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Grades 7-8: Week of 3/25/24

In Social Studies, students studied the arms race aspects of the Cold War, learning about NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and the technology that threatened but never led to confrontation between the superpowers. We also took a break from history, based on a survey of the students who asked for mo…

Grades 5-6: Week of 3/25/24

In Language Arts, we worked on collages to accompany our theme expository essays. We are starting a new novel called Save Me a Seat.

In Judaics, we performed chapter one and two of our Purim plays. We began Mishnah Pesachim - chapter 10.

Students in Geo-History prepped a collective study g…

Grades 3-4: Week of 3/25/24

In Reading, third graders learned how important envisioning is when reading. As for fourth graders, they are encouraged to use precise words when describing their characters, while supporting their answer in multiple parts of the book that they are reading.

This week in Art, the students co…

Grades 1-2: Week of 3/25/24

This week in Art, the students finished their Sonia Delauney inspired paintings. They are very colorful!

It was instrument week in Music, and we learned about Italian instruments, such as the violin family and mandolins! We had a performance from Elizabeth and Elijah, and our Mimi Award win…

Grades 7-8: Week of 3/18/24

Students in Social Studies took a big test on the Holocaust & WW2. We also began our unit on the Cold War era, which will be the first historical analysis that is thematic rather than chronological: we will study the politics, the arms race, the space race, ‘hot spots,’ Civil Rights, and…