Classroom News
February 25, 2026
Hello Families,
Here’s the weekly update from the MSBG Adolescent Classroom! Below you’ll find important upcoming dates, followed by highlights from our work together this week.
Mark Your Calendars
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February 28 – PTO Mario Kart Tournament
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March 5 – Transition Meetings (doesn’t really apply to Adolescent level)
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March 18 – Dance for 3rd-9th Grade!
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March 19-20 – Professional Development, No School
In The Classroom
History
This week, we spent some time designing our own heraldry and learning some basic sword-handling skills for stage combat. Their personal emblems will be on display in the classroom on Friday afternoon, if you’re interested.
Geography (and Writing)
Everybody has chosen the countries they are interested in researching. They are looking into everything about that country, from population and ethnicities to modes of transport to GDP and politics.
Science
In Anatomy and Physiology, we are intestines-deep in the Digestive System, learning about the organs and digestive juices that turn our foodstuffs into energy. Next week, we’ll delve into the body’s waste management system.
Literature
With our Independent Novel Study behind us, we are working our way into a (potentially optional) unit on Lewis Carroll, to discuss the poetic and absurd fantastical world he envisioned. This will coincide with…
Writing
…our own version of National Novel Writing Month! Students will (optionally) attempt to write a novel in ONE MONTH. Beginning March 1st and concluding on March 31st, each student will try to reach a total word count that we will decide on together. The end result will be an unedited, unrestricted, idea-drenched, very-difficult-to-read novel of the student’s own devising.
That’s it for this week! As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Jeremy or Kayla at middle@montessorischoolbg.org. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Stay tuned for next week’s update, titled: “Knighty Night,” or “Armor You Sleeping.”
Plotting world domination via literacy,
Jeremy & Kayla
