Education Program
Program Update: Health & PE with Terra
For PE/Health, we’ve started doing our health units across the different grades. This year, I’ve decided to scatter a few PE days in between some of the health days so that the students don’t have to sit for too long over multiple days. The health topics that are covered this semester per grade are as…
Read MoreProgram Update: English with Cilla and Lisa
Happy New Year from the English department! Book clubs are underway for 7th and 8th grades and it’s a good sign that students are engaged with their texts when other teachers drop by to share that they’re overhearing students discuss English reading outside of class! Occasionally I’m asked why we do book clubs rather than…
Read MoreProgram Update: Science with Kristin and Virgil
6th Grade: There’s a new hum in the air as the sixth graders have started building their snowshoes. Last week they worked together to bend all of the apple branches into frames and assemble the tie plates, angle gussets, and fabric pieces into serviceable bindings. Students who attended the Snowshoe Party on Saturday morning cut…
Read MoreFall Highlights at Explorer West
As the fall semester at Explorer West Middle School draws to a close, we have much to celebrate and reflect upon. This semester has been a mix of creativity, teamwork, and engagement, highlighted by our exceptional playwriting projects, artistic endeavors, sports achievements, academic challenges, and community-building activities. Unleashing Creativity Across All Grades This semester, students…
Read MoreProgram Update: Music with Kali
Wow! What an amazing fall semester it has been in the music room! It has been incredible to see the musical progress of our students and the hard work that they have put into all of the music that has been thrown their way this year. 6th Grade Instrumental: In 6th grade band and orchestra,…
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