Posts by Dawn Fornear
Save the date! Join us for our annual fundraising event!
Come One, Come All! We are looking for volunteers to help us with the planning and coordination of our Annual Spring Fundraiser! We will be hosting a dinner and auction, complete with fun carnival spirit and games. If you are interested in helping us throw the best fundraising event of the year, please reach out…
Read MoreProgram Update: Science
6th Grade: Why does a green car look black through a red filter? What happens to light after it is emitted from a source? Why are the primary colors of light (red, green and blue) different from the primary colors of pigment (cyan, yellow and magenta)? Using lots of hands (and eyes) on activities, these…
Read MoreProgram Update: 6th Grade English
Sixth graders have been learning about Greek myth as we read Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Black Ships Before Troy and The Wanderings of Odysseus. In January, we practiced note-taking, experimenting with formatting and color coding. Students created notes alongside a lecture/discussion for one chapter and drew from their independent reading for a second chapter. Last month,…
Read MoreAthletics Update: March 21, 2023
The girls’ basketball season wrapped up last week Tuesday against Seattle Girls School, who played their 8th graders against our mostly 6th and 7th grade team, but from what I heard, it was a fun game, and all was good in the world today during lunch when they had their end-of-season lunch in the gym. …
Read MoreWelcome, Julie Brock!
Julie Brock starts this week as our new part-time School Counselor. Julie is amazing! She has over 15 years of experience supporting students in schools, including middle and high school counseling in the Northshore School District and at Munich International School. In addition to providing academic, social, and emotional counseling in her schools, Julie focuses…
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