Program Update: Social Studies

6th Grade-Daniela First quarter has been all about building skills. Students have learned how to take notes both in class and from websites, determine whether a source is credible, study for and take tests, and the importance of seeing historical and current events and people from multiple perspectives. To end the quarter, students wrote their…

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Program Update: Latin with Maripat and Cilla

6th Grade: Maripat The 6th grade’s energy and enthusiasm is phenomenal! Students are becoming quite involved and invested in the lives of Suburani’s characters; They want to scold Faustus for how much wine (vinum) he imbibes (bibo, bibere), and are delighted by the parrot’s (psittacus) timely squawks of “Tu es mendax! Tu es mendax!” (consult…

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Program Update: Math with Scott and Virgil

6th Grade-Scott We are thinking mathematically every day, and students have made some intriguing connections and a few valuable discoveries. We have completed an introductory unit in which the many mathematical backgrounds that got students thus far have been reviewed and often challenged to be sure that the things we are doing mathematically – the…

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Program Update: PE with Terra

In PE, we started out the school year with volleyball and are now playing speedball. At the end of each unit, the students do a peer assessment on the skills of the sport, and I also give them their P.A.C.E. feedback for that unit. The overall goal of PE is to provide opportunities for the…

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