Week in Review: Olympics edition

The 6th graders have been working on Olympic-themed projects over the past few weeks and as a result the library was transformed into a mini Olympic stadium on Monday as they competed in Minute-To-Win-It games. The games included “Cups & Cards”, “Play it by Ear with Soda Cans”, “Find the Penny in the Tights”, and “Nuts ‘n’ Bolts”. The 6th graders celebrated their hard work at lunch with cake and live streaming the Olympics.

On Tuesday Mr. Crabb’s advisory came in to look at books about food for the upcoming World Fair Day. Thursday and Friday featured ice cream socials for Lauren and Layla, winners of the Teen Read Week raffle.

Most excitedly, the puzzle was finished on Friday. Here’s Rita putting in the last piece.

Bonus:

Wednesday was Valentine’s Day, and we were delighted with a singing valentine performed by the kindergarteners.

Week in Review: Polyglot edition

This week started off with our annual Polyglot Cat in the Hat reading. Students (including 2nd graders this year) and faculty read the classic Dr. Seuss tale, The Cat in the Hat, in over 40 languages, including Arabic, Kinyarwanda, Sanskrit, and Ascii code.

On Wednesday we had our annual leadership lunch. This month featured Sandor talking about the three months he spent in Spain playing soccer. In addition to playing soccer, Sandor also spoke about being immersed in Spanish culture and witnessing history first hand in the Catalan riots for independence.

On Friday we hosted a farewell party for Sailendra, maintenance man extraordinaire. Sal is leaving us after 17 and a half years to start his own business and we wish him all the best.

Bonus:

This week was spirit week and our resident life skills counselor, Pat, got in on the fun!

Week in Review: Sophomore Moratorium Edition

This week, Ms. Nellis’ 9th grade History classes visited almost every day to work on their Pre-Columbian Americas research projects. On Monday Ms. Melinson shared with them how to start an outline for the presentation component of their project and the rest of the week was spent looking at sources and researching indigenous cultures.

Monday was also National Puzzle Day which meant is was time for Ms. Melinson to bust out the puzzle! This year’s puzzle features an elaborate library that even includes a puzzle in the corner.

Wednesday featured a guest speaker, New York Times sportswriter Karen Crouse. Ms. Crouse spoke to the members of the Octagon staff about her new book, Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town’s Secret to Happiness and Excellence, as well as how she got started in sports journalism and some notable stories from her career.

Thursday the Glass Knife held a meeting where they planned for the upcoming Valentine’s Day bake sale – look forward to that happening on Monday, February 12th!

Friday was the all-day Sophomore Moratorium. Students spent the day working on their projects and getting help from teachers while also listening to presentations on outlines, rubrics, and how to make a presentation.