Elementary

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.  The children have enjoyed planting and growing spinach, radishes, white…

The Upper Elementary (grades three through five) program supports the emerging student as he enters a new developmental phase filled with wonder, interest, and active enthusiasm. By sparking imagination and following a student’s passion, teachers…

Last March, the 3rd year Primary students wrote letters to newly elected Vice President, Kamala Harris. The Primary program recently received a lovely message from Vice President Harris in response to their notes! Below is…