Offerings for this Semester In January, students in grades 8-12 began a new semester of intensive study courses (These classes run on a different schedule than other courses – early Jan through early May). One of the feature programs of…

Using Opportunities for Deep Learning High School English teacher, Jeffrey Fisher, chose Macbeth as the English Literature summer reading, knowing that the theater department had selected it for their Fall production.  Within the literature courses, students analyzed the play in…

Crafting Questions This weeks Moment focuses on our students as they craft questions, as part of our recent Intensive Study day. Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (lnk), we asked them to spend 10 minutes ‘question storming’ around these…

When a deep learning moment is happening, it looks so natural, and flows so well that it can appear effortless. But in education, there has to be a choreographer behind the scenes intentionally moving bodies and minds to spaces that…

Our Civic Engagement and Service Learning course has been focusing on issues of poverty, affordable housing and social justice on both a national and local level. As part of this process, we have partnered with Dutchess County Habitat for Humanity…

Sharing Chinese Culture with the Pre-K In November, the 9/10 ESL class visited the pre-K classroom to share cultural traditions through conversation and storybooks. Before visiting, the ESL students researched children’s books about the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in China and…

“The power of music and the plasticity of the brain go together quite strikingly, especially in young people” Dr. Oliver Sacks Each morning, the Middle School Learning Commons and courtyard are alive with the sound of music. The deep reverberations…