Jenny Dorrell

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Welcome back from Winter Break and Happy New Year! We began the week reviewing our classroom responsibilities and sharing about our holidays. Bouncing on the exercise ball was a fun, new movement lesson for our core! New sensorial and math units were introduced this week. Sound and no sound was explored using our sense of hearing....
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Happy New Year!  We can’t believe it’s January, 2026!  The students returned from Winter Break remembering the routines and working diligently.  They have become very normalized and we are happy to see them working and learning.  Each day they make a plan for the day and get straight to work.  Most will choose a work from each subject...
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Welcome back!  We hope you all enjoyed a peaceful winter break.  We began our week reviewing our classroom procedures, including how to carefully use our classroom rugs and walk safely in our environment.  The students seemed very happy to be back in the classroom!  Our first new work of January was drawing snowy scenes with...
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Happy New Year!  We can’t believe it’s January, 2026!  The students returned from Winter Break remembering the routines and working diligently.  They have become very normalized and we are happy to see them working and learning.  Each day they make a plan for the day and get straight to work.  Most will choose a work from each subject...
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Hello! We hope you all had a great break and are getting back into the swing of things. Here are a few highlights from this week: 1. Overall, there has been good productive energy in the classroom. 2. Students are starting work on the US Constitution in history. 3. Students are starting work on the...
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Classroom News January 7, 2026 Hello Families and welcome to 2026! Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together this week. Mark Your Calendars January 19 – Dr. MLK, Jr. Day [no school] January 20 – Extracurricular Activities begin again! First...
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 This week, our toddlers explored creating a collage using a variety of materials. As they worked with different textures and shapes, the children engaged in rich sensorial exploration. This activity also supported the development of fine motor control and concentration as they carefully selected, placed, and glued each item. Through this process, the children experienced...
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Here are some highlights from this week: 1. Many students got to help count out the total amount that was donated from families to the Brown Bag Project. 2. Several students had a lesson in writing checks (and made a giant one for the Brown Bag Project)! 3. The Band Concert on Monday was a...
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Hello Lower Families, Zooming into academic work, students are still exploring math, language and culture, with many units staying the same from last week. The fish unit has been swapped out with the amphibians unit, which students have been examining very studiously. Zooming back out, it has been a busy week for all students as...
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What a fun and festive week we had! The week began with a wonderful band performance by our Upper and Middle school students. Our class enjoyed the sing along songs and all the instruments! We had a lesson about gift wrapping and gift giving. Friends had the opportunity to wrap a present and deliver it...
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