It was a great first day, if a bit rainy. So rainy, in fact, that our first boundary walk took place indoors, where the children collaboratively created a quick block representation of the Miquon campus and we toured it with our imaginations while discussing the expanded 5th/6th boundaries. On day two, we’ll connect it to […]
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Hard at Work/Play
We are deep into preparations for our performances. Those not rehearsing scenes at any given moment are: designing and building sets, deciding on and creating props, imagining, organizing, and tailoring costumes, and creating and editing the sound effects and music clips we’ll all be counting on. Come see us — Thursday evening, March 16th […]
And we’re off…
We spent a lovely first day together, spending some time putting finishing touches on the room and personalizing our spaces, and beginning what we are very hopeful will be a joyous, productive, and creative time learning together.
A Day at the Beach
The first of our long-awaited trips happened on Monday, May 9th, having been delayed by weather the week before. We hit the sands and the state park in Cape May Point. We also enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Italian Affair, thanks to the very kind and generous staff at the restaurant, as well as a […]
Through the Eyes of Students – through March
Personal Projects in Art By Jules This year in Art class, Anne (the Art teacher), set up about six different art activities for students in both of the 5th and 6th grades. For example, one of the activities was photography and another one was animation. Students got to pick one of the choices to focus […]
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Going Deep with Literature
Several weeks before conference week and spring break, we began the third and final portion of our study of “place,” launching a study of migration (immigration, emigration, etc.) LiteraWe began with a new read aloud book, the sadly true, moving and hopeful story told by Linda Sue Park, A Long Walk to Water. This story, […]
How do sacred places reflect the values and beliefs of their communities?
The group took its final trip to a place of worship on Friday, February 19th, when we visited Masjidullah, a Sunni mosque. Today the group reflected on what it had learned in the form of a collective answer to the question posed by the title of this piece. Here is what they wrote: How do […]
Taking a Look Inside Sacred Places
We were so pleased that the threatened snow did not materialize to postpone today’s field trip. It was the second time we have visited traditional, religious spaces in the context of our winter study of sacred places. (We have taken three trips thus far in the study – the first to a memorial sacred space, […]
Through the Eyes of Students – November and December
Pioneer Day By Cole and Ifeanyi Our class went on a field trip to Crefeld’s Pioneer Day. We did many things, including: making butter, knitting, playing old-fashion games, making rag dolls, watching people blowing glass, woodcutting, seeing and petting chickens, and making bread. There was food and bagpipes. For lunch we had turkey, cornbread, chicken […]
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Self-Initiation is a Game Changer
One of the more distinct elements of Miquon culture is our insistence on referring to the time not spent in more structured activity with a class group or specialist choice rather than recess. It is not simply a semantic difference. The time spent by the 10 – 12 year olds in our building, between 10:30 and […]