| 8th Grade Independent Projects |
This year's graduating students have invested
time all year exploring vocational areas of interest. Each 8th
grader worked with an outside mentor researching and job-shadowing, and
prepared a formal presentation of the experience. Projects focused on film-making,
horse care, cooking, and fashion design. Their final presentations were given
to an audience of mentors, teachers, family members, school trustees, and
advisory council members.
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| A Journey to Remember |
Intermediates designed a travel sticker that
represented a city studied during the school year. Then they created valises
from cereal boxes and decorated them with all the different stickers to
symbolize all the locations they had researched.
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| | Walking and Talking |
Primaries wrote narrative pieces based on journeys
they had taken. In conjunction with art class, each student constructed a shoe
from cardboard and designed it as a pictorial representation of the travel.
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| Hiawatha |
The Pre-Primary class enjoyed their last day of school
together aboard the Hiawatha Paddlewheel Riverboat. Everyone had a chance to
have a picture taken with the captain. Afterward, the group gathered for a picnic
lunch along the Susquehanna River.
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| | Spanish Festival |
At
the beginning of the year, the Middle School divided into five focus groups
researching Spain, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The students' final presentations were displayed
in the library as a question and answer session was held. The entire school
then enjoyed a Spanish Festival and learned about the culture of these regions
through photos, music, traditional cooking, and dancing.
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Meet You at the Met
The culminating trip
for the Intermediates' study of world cultures this year was to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City.
Students viewed an Egyptian temple, African carvings, and South American
Artifacts, as well as pieces from Asia and North America.
| A Taste of Honey
Don't
be afraid of that bee! Primary students continued their insect unit and focused
on bee pollination. They learned the ecological importance of bees, which are
vital to the pollination of flowers.
Students participated in a taste test of different types of honey and
created a Venn diagram to review their results. No one objected to taking this
test!
| So Much to Do
Back
by popular demand, the Pre-Primary class held another snack sale with the
proceeds to benefit Camp
Victory. Class time was
also spent on reviewing the importance of summer safety. And with the hopes of
warm weather soon approaching, the students kicked off their shoes to create an
oversized mural which they painted with their feet.
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