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Sustainability: Egg Candling
We have embryonic action happening this week! After candling our chicken eggs, students discovered that only three eggs showed no...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 18, 20201 min read


Middle School Week In Review (10/12 - 10/16)
This week we continued our unit in civics. Students are learning about sovereignty and can identify the difference between a sovereign...
Maya Montemurro
Oct 17, 20202 min read


Primary week 10/12 - 10/16
Continuing with our study of the body this week, the younger children worked on putting a skeleton together and a booklet on parts of the...
Collette
Oct 16, 20202 min read


Upper El (10/12-16): Character, Temperature & Catapults!
This week started a two-week exploration to answer the question: how does temperature affect elasticity? We dove deeper into Character...
Derek Henig
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Lower Elementary October 12-16: The Second Great Lesson
We have had a productive and fun week in Lower Elementary! Our Plant of the Week study continued with our lovely Sycamore tree that grows...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Upper El: Turning Over a New Leaf (10/5-10/9)
Our class had a fresh start with many things this week! New word study words, a new writing piece, a new read aloud book, and a new unit...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 11, 20201 min read


Sustainability: Incubating Eggs
The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! The eggs are in their incubator and Upper Elementary students where the hens for...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 11, 20201 min read


‘I believe I can fly’ week of 10/5 - 10/9
The highlight of our week was an unexpected visitor from Lower Elementary. Ms. Erin & Ms. Paula shared one of their monarch butterflies...
Collette
Oct 10, 20202 min read


Lower Elementary October 5-9: Botany Cabinet and the Clock of Eras
The weather has been awesome this week and we have made so many improvements to our beautiful outdoor classroom! Our monarch butterflies...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 9, 20202 min read


Upper El (10/5-9): Elastic Energy
This week in Upper El, we started our new unit on Elastic Energy! To start things off, we had to define what elasticity means. Each table...
Derek Henig
Oct 9, 20202 min read


Our Week(s) In Review (9/21 - 10/2)
In middle school we have completed our dramatic structure unit. This culminated in a their first assessment and some fun analysis of the...
Maya Montemurro
Oct 3, 20202 min read


MS Science & Engineering 10/03
Hope you all had a great break! It was wonderful to get to see all of our Middle School parents for our conferences this week. While we...
Ed Haponik
Oct 3, 20201 min read


Upper El, Week of 9/21-9/25
DGS has always had the goal of having our students work outside as much as possible, even prior to the pandemic. Ms. Kathleen used to...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Sep 27, 20202 min read


Primary weeks 9/14 & 9/21
What a change in weather this week! For once the weather was appropriate as we discussed the changing of the season and the reason for...
Collette
Sep 25, 20201 min read


Lower Elementary, September 21-25: birthdays, blooms, and one very long black strip!
It's hard to believe we've just completed our 6th week together. If that weren't reason enough to celebrate, we enjoyed three birthdays...

Paula Gross
Sep 25, 20202 min read


Upper El (9/21-9/25): Gravity Art
This week in science and engineering, we finally got to use our pendulums to create some art! We did a class recap of all we've learned...
Derek Henig
Sep 25, 20201 min read


Sustainability: Egg Lab
After fall break, we will begin the exciting activity of incubating eggs. Before we launch into embryonic development, it is helpful to...
kathleen McIntyre
Sep 20, 20201 min read


A month together in Upper El! (9/14-9/18)
This past Thursday marked one month since we began school. Our class reflected on how quickly time is passing, but how it also feels as...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Sep 20, 20201 min read


Middle School Week In Review (9/14 - 9/18)
This week in middle school we continued our unit on dramatic structure with mini-lessons on theme. We reviewed the difference between...
Maya Montemurro
Sep 19, 20201 min read


Lower Elementary September 14-18: As the seasons change!
We enjoyed another eventful week in Lower Elementary! For history we learned the origin of the names of the days of the week and began...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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