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Bacteria… the good guys
These microscopic organisms do so much good, from breaking down fish waste in our aquaponics system to decomposing our food waste. We...
kathleen McIntyre
Nov 10, 20191 min read


Lower Elementary November 4-8
Our grammar study was great fun with "Gram" the marionette presenting verbs. Skeleton Work We completed our study of the human skeleton...

Lynne Erickson
Nov 10, 20191 min read


Upper El, Week of November 4th
We had a great week together in Upper Elementary! Our class diligently rehearsed for Friday's Variety Show, and their hard work showed. ...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Nov 10, 20191 min read


Our Week in Review (11/4 - 11/8)
This week we focused most of our attention on our Social Studies Unit on the Emergence of Early Man. We took a closer look at the...
Maya Montemurro
Nov 10, 20191 min read


MS Science & Engineering 11/8
Following another exciting week in middle school, our students are ready for tonight’s Variety Show! We concluded our geology unit this...
ed haponik
Nov 8, 20191 min read


Upper El's trip to the Catawba Cultural Preservation
Upper El students enjoyed a day spent at the Catawba Cultural Preservation on Thursday. Students learned of Catawba history, language,...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Nov 8, 20191 min read


Primary is ready for the Variety Show!
The children are really looking forward to the variety show tomorrow night....wish I could be there! We have had a good week, and we...
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Nov 7, 20191 min read


Lower Elementary Welcomes November
It's hard to believe we are beginning the month of November. We had a great time celebrating Halloween with all our friends at DGS. The...

Lynne Erickson
Nov 3, 20192 min read


Middle School Week in Review (October 28th - November 1st)
Wow! This week flew by, as did our first trimester. On Monday we had an incredibly relaxed day of awesome enrichment activities. It began...
Maya Montemurro
Nov 3, 20191 min read
MS Science & Engineering - 11/1
We had a fun week in the MS classroom, punctuated by our 1st trimester conferences on Friday. (It was great to get to see all of you!) We...
ed haponik
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Primary's end to October
What a busy short week this was. We had picture day on Tuesday and Halloween celebrations on Thursday inspite of the weather. There was...
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Nov 2, 20191 min read


Upper El... closing out October!
I can't believe how quickly October flew by! We enjoyed this week, getting started on our next writing piece and beginning our...
Jennifer Jakubecy
Oct 31, 20191 min read


Upper Elementary giving back to Davidson
After thoughtful design and lessons on proper planting of trees and shrubs, we headed to the Flat Iron Garden this week to plant...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 31, 20191 min read


Fall Overnight Field Trip: Middle School
Middle School had a great adventure at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. If you asked them their favorite part, you would get many different...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 29, 20191 min read


Fall Overnight Field Trip: Upper Elementary
Magical is the word that best describes upper’s elementary field trip to Barrier Island Sea Camp. What was most amazing about this trip...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 29, 20191 min read


Fall Overnight Field Trip: Lower Elementary
Our annual trip to Camp Rockmont, nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina, was filled with adventure and community. This trip...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 29, 20191 min read


Many Hands Make Light Work
Kale and Collards were planted in the aquaponics system this week. In a couple of months, we will have an abundance of healthy, organic...
kathleen McIntyre
Oct 27, 20191 min read


Lower Elementary October 21-25
Our curriculum is rich in all areas but cultural topics are some of the favorite studies . Integrating these topics into language, math,...

Lynne Erickson
Oct 27, 20192 min read


Primary week of 10/21
The red rods: ten wooden rods which decrease in one dimension. Length diminishes from one meter to 10 c. Developmental Aim: to observe,...
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Oct 27, 20191 min read
P4C Weeks 3 and 4
Dear Parents, We’ve missed a couple of philosophy sessions due to holidays and such, so have had only two classes since the last blog...
Matt
Oct 26, 20193 min read
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