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Reading Buddies

Each year, 5th grade Upper Elementary students have the privilege of being Reading Buddies to the third-year Primary students.  They are assigned one or two Primary children to read with each week throughout the year. Every week,…
mreuter
May 10, 2022
Elementary

Upper Elementary Snapshot

Geography In Geography, the 3rd graders are studying the function and symbolism of nations. Using Pin Maps to solidify their geographical knowledge, they label all countries, their capitals, and flags, test their memory on geography…
mreuter
March 3, 2022
Elementary

Adopt a Tree Program

Elementary Ecology In Ecology, the focus has been on soil and water, and the classroom has been our vegetable garden, along with the school woods. Recently the 5th grade students observed and documented their adopted…
mreuter
February 14, 2022
Elementary

UE Hands-On Learning

In Literacy class, Upper Elementary students have been studying the myths and science surrounding squids through the lens of the book Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster by Mary M Cerullo and Clyde. F. E.…
mreuter
January 27, 2022
Elementary

Students Ski Shawnee

The Upper and Lower Elementary students hit the slopes at Shawnee Mountain in the Poconos. The trips are planned as part of the school curriculum. They are a great opportunity to learn a lifelong sport,…
mreuter
January 14, 2022
Elementary

Weekly Book Club

In addition to their daily literacy curriculum, Upper Elementary students engage in a twice-weekly book club. Alongside independent reading time and our classroom library, book clubs seek to maintain and foster a critical love of…
mreuter
December 14, 2021
Elementary

LE Joins Project FeederWatch

The lower elementary class joined the Project FeederWatch, a survey of birds of The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which runs from mid-November till the end of April.  Facilities installed the hook and the bird feeder…
mreuter
December 7, 2021
Elementary

Upper Elementary Fall Project

Upper Elementary students are actively working on an interdisciplinary project to celebrate fall and the recent Thanksgiving holiday. First, they listened to a read-aloud of  The Very Last Leaf by Stef Wade and Jennifer Davidson, a…
mreuter
November 22, 2021
ElementaryPrimary

Virtual Visits to LE

The Lower Elementary years see the development of social awareness, language transition, and collaborative learning. Each day is a new adventure! Every year at this time the third-year Primary students have the opportunity to visit…
mreuter
November 19, 2021
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