Grade Level
Lower
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Headlines and Backstories
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 […]
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STARFEST: Create, Learn, Stargaze
There are so many reasons to love our rural, riverside campus and recently we added another one to the list. On a cool evening in February, the new moon and resulting dark night sky provided the perfect backdrop for our inaugural STARFEST. STARFEST was born from the discovery that our First Grade students, led by […]
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Kid Social Entrepreneurs Work Together For Others
We introduced the concept of teaching first and fifth graders about social entrepreneurship over seven years ago and never looked back. This spring, our first grade entrepreneurs worked collaboratively with 5th graders for another successful year of the Nifty Note Company. This interdisciplinary project-based learning unit reached across subjects, including media, design, branding, and economics. […]
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Otis and Ira: Friends at School
Old Trail School (age 2-Grade 8), which had mandated the indoor wearing of masks for all students, faculty and staff since returning to campus in fall of 2020, shifted to a mask-optional policy on Monday, February 28. To help younger students better understand and respect the decision of some classmates to continue wearing masks, our […]
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Small and Mighty Voices
The Kent School community recently saw the power of a child’s voice in action when Second Grader Lana recognized gender and racial disparity in a video presented by her Lower School Spanish teacher, Elizabeth Greenwell. Greenwell shared an animated video with her students to learn a song in Spanish. After watching the video, Lana noted […]
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A Day In the Life at MDS!
In the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, we are a small community school with so much life and warm energy. Each day you will hear the hustle and bustle of morning drop off and afternoon pick up; playful laughter of the children; the children singing along to our famous Mr. Huw; or outdoor playing soccer […]
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PE Challenges Kids: Are You MVPs or MVTs?
Corbett Prep’s Physical Education unit “Teambuilders and Cooperative Activities” guides first and second graders through an investigation of what makes a great teammate. Students face challenges as a class to work together to achieve different goals. Students have opportunities to take leadership roles, strategize, and reflect on what worked and what changes they could make […]
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This Is Me: 1st Grade infographics
Our first grade students start the school year with an exploration of self and family by reading the book called This is How We Do It, One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids From Around the World by Mat Lamothe. The author provides a window into the lifestyles and traditions of other children from […]
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The Girls' School of Austin Thanks Frontline Heroes
The Girls’ School of Austin is giving back by thanking frontline heroes in the community. Each student in the GSA’s lower school created a thank you card honoring the work of workers on the frontline during the pandemic. The project was conceived in a way to say thank you and recognize those men and women […]
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One Team philosophy at ʻIolani School
Every school has a culture that is unique and special. At ʻIolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii, the One Team ethos is what defines an ʻIolani education. Filmmaker/Alumnus Johnathan Walk ʻ05 and editor of the schoolʻs award-winning magazine, Cathy Lee Chong, worked on this video to share what One Team is all about. The video was […]
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School Dog at Home
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Lower School teachers were finding it increasingly difficult to explain to some of their students why they could not return to school this year. Using Head of School, Nancy Mugele’s black lab, River, as inspiration, they created this story to share with students.
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Lower School STEM teacher uses 3D printer to help protect medical staff against COVID-19
Lower School STEM Teacher Shannon LoRusso is helping medical personnel by using the school’s 3D printer to make Montana Masks and Face Shields for hospital use. Before Admiral Farragut Academy closed due to coronavirus, she took the 3D printer from the Lower School STEM Lab home and the school provided her materials such as the […]