We had a lovely November. We studied the United States of America, trees, leaves, and Thanksgiving. We discussed Native American tribes...

Hi, everyone! Can you believe we're already over halfway through November? The past few weeks at school have been filled with exciting...

This week, we visited Charlotte’s Innovation Barn. https://envisioncharlotte.com/innovation-barn/  .  This is a space where businesses...

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...

Working with the Timeline of Life in preparation for a field trip to the Schiele Museum Working hard on a story Using the 8 chain...

On Monday, we welcomed Veteran Bob Doran to our school.  Bob spent the first part of the morning in circle with upper elementary and...

For November, we headed off to the Schiele museum to learn about natural history. We visited lots of animal exhibits and then took a...

Over the past few weeks, our students have been exploring ecosystems! They've learned all about producers, consumers, and decomposers,...

It's hard to believe that October has passed us by already. Time is flying. So much learning is going on in L.E.! Language Lesson on...

We were lucky to have the chance to travel to Patterson Farms this week to visit the farm, check out the pumpkin patch, experience a...

Fun times in the MS classroom. Our tree unit came to an end with the presentation of our Tree Projects. I was so impressed by the effort...

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...

Our first stop was to the town Hall, where we learned about the building's history, met the mayor, and saw several rooms including the...

Last Friday, Upper El held their first ever Upper El-lympics.  (Shout out to Ed for the clever naming.)  If we back up a bit, this idea...

The energy in the classroom this week was somewhat frenetic, and at times overwhelming for the adults with so much going on. During times...

We have started our study of North America. We opened our map of North America and have named the countries of The United States of...

The last few weeks in Sustainability and Engineering have been a blast. Please enjoy the photo dump! While Lower Elementary was away on...

We had a great day on Sunday for our first work day/volunteer day of the school year. We accomplished so much together that, yet again,...

For the past few weeks in middle school, the squad has been focused on the completion of their interdisciplinary project on TREES. This...

Bambina's presence in the classroom is noticeably absent, and we are all feeling it. Monday morning I came in to see this message on the...