Culminating events get the headlines but the real work lies in the backstories. Every academic year at Kent School ends with students demonstrating their mastery of a subject area or participating in a full circle experience where students can showcase and share their knowledge. The work leading up to these events showcases our teachers’ continuing commitment to Mind, Brain and Education science (MBE) which is a key differentiator at Kent School.
Starting with some of our youngest learners, the Kindergarten room literally chirps to life when chicken eggs hatch after the incubation period.
Our Fourth Grade students participate in a unique and exhilarating culminating experience that serves as an exclamation point at the end of their yearlong study of Maryland history and Chesapeake Bay Studies. The spent three days and two nights at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Karen Noonan Center In Dorchester County.
Our Fifth Grade created a Colonial Living History Museum. They embodied colonial professions and personas through library research, map studies of the thirteen colonies in Science and literature and history in Humanities.
Seventh-grade presented their culminating Watershed Watch Action Plan at the Holt Center at Sultana Education Foundation.
The Eighth Grade Camping Trip is also a wonderful culminating experience for graduates. They set out on canoes and camped along the shores of Turners Creek and the Sassafras River.
Our backstory, rooted in Mind, Brain and Education Science, is found in the many themes and teacher collaborations that contribute to the success of all of these culminating experiences, giving us the headlines.
We are so fortunate to have creative enthusiastic teachers who can envision the possibilities available to them. At the intersection of Math, Language Arts, History, Science and Art there is a special joy in teaching and learning.