As part of the study of ancient governments, students had to decide whether they would rather be part of Sparta’s oligarchy or Athen’s democracy. After making their selection, students competed in a series of challenges that relate to the ancient… Continue Reading
Thank you so much for attending our performance of Romeo and Juliet and contributing to the feast. I hope that your children will have a lifelong love and understand of Shakespeare after this experience.
One of my favorite things about this year’s “Short Shakespeare” production of Romeo and Juliet was the casting of a female Benvolio. This is especially helpful to our students as many of them are taking on roles that would traditionally… Continue Reading
In order to prepare for reading and performing Romeo and Juliet, we started with a study of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Students will be writing their own sonnets in the coming week. In these pictures, they try and put Shakespeare’s lines together… Continue Reading
Today was the final day of our civilizations game. Mesopotamia won after repelling attacks from India and Egypt.
It has been a hard road for many of the civilizations. As they domesticated animals, many of them developed diseases and lost large portions of their population. As they developed religion, the Ancient Indians had to spend so much time worshiping… Continue Reading
Thank you for helping your students create amazing food for last Friday’s Diwali celebration!
7F has been hard at work preparing for next Friday, November 4. After reading the epic Ramayana, the students will share their knowledge of the epic with the entire middle school. They will then lead some common traditions. All 7F… Continue Reading
In preparation for writing essays, students discussed the values in Ramayana. Many of the issues discussed are still major issues for our culture today. For example, is it okay for Hanuman to destroy Lanka because it is the home of… Continue Reading
Your students developed five historical questions for five history fair topics this week. They spent some time reading one another’s questions to determine whether or not they had the requirements of a historical question. Those requirements are: 1-The question must… Continue Reading