Hello Families, Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! In the Classroom Literature Students have now read the first nine chapters of The Outsiders and are holding their third Literature Circle discussions. This part of the book deals with some heavy, adult-leaning themes, including: injury and death, pregnancy, and personal revelations. The students will finish...Read More

Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Literature Students have now read the first six chapters of The Outsiders and are holding their second Literature Circle discussions. The next section of the book delves into more serious themes, and students may bring thoughtful questions and strong reactions as the plot develops. Writing We’ve launched our...Read More

Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! In the classroom, students have read the first three chapters of The Outsiders and are holding their first Literature Circle discussions. Their focus is on character traits, stereotypes, societal pressures, and discussion questions they’ve developed themselves. For our Microeconomy, we currently have three active projects: Quail...Read More

After a fun and full first week, students are starting to settle into routines: learning their classroom jobs, choosing their work, and beginning to build our community together. This coming week, we’ll be raising the bar a little with new expectations and more learning opportunities. Special classes began Monday with Music (and Band for those...Read More

Hello from Washington, D.C.! Our MSBG travelers kicked off their journey with a cozy stay in an Airbnb, grocery runs to a local bodega, and a visit to alumni-favorite soul food stop, Oohhs and Aahhs. Day one in the nation’s capital was packed with hands-on history: students presented at key monuments on the National Mall...Read More

Greetings Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Or at least the students have. We finished up our run of movies that were referenced in Ready Player One. The Last Starfighter closed us out strong. We start our next literature unit this coming week. Our focus in...Read More

Hello everyone! We have made it through our winter conferences and progress reports! This means we have begun practicing some new material in earnest. In Science, we are focusing our energy on the history of Earth; primarily, how water, wind, and time have affected Earth’s crust, as well as how we got to understand that...Read More

Welcome back! We are back in the swing of things in 2025, hitting the ground running. Let’s start with what’s new in the curriculum: In Science, we have completed our Chemistry course and begun on Earth History. Currently, we are looking at the Grand Canyon and the formation of landforms. We will be focusing on...Read More

Hello again, and welcome to the last week of school in the year 2024! Our adolescents are having a week filled with projects and activities, so let’s take a look at what they’re into. In our Baking elective, we learned how to bake pies from scratch, using a “perfect pie crust” recipe. A cherry pie,...Read More

Hello again! This week in the Adolescent Program, we are firing on all cylinders. Let’s start with our core curriculum. In Science, we will learn how elements bond to form molecules and ionic compounds. This follows an experiment wherein we saw how various substances react with heat (fire), water, and oxygen. The resounding favorite was...Read More