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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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Gribblets

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

Susie Kohl

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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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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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...

Warren Wallace

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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....