Grade 5 is starting the year with a Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit on playground design. Have you or your child ever seen a playground and wondered why it was built the way it was or how it could be improved?... Read More
Category: Lower School News
New, Improved and Upgraded
Since school let out in May, Faculty and Staff have been preparing for the first day of the 2022-2023 school year. Committed to designing new and maintaining existing flexible spaces to increase our students鈥� capacity to spark wonder; to build,... Read More
Set The Stage To Engage: Camp Read-A-Lot
As summer approaches and reading lists are posted, teachers are reminding students of the magic of immersing themselves in a good book. Grade 3 teachers and students created 鈥淐amp Read-A-Lot鈥�, a day dedicated to pushing desks aside, bringing pillows, stuffed... Read More
Lower School Spring Expeditions Spark Curiosities
Lower School learners brought expeditionary learning to life this Spring. Expeditions allow learners to follow sparks of curiosity and ignite passions for learning. Sometimes we wonder and wander on an expedition. Sometimes expeditions spark interest as an entry event to... Read More
Spreading Kindness Worldwide
In Lower School this year, kindness has been running rampant. From the grade 5聽Kindness Crew,聽a Kindergarten student聽giving back to the School, and the entire division聽building empathy, to celebrating聽Random Acts of Kindness Day聽and聽honoring each other鈥檚 unique identities, these students are showing... Read More
Arts in Action Day
This story was contributed by Amanda Lower, Lower School Performing Arts Instructor, 2-5 On Friday, April 22 the Lower Campus was alive with Immersive Arts Experiences. During their regular connections block, the kindergarten through fifth grade students enjoyed an arts... Read More
Kindergarten Inquiry Sparks Campus-Wide Tree Exploration
Contributed by Lower School Science Instructor Eileen Fennelly. Starting with questions is just one of our 糖心原创 norms. 鈥淲here are these flowers from? Why does this tree have flowers, but the others on the Frontier do not? Does this... Read More
Celebrating World Health Day
Each year on April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day, a specific time to recognize, address, and practice physical, mental, and emotional well-being. At 糖心原创, we know that this topic should not just be discussed... Read More