This year’s 1st graders have waged daily battles with gravity, building tall towers of magnetic tiles. Teacher Andrew Berman sent out an all-staff request to borrow extra. “My students are CRAZY about Magna-tiles™ this year and want to build towers ‘bigger than ever,’” he wrote. It’s no accident that the 1st grade science curriculum includes an engineering unit this winter! Still, the Kindergarten classes couldn’t spare their tiles as their own tippy towers were growing so tall already.
In 7th grade history, students continued their study of revolutions. Beginning with Haiti, they’ve considered the factors that contribute to a society’s stability and the triggers of unrest through a lens of power. Before the Power Project showcase in the spring, they’ll expand this study to Indian Independence and Partition as well as the Iranian Revolution. Revolution was on the minds of scores of High School students in the theater program this fall as they prepared to
Of course, actual chaos has no place in school, especially during an ongoing pandemic. The student wellness team, including the counselors, has worked tirelessly to support students and families. Counselors have led lessons in the Lower School on mindfulness in addition to helping homeroom teachers set up calm corners in classrooms and emotional check-in times throughout the day. Students have learned mindful breathing techniques and read Charlotte and the Quiet Space, a story about coping in an overstimulating world. Our 9th grade health classes have also been learning coping strategies, plus self-care, positive visualization, and meditation. In Middle School physical education and health classes, students learned breathing techniques and yoga. The and Inclusion, have continued to offer timely virtual Parent Connect sessions each month, including a preparing-for-theholidays session in November.
days of the young queen of France, whose reign provoked the French Revolution. Student crew members constructed six-meter-long set-piece columns for the palace, which stood resolute even as the French monarchy collapsed and the imprisoned Marie, played by both Ava Blum ’23 and Jacquline Elsewhere in High School performing arts, acting class students put their best foot forward in showcases for their peers, notably from The Crucible, in which the opposing binaries—stability and chaos—are central.
In their commitment to teaching the whole child in joyful, meaningful ways, teachers remain unfaltering, especially in studies of stability.
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