Tales from the Loft

Hello Dear Readers,

Middle school has been incredibly busy these past few weeks! We:

• attended a showing of Landfill Harmonic at The Independent Picture House.

• dined at Seventh Street Market

• designed company board games addressing energy usage and B-Corp status. The games provided a learning opportunity....the companies were real.

• listened to Frederick Douglass's speech, "What to a Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

• created a timeline of important events and people from 1800 - 1860

• watched a Civil War documentary and took notes

• garnered awareness of the Dakota Exile that happened alongside the Emancipation Proclamation

• presented at the DGS Curriculum Fair

• discussed the Gettysburg Address

• read a novel (Hound of the Baskervilles or Evolution of Calpurnia Tate)

• viewed exhibits at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

• played at Museum of Illusions

• picnicked at the Green

• hosted a Coffee Cafe

• planned a Kids' Night Out

• served pizza

We could probably keep going on this list, but instead, I'll just share a few pictures. It's been a fantastic start to the second semester!

In the paintings below, each student created a story for their chosen piece of artwork. They each picked a painting to sit with during a silent reflection time, and then we shared where our imaginations took us.