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Dec3Sat10:00 am Upper Unit Dungeons & DragonsUpper Unit Dungeons & DragonsDec 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmGrades 4-8. Sign up required. Please contact Bonnie bkretsch@frontier.com or David creativecyclone77@yahoo.com for more information.10:00 am Upper Unit Dungeons & Dragons @ Art RoomUpper Unit Dungeons & Dragons @ Art RoomDec 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmGrades 4-8. Sign up required. Please contact Bonnie bkretsch@frontier.com or David creativecyclone77@yahoo.com for more information.Dec10Sat10:00 am Upper Unit Dungeons & DragonsUpper Unit Dungeons & DragonsDec 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmGrades 4-8. Sign up required. Please contact Bonnie bkretsch@frontier.com or David creativecyclone77@yahoo.com for more information.
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Catapulting in High School
High School students had a great time creating catapult experiments to study quadratic equations. The catapults were built with popsicle sticks, bottle caps, clothes pin, and a hot glue gun. Students used properties of parabolas to graph quadratic functions and identified characteristics … Continue reading
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SunWatch Archaeological Park
This fall, our Upper Unit students had the opportunity to visit the SunWatch Archaeological Park to learn more about the prehistory of our region. In Social Studies this year, they will be studying the common needs of people and this … Continue reading
Posted in community, field trip, Middle School, social studies, Uncategorized, Upper Elementary, upper unit
Twelfth Night
The Upper Unit enjoyed a warm summer night taking in Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night. Upper Elementary students read and discussed an adaptation of the play before going. Middle School students did a dramatic reading of the play in class, using a … Continue reading
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Food and Memory
The high school students have been talking about the relationship between food and memory. “Food memories involve very basic, nonverbal, areas of the brain that can bypass your conscious awareness,” writes Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Primary Delivers a Treat
Every year, the Primary classroom makes a healthy trail mix as a treat for the entire school. Older kids love to see them coming, remembering how delicious it is and many remember when they themselves used to make and bring … Continue reading
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Musical Set Help
The musical sets are getting a new home of their own. At McGuffey, our yearly, all-school musical is on a five-year rotation which means sets need to be stored safely until they are used once again. They are big, beautifully … Continue reading
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Mindful Music Moments
In our classrooms, students and teachers take time each day to turn inward together and listen to a brief mindfulness prompt and world-class music. We do that every day thanks to Mindful Music Moments. As part of our Peace curriculum, … Continue reading
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Creek Outing at Peffer Park
High School students recently took the bus to explore the creek at Peffer park. They came out of the water with various treasures, such as 20,000-year-old wood. The wood was plowed over by the glaciers and then and then preserved … Continue reading
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Town Hall Meeting
Our Annual Town Hall Meeting was today! We always kicked off with our tradition of students, new and returning, telling jokes. It’s a safe place to tell a joke because each one is greeted with laughter and cheers. Afterward, in … Continue reading
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2021-22 Yearbook
Grades 1-12 got together to admire the 2021-22 yearbook. Students and staff got a kick out of seeing pictures and asking friends to sign their books. A hearty thank you to the Yearbook Committee for their hard work last spring! … Continue reading
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