We enjoyed many pumpkin works this week! Children transferred rings onto a pumpkin stem, placed rubber bands over the lined pattern of a pumpkin, pounded golf tees into a pumpkin, and drew a face on a pumpkin using markers! More practical life work, including tray sweeping and polishing gourds! Our new science unit this week...Read More

This week we began Peace Pals. For Peace Pals, older students (6th and Middle School) plan lessons that focus on peace and present them to our younger students. This is an excellent opportunity for leadership, community, and peace. In the classroom, students study native peoples of the Northeast and make bandolier bags as an optional...Read More

Our first full week of December has us working on a new unit in History.  The students spent several weeks reading and going over the eras on the Time Line of Life.  Now, the focus is on the Mesozoic Era, The Age of the Reptiles.  This unit also coincides with our Zoology unit on Reptiles. ...Read More

    We began our week with International Day of Peace. Every student participated in making a pinwheel, which they wrote or drew what “peace” means to them. We discussed why this day was declared and participated in a school peace song. Our hope is to continue to spread peace throughout our world. This week we added to our word study...Read More