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THE MEHER SCHOOL
Love Nurtures Learning
Meher School Community
Mar 21, 20242 min read
How Do You Get Rid of4,000+ Uninvited Guests?
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...
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Meher School Community
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Gribblets
The fifth grade recently had a virtual visit with animator and Funko Pop designer Jeff Victor, who answered questions about the business...
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Susie Kohl
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Self-Portraits: Exploring Identity Through Art
How do children perceive themselves? One of the ways we can find out is through their self-portraits. Depicting oneself in art starts in...
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Meher School Community
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Dragons and Self-Love: Students Celebrate “Mock Caldecott” Winners and Diverse Voices in Children’s Literature
Every year the American Library Association awards one Caldecott Medal to the picture book with the best illustrations and several...
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Meher School Community
Jan 24, 20242 min read
Physics Lesson: Things Aren’t What They Seem
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...
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Warren Wallace
Nov 16, 20232 min read
Enrichment Classes: LIBRARY
In addition to their academic classes, our elementary students attend “enrichment” classes that support and broaden the classroom...
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Meher School Community
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Enrichment Classes: ART
In addition to their academic classes, our elementary students attend “enrichment” classes that support and broaden the classroom...
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Meher School Community
Sep 28, 20232 min read
Little Chefs, Big Flavors: Elementary Schoolers Master the Art of Zucchini Bread Baking
Our elementary students made zucchini bread this summer and it was a big hit! Several months later, parents are still asking for the...
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Meher School Community
Sep 28, 20231 min read
Kindergarten Woodworkers
Students in our combined TK/kindergarten class are learning about the properties and uses of wood in science class. Teacher Chloe Gilmore...
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Meher School Community
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Room 2’s Exhibit of “Process” Art
Room 2 had an art show recently. It was curated by teacher Khaila Mixon, who began organizing the event in January, “inspired by how...
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Meher School Community
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Mythical Creatures Invade Art Class
Elementary students recently completed an elaborate project where they took inspiration from Mexican folk art sculptures called...
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Meher School Community
Nov 3, 20221 min read
Native American Heritage Month: Cooking Sunchokes in Gardening Class
The gardening students recently harvested and cooked 21 pounds of sunchokes. Sunchokes, which taste like mild radishes when raw and...
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Meher School Community
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Native American Heritage Month: Acorn Bread Recipe
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...
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Meher School Community
May 13, 20221 min read
Mythical Costumes
COSTUMER Sue Tacker, our special projects coordinator, is altering or making 68 costumes for this year’s fifth grade play, The Cycle of...
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Meher School Community
Apr 21, 20221 min read
A Glimpse Inside the World of Video Games
Meher School alumnus Colin MacKie knows video games inside out – literally. He’s been designing them for nearly 25 years and has worked...
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Meher School Community
Feb 10, 20221 min read
The Mysteries of Starlite
Starlite is an amazing material that has been perplexing scientists for four decades. It can withstand temperatures of thousands of...
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Meher School Community
Jan 4, 20221 min read
Opłatek and Dancing in Preschool
What did you say when you broke your opłatek on Christmas Eve? Breaking the opłatek, or “Christmas wafer,” might not be something many...
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Meher School Community
Dec 17, 20213 min read
In Second Grade, Using Yoga and Breathing Exercises to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
Second grade teacher Karima Hastings was at wit’s end. It was March 2020, and thrust practically overnight into remote teaching, she was...
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Meher School Community
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Cooking Up Some Fall Fun (Recipes Included)
In honor of the season, our kindergarten through fifth grade students did two cooking projects with pumpkin recently. Third, fourth, and...
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Meher School Community
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Easy Art Games at School and Home
“If it’s not fun, we’re not doing it!” That was Ms. Amy’s guidance during our planning meetings for this summer’s D.R.A.M.A. Camp....
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