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Learning Updates for Week of March 30 to April 3

With the switch to offsite learning due to the coronavirus outbreak, our faculty will be sharing various curriculum highlights from their “classrooms” over the coming weeks. Pre-k Launches Lunch Bunch! Community building and social-emotional learning are the cornerstones of pre-kindergarten education, and we are doing our best to maintain these

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Learning Updates for Week of March 23-27

With the switch to offsite learning due to the coronavirus outbreak, our faculty will be sharing various curriculum highlights from their “classrooms” over the coming weeks. PE Keeps Students Moving Although we love exercising in the Barn, and using our fabulous array of physical education equipment, it turns out with

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Learning Updates for Week of March 16-20

With the switch to offsite learning due to the coronavirus outbreak, our faculty will be sharing various curriculum highlights from their “classrooms” over the coming weeks. Kindergarten Learns About Measurements Our students have been engaged in a variety of interactive and creative learning activities at home. In math, students have

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Spring Conference Day Program Registration

Sign Up for the Conference Day Program! We have a great program planned offsite to Xtreme Craze during parent conference day on Wednesday, April 1! The program is available for children from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with extended day coverage until 5:30 p.m. Please enroll by Wednesday, March 25 to ensure proper staffing ratios and program preparation. Registration

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Physical Education News, March 6

Our pre-kindergarten to grade four physical education students have been on a roll since February break, learning new games, using new materials, and getting into an athletic groove.

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Arts News, March 5

Students in the second grade music class completed the woodwind unit this week as they practiced basic resting and playing positions and the notes, B, A, and G on the recorder.

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Technology News

On March 19, we will host Devorah Heitner, Ph.D., author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive and Survive in Their Digital World for workshops with students in grades five to eight and an evening presentation for parents at 6:30 p.m. In preparation for the workshop we invite you to check out this podcast from NPR’s Life Kit

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Arts News, February 27

Students Develop Range of Woodworking Skills The woodworking studio teaches lessons across a broad range of students each day. In first grade, students recently completed work on some very colorful pencil holders which they designed and created. Students in grades seven and eight are making progress on learning the intricate art

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Arts News, February 6

Mural Helps Set the Scene in Fourth Grade​ Fourth grade is creating a mural in their classroom, a collaboration between the art teacher and social studies teacher. Earlier this year, the students were given the challenge to create a design for a backdrop for the storytelling corner that is set

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Arts News, January 24

First Grade Builds Skills in Woodshop First grade students are finishing up their pencil holder projects. The project encompasses many of the skills that these students have learned since the start of the school year including sawing, nailing, gluing, sanding, and painting. The project further challenged the students by adding

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April 6, 2020

With the switch to offsite learning due to the coronavirus outbreak, our faculty will be sharing various curriculum highlights from their “classrooms” over the coming weeks. Pre-k Launches Lunch Bunch! Community building and social-emotional learning are the cornerstones of pre-kindergarten…

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March 30, 2020

With the switch to offsite learning due to the coronavirus outbreak, our faculty will be sharing various curriculum highlights from their “classrooms” over the coming weeks. PE Keeps Students Moving Although we love exercising in the Barn, and using our…

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March 24, 2020

With the switch to offsite learning due to the coronavirus outbreak, our faculty will be sharing various curriculum highlights from their “classrooms” over the coming weeks. Kindergarten Learns About Measurements Our students have been engaged in a variety of interactive…

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March 10, 2020

Sign Up for the Conference Day Program! We have a great program planned offsite to Xtreme Craze during parent conference day on Wednesday, April 1! The program is available for children from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with extended day coverage until 5:30 p.m. Please enroll by Wednesday,…
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By Alex Tzelnic and Abbey Nyland, physical education teachers |

March 6, 2020

Our pre-kindergarten to grade four physical education students have been on a roll since February break, learning new games, using new materials, and getting into an athletic groove.
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By Yui Kitamura, music teacher |

March 5, 2020

Students in the second grade music class completed the woodwind unit this week as they practiced basic resting and playing positions and the notes, B, A, and G on the recorder.

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March 2, 2020

On March 19, we will host Devorah Heitner, Ph.D., author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive and Survive in Their Digital World for workshops with students in grades five to eight and an evening presentation for parents at 6:30 p.m. In preparation for the workshop…
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By Bill Smith, Woodworking and 21st Century Skills Teacher |

February 27, 2020

Students Develop Range of Woodworking Skills The woodworking studio teaches lessons across a broad range of students each day. In first grade, students recently completed work on some very colorful pencil holders which they designed and created. Students in grades seven…
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By Kathy Jo Solomon, Visual Arts Teacher |

February 6, 2020

Mural Helps Set the Scene in Fourth Grade​ Fourth grade is creating a mural in their classroom, a collaboration between the art teacher and social studies teacher. Earlier this year, the students were given the challenge to create a design…
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By Bill Smith, woodworking and 21st century skills teacher |

January 24, 2020

First Grade Builds Skills in Woodshop First grade students are finishing up their pencil holder projects. The project encompasses many of the skills that these students have learned since the start of the school year including sawing, nailing, gluing, sanding,…
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