settled into their routines and had a very productive week. We wrote poetry, reviewed constructive triangles,...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Nov 6, 20201 min read


Top Five Cold Weather Pro Tips:
1. Dress in layers and have them labeled. A warm-core will help their extremities stay warmer. Count the layers that they wear to...
kathleen McIntyre
Nov 4, 20202 min read


Upper El (10/26-30): Elasticity and Building
*I forgot to take pictures during class again! But, I took a few of our group with Ms. Kathleen and our new Chicks... so that has to...
Derek Henig
Nov 2, 20201 min read


Upper El, 10/26-10/30... Wild Weather and Witches!
We had such a fun week. The class worked hard to publish their second personal narratives and to wrap up their first round of literature...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Nov 1, 20201 min read


MS Sci & Engineering 11/1
Greetings! I hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween, replete with all sorts of delectable goodies. Even if it was a little...
Ed Haponik
Nov 1, 20201 min read


Lower Elementary October 26-30: Baby Chicks, Field Trips, Pumpkins and Halloween!
It has been a week of excitement in our class! We were able to observe our chicks hatching in real time on Monday. SO cute and so fun! On...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 30, 20201 min read


Halloween, Halloween what does it mean?....Fun!!!
What a fast week! This week the weather provided many challenges and yet we weathered another storm! The continuous buzz this week was...
Collette
Oct 30, 20201 min read


Upper El, 10/19-10/23
Our class is filled with so much excitement, between our upcoming celebration, Halloween, and our first walking field trip coming up next...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 25, 20201 min read


Sustainability: Candle Making
Our unit on embryonic development has come to an end and making candles was a great way to celebrate (candles were originally used to...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 25, 20201 min read


Greetings from the Forest
What a glorious season autumn is, and what a perfect time to be a forest explorer! I may have to begin writing this blog more often, we...
judith2957
Oct 25, 20201 min read
Middle School Week in Review (10/19 - 10/23)
This week in middle school we continued our Civics unit and the cultivation of our micronations. As a class we learned about the...
Maya Montemurro
Oct 25, 20202 min read


Primary week of 10/19-10/23
What an amazing week we had, the weather was outstanding and outside was the place to be! We have a new climbing rope in the woods and it...
Collette
Oct 24, 20201 min read


Lower Elementary October 19-23: The Squishy Creatures and a bounty of apples!
We began our week with the dramatic story of "I Obey: The Squishy Creatures." It is an imaginative interpretation of the early mollusks...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 23, 20202 min read


Upper El (10/19-23): Bouncin'
We finished answering our question about how temperature affects elasticity with a bouncy ball experiment. First, we dove into creating...
Derek Henig
Oct 23, 20201 min read


Picture Day, Personal Narratives, and Native Peoples (Upper El: 10/12-10/16)
We had a great week together in Upper El! The class learned some breakfast, lunch, and dinner vocabulary in Monday's Spanish lesson. We...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 18, 20201 min read


MS Science & Engineering 10/18
Greetings everyone, We concluded our Yo-Yo Physics Unit this week. Over the past few weeks, we have learned about the similarities...
Ed Haponik
Oct 18, 20202 min read
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