Free Friday: March 24, 2017
{photos by Guy Kinnear} “You can do anything with children if only you play with them.” ~ German (on parenting and children) Happy Friday, one and all! We’ve completed our
Category: On Campus
Student Work: More Rube Goldberg Machines!
Following up on our UMS Rube Goldberg machine post, we now have some video footage from our Lower Middle School and Intermediate classes, so we thought we’d share those with
Wednesday Wonders: Not Just for Dads Day 2017
{photo by Cheryl McCabe} It’s always a pleasure to have family, friends, and community members visit our school, and one of our favorite events each year is Not Just for
Student Work: Rube Goldberg Machines
{photo by Nikol Rochez} We love to highlight student work here on the blog (and frankly, we don’t do it often enough!). Our UMS students finished up their Rube Goldberg
Wednesday Wonders: Morning Meeting National Anthem
{photo by Paul Bischoff} Those of you who are able to stay for the morning meetings at drop off know that from time to time different classes will come up
Wednesday Wonders: Rainy Day Doodles
Today’s wonder is short and sweet – the above photo was sent in by Track B Primary teacher Jennifer Perneel with the caption: “How Primary students doodle on my whiteboard
Rube Goldberg Machines
{image by Rube Goldberg, via Wonderopolis} Our Upper Middle School students are currently working on creating Rube Goldberg Machines in Science class. Don’t know what these are? They are complicated
Wednesday Wonders: Ben Franklin Visits SLOCA
{photo by Cheryl McCabe} If you have kids at SLOCA, you’ve probably already heard all about the esteemed visitor we had at the beginning of the month… but today we
Wednesday Wonders: Poetry Out Loud
{photos by Andy Zink} A couple of weeks ago, four of our high school students participated in SLOCA’s second annual Poetry Out Loud competition, sponsored by the National Endowment for
Wednesday Wonders: Middle School Boys Basketball
{photos by Lisa Ann Dillon} A win for SLOCA Grizzlies! Once again our SLOCA Grizzlies rank as one of our “wonders” and today we want to celebrate our middle school
