Hello, families! This week Mike McMaster from the Wood County Historical Museum taught us about Native American History in our local area. Ms. Kristine continued to share her work on Native American History as well. We learned about the French and Indian War, the Indian Citizenship Law, and the massacre at Wounded Knee. We also...Read More

This week in Upper Elementary, students studied the Universe and are working on 3-D examples of everything from the Earth’s place in the Solar System to types of particles. In history, we examined the Incas and Mayans. Next week, we have a guest speaker from the Wood County Museum to share Native American of Ohio...Read More

So much happening in the classroom right now! The culminating activity for the Egypt simmilaton  was full of hands-on activities. Both upper elementary classrooms combined to work at 12 different stations around the room. Some of the activities included; building a pyramid, earth cosmetics, clay cartouche, laundry, and the embalming process. Our Spanish students performed...Read More

Fourth grade students enjoyed the Ag Fest sponsored by Ohio State University Extension and the Wood County Commissioners. Students experienced a petting farm with animals from the BG FFA, learned about the latest technological advances in farm machinery (drones), were educated on care of horses and  learned advances in farm practices that promote healthy water...Read More

Each year the 6th grade students go on a field trip in the last week of school. They are responsible for picking the destination and financing the trip. This year they chose to go to The Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village. To plan the trip they had to first decide on a location that they could...Read More

The  purpose of learning grammar in a Montessori classroom is to help students become better readers, writers and speakers. A musician learns notes, a doctor learns anatomy, readers and writers learn the basic rules of grammar. This week some students studied the function of the adverb. Some studied the progressive tense of the verb and...Read More

The students have been working very hard in writer’s workshop. Many students are finishing a multi-week book project. These information books contain four chapters. In the first chapter the students explore and share information about a topic of their choice. In the second chapter they present a more focused paper on the same topic. In the...Read More

Science minds want to know, “How can we prove that there is air inside this bottle if we can’t see it, smell it or taste it?” Miss Alexis proves that air is matter and takes up space as she blows up a balloon inside a bottle and then seals the bottle and tries it again....Read More

Today the students presented their science discoveries to the class. Each group made a slide presentation showing all processes of the scientific method. The experiments were on the properties of liquids. The titles included; A Slow Race (viscosity), Spreading Colors (Chromatography), Liquid Mixes (solution, emulsion, suspension, Miscible), Drops on a Penny (surface tension) and Graduated...Read More

This week the class began their Monday morning celebrating Pi Day. We had a “pie” themed riddle for our question of the day that challenged their geometrical thinking! Our 4th year students explored the Decanomial, while our older students studied Integers and Cubing. We ended the day with the Animal Kingdom and Music. On Tuesday,...Read More