Storytelling Through Fiber Art

By Rachel Silverman, grade 1 teacher The first grade has been engaged in an exciting cross-divisional collaboration with the kindergarten, 5th grade and a group of high school students in which we are exploring storytelling through textiles. Phase one of…

Lower School Reflections

By Mary Ellen Kenny, assistant head of school, lower school dean These days, the emphasis naturally shifts to bringing closure to the studies that have occupied students and their teachers for many months and to providing time to take stock…

Come in from the Cold

When children in the lower school study the people who lived in the eastern woodlands long ago, they learn that storytelling around the fire in the longhouse during the winter kept the spirit and imagination alive and helped forge connections…