The elementary class toured the Phoenixville Police and Fire Stations today. What an inspiring experience! Police Chief Mossman personally invited the Elementary class after touring our school while checking the security of local schools. The Chief was impressed with our school's security and with ...
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School News
Who are our Presidents and why are they on our money coins?
This was a recent question that the afternoon children wanted to know more about. A fun way to discover who our Presidents are is by exploring our penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar bill with the children, as well as discover why we use coin money and how we use coin money with math skills. The ...
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Happy Valentines’ Day!
The children celebrated Valentines’ day by passing out their special valentines to each of their classmates, eating a special treat and enjoyed a story of Saint Valentine and how this special tradition came to be. I hope all of you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day. ...
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Catapults & Hovercrafts!
Dr. Ford taught the elementary children how to make medieval catapults today. What fun! They learned how to design and create them, and also how to figure out the velocity of each launch. This involved calculating distance and time. What a wonderful experience for the children!!
Dr. Ford also ...
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Let’s celebrate Mardi Gras!
With the help of Cameron’s family we celebrated Mardi Gras. The children read
about the history, King Cakes, parades, costumes and masks and beads being thrown. The children truly enjoyed this special holiday, especially eating the King cake. To learn more about this event, please continue ...
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Happy Chinese New Year
Sarah helped us celebrate a very happy Chinese New Year. Her mother visited Philadelphia to get special sweet treats to share with the children. The Chinese New Year lasts two weeks and can take place in January or February. Families usually clean their houses before the New Year and decorate with ...
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Silent Journey
It’s very hard to be silent about the “Silent Journey.” It proved to again be an amazing experience that we were all able to share. Thank you to all of those parents who were able to come. I appreciated all of your comments and hope you had fun “working” in our classroom. I also wanted to thank ...
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Polygons!
These smiling first years are working on making polygons with the box of sticks! The elementary children work with many geometry materials in the classroom, studying lines, angles, polygons, area, volume, and more. It is a wonderful way to discover their world! ...
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