It has been a wonderful first week of school! Your children are extremely kind and hard working. We hope they are enjoying class as much as we are enjoying them. Monday, we did the first great Montessori lesson on the beginning of the universe and today we did a fun archeology dig through the Island of P’sta (we...Read More
Happy last day of school! This year has been a whirlwind of shared experiences. It feels like just last week we were at Camp Wilson or cooking for Brown Bag. Then we were hatching 50 quail eggs, and now we have ten new classroom pets in our room. Remember in December when Nora, Ella, and...Read More
Students worked on anuran conservation, essay writing, and research projects on early hominids this week. A few of our students have been digging deep into algebra as we wrap up the school year. We also saw a few amazing homework project presentations! Remember that homework projects are due this Friday. In addition, 4th-years got to...Read More
I hope everyone is soaking up the sunshine! Students have been enjoying working outside this week. Our tadpoles have started growing their back legs. It’s really exciting to watch metamorphosis firsthand. This week, we learned about frogs’ skin permeability and its connection to ecosystem health. In biology, students learned about the digestive system and created their...Read More
It’s hard to believe next week is spring break! Students will be off school from April 1-8 (Monday- Monday). Monday, April 8th, is the solar eclipse! Students received a lesson, books, and eclipse glasses this week to prepare for the phenomenon. This week, we pretended to be Paleoartists and reconstructed early hominids from skull pictures....Read More
So many activities have happened in Upper since we last touched base! We had our Literature Circle sleepover; we had Pi Day (two students memorized over 100 digits of Pi!!!); we made leprechaun traps for St. Patrick’s Day and had a Leprechaun visit over the weekend; we had move-up day for 6th and 3rd years, and we had...Read More
Students had a wonderful time at the sleepover this week! Thank you so much for your donations. We will be celebrating Pi Day next week on March 14th! It is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since 3, 1, and 4 are...Read More
Students enjoyed working outside yesterday while wearing their funky Montessori Ed Week outfits! They have also enjoyed our new Science unit on circuits! Students have made interesting lie detectors, noise makers, and recording devices. Your children have also been working diligently on their informational writing. We have children working on everything from teen activists to...Read More
Thank you so much for attending conferences last week. Your children were proud of their work; watching them share it with you was a joy. If you haven’t seen it yet, your child’s progress report is now available online through My BackPack. Log in to My BackPack, find the heading “My Forms/Documents,” and click...Read More
This week, students made electroscopes in Science and Oldowan Industrial Complexes (core choppers) in conjunction with their study of Homo Habilis. We also lost our ability to be bipedal for 20 minutes on Tuesday afternoon. We have a new appreciation for walking upright! Students also studied absolute zero, least common multiples, and mixed to improper fractions...Read More
