Lesson Spotlight

Last Tuesday a swarm of 4,000–5,000 bees descended on the climbing structure behind Room 4 in their search for a new home. While swarming...

The fifth grade recently had a virtual visit with animator and Funko Pop designer Jeff Victor, who answered questions about the business...

How do children perceive themselves? One of the ways we can find out is through their self-portraits. Depicting oneself in art starts in...

Kindergarten teacher Chloe Gilmore teaches an introductory Spanish class for kindergartners and first graders in our Explorations...

Every year the American Library Association awards one Caldecott Medal to the picture book with the best illustrations and several...

Our second through fifth graders recently made fried rice in gardening class, and as often happens when we do cooking lessons, parents...

Think that image you see in the mirror is you in real time? If so, you’d be wrong. As our fifth graders can tell you, when it comes to...

In addition to their academic classes, our elementary students attend “enrichment” classes that support and broaden the classroom...

In addition to their academic classes, our elementary students attend “enrichment” classes that support and broaden the classroom...

Our elementary students made zucchini bread this summer and it was a big hit! Several months later, parents are still asking for the...

Students in our combined TK/kindergarten class are learning about the properties and uses of wood in science class. Teacher Chloe Gilmore...

Keeping with a 20-year-old Meher School tradition, our recent graduates went on a whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C. As it always is, it...

Room 2 had an art show recently. It was curated by teacher Khaila Mixon, who began organizing the event in January, “inspired by how...

Elementary students recently completed an elaborate project where they took inspiration from Mexican folk art sculptures called...

The gardening students recently harvested and cooked 21 pounds of sunchokes. Sunchokes, which taste like mild radishes when raw and...

This time of year, we see a lot of acorns on the ground, but most of us don't give them much thought. Indigenous tribes throughout...

We recently shared some insight into what makes our kindergarten program special. This week we’re exploring our academic curricula and...

COSTUMER Sue Tacker, our special projects coordinator, is altering or making 68 costumes for this year’s fifth grade play, The Cycle of...

Meher School alumnus Colin MacKie knows video games inside out – literally. He’s been designing them for nearly 25 years and has worked...

Starlite is an amazing material that has been perplexing scientists for four decades. It can withstand temperatures of thousands of...