Pre-k Interviews Community Members

by Judy Purcell, Pre-k teacher May has been a busy month in the  pre-k class! We have recently started our school community interviews. We are learning about a lot of the people we see around the school but didn’t know.…

Pre-K Celebrates Autumn!

by Judy Purcell and Sue Parise, Pre-K teachers There was a chill in the air today as we raked and gathered leaves! We collected handfuls of leaves then stuffed them into a pair of jeans and a flannel shirt, creating…

Building Literacy and Friendships

By Hannah Sunshine, grade 4 teacher The beginning of reading buddies was a highly anticipated event in the 4th grade classroom.  The students had participated in buddy partnerships in the past, but always as the younger students. Partnering with the…

Time of Wonder

Egg, caterpillar, milkweed, chrysalis, butterfly, migrate, Mexico….just a few words frequently used by children in the lower school this week. Since the opening of school, children in grades pre-K through two have observed the amazing life cycle of the monarch…