Hello Families, 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. In the Classroom: History This week, we are forming groups for our World Zone Cafe. One group will create a menu centered around “Old World” ingredients, one around “New...Read More

Hello Families, 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. In the Classroom History This week, we start our discussion of the Columbian Exchange and what happened on the global stage because of it. In order to balance the...Read More

Hello Families, Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! History The students will be finishing up their Silk Road Projects this week, allowing us to move on to our conversation about the Columbian Exchange. Ask your adolescent what they are producing about the Silk Road. Science In Diversity of Life, we will be...Read More

In the Classroom Microeconomy Mustang Cafe opens this Wednesday, October 29th, at 8:00 am. Students will need to be at school ~7:30 on Wednesday mornings if they are helping to open the cafe (this is not every student; those doing it should let you know). Electives Our elective courses begin this week! Each student has...Read More

Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together last week. In the Classroom Science Our trip to the Ecology Research Station was a fun and informative look into how experiments work in a research setting, as well as how important our...Read More

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