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

If you step into the 9-12 year old classroom today you will think you are in ancient Egypt! The students are engaged in a simulation of ancient Egypt. They are working in collaborative groups to create a 3-D map that includes major cities, geographical features, houses, farms and fields and of course the famous landmarks....Read More

This week is Montessori Education Week! We started out on Monday dressed as our favorite book character. Some of our classmates were dressed as Harry Potter, Red Riding Hood and lots of others! Our class had Music and math lessons. Tuesday we celebrated “Hats Off to Parents!” and read a book called “Caps for Sale”....Read More

Tuesday was language day for our class. You had a language lesson here, and one there, everybody was doing language because, as I said, Tuesday is a language day. The day first started with a morning meeting. We always start with a morning meeting everyday. I think we did breathing for our mindfulness part after...Read More

This week our class went back to normal after many people were sick for the past week. After getting back on track the class has been racing to finish our ancient civilization projects whether that means doing last minute research, finishing drawings, or completing sculpting projects. This week we also had our first meeting for...Read More

Dear Parents, It’s the first week back from break! Everybody has a full schedule again. This week is a normal week. We have Music on Monday, Writer’s Workshop on Tuesday, P.E. and Writer’s Workshop on Wednesday, Spanish, Art and History on Thursday, and on Friday we have Writer’s Workshop again. -Nora Vanneman”Read More

This has been a busy and productive week for upper elementary students. In math we have been working on fraction equivalency, multiplication of decimals. cubing, volume of the cone and long division. The students enjoy making complex division problems to solve. Sometimes the problems are so long that a calculator can not be used to check...Read More

Dear Parents,      This week has lots of work to be done. We are coming back from our  Thanksgiving break, so we are all looking forward to a full week back at school. We all have a normal schedule again because last week, if we got all of our follow-ups done, we could do a Thanksgiving...Read More