On Wednesday, April 20th, Abby Walker, a theater instructor of more than 20 years in the New York and Connecticut area, came to share some of her knowledge with the elementary students. She engaged them in several activities, including helping them to get to know their character/s, including their ...
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Viola in the Classroom
Last year, Hugo's mom came to visit our Primary classroom to play the violin for us. She also explained how it works and the materials it is made of.
This year she came back to play the violin again, but this time, Hugo played the viola with her! It is very interesting because the viola looks ...
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Flower Dissection
This week the Elementary students have worked on dissecting flowers. They took apart lilies, discovering the calyx (group of sepals), corolla (group of petals), stamens, and pistil. Some have also opened up the ovary and discovered seeds inside! They took home a lily that has yet to bloom so they ...
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Easter Fun!
Welcome back from Easter break!
Before the break began, we had our own Easter egg hunt. Students made their own colorful Easter bags and dyed hard-boiled eggs with the help from on of our room mothers, Mrs. Cooper. They were ...
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Valentine Love
One of the most anticipated celebrations in our Primary class is Valentine's Day. This year, the children and I spent the whole week preparing for this day, specifically their beautiful Valentine basket. They were all excited to give away the presents they lovingly prepared for their friends, and ...
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Happy Chinese New Year!
On Monday, Chance and Kelly presented the Chinese New Year to the Primary and Elementary classes. They both celebrate this holiday with their families, and they talked about the new year celebrations in China and how this is the year of the monkey. The pictures they presented showed traditional ...
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One Hour Delay
Today Feb. 10th there will be a one hour delay. There will be no Early Bird. All students are to have a 9:30 arrival time. Please be safe. ...
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Joy in Work
"My habit of measuring things led me to begin to count the number of times she repeated the exercise. Then I thought I would see how far the strange concentration she showed could withstand disturbance, and I told the teacher to make the other children sing and move about. They did so, but the ...
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