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
Happy December! Welcome to a very busy season for our adolescents. This week saw the soft opening of our microeconomy, Mustang Cafe. While there are a few kinks to iron out, the introductory gambit was a rousing success. Thanks to everyone who participated and gave feedback. It was a wonderful learning experience and we will get...Read More
This week in the Adolescent Program we are keeping incredibly busy. We went on a student-designed field trip to the Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor. The goal was to see the process that the coffee goes through before it reaches the consumer. We got so much more than that! Steve was enthusiastic about the whole process...Read More
Happy September Everyone! Our adolescents are fully into the swing of the school year. We are hip-deep in the Reconstruction of the United States after the Civil War. This week’s conversation will be about the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the Black Codes, military rule in the South, and how the Electoral College works. It’s...Read More
Welcome Back to MSBG! With Orientation Week in the rearview mirror, I wanted to share with you some of the things we will be doing throughout the next few weeks. Firstly, our Fall Camping trip is fast approaching. This is a great opportunity for our adolescents to start the new year by bonding and sharing...Read More
Hello! It’s the week after Spring Break and everything is getting exciting as we prepare to wind down the year. We have started our Shakespeare unit for the year. This year we are studying The Insane Dane and the Ghost with the Most, Hamlet. Revenge plots and comical nihilism abound in the classroom. In Science,...Read More
Can you believe it’s the beginning of March already? Things are just flying by. This week, the Middle School students began working hard on their Independent Novel Study. A wide variety of books was chosen, from John Green’s, Turtles All The Way Down to Holes, by Louis Sachar to The Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard. It’s a whirlwind of vocabulary, character...Read More
Welcome back after the long weekend. It was great to field all of the parents of adolescent students for their Student-Led Conferences. Everything went great, and we appreciate everyone’s commitment to making this educational journey as successful as possible. Back in the swing of things, the students are hard at work. Having finished studying A Raisin...Read More
It’s been over 100 days of the school year! Thanks for being a part of the Journey. This week, we are focusing our mathematical attention on reviewing divisibility rules for ease of operation, doing multi-step fraction and percentage problems, performing algebraic calculations with a focus on order of operation, and compounding interest using exponential functions...Read More
