The Project Space has seen some great activities and planned events, but sometimes the best use of the space is when it is spontaneous. If you want to know what spontaneous means, just look up Dan O’Brien in the dictionary. Mr. O’Brien (the math one) took his 7th Grade Pre-Algebra...
Recently, we were able to have the fantastic team from Design Imaging Studios tour the Commons and capture the beautiful architecture and feel of the spaces. Rich Paprocki photographed the spaces, and the team at the studios finished them as the stunning photos you will see below. Christian Scully wrote...
The exciting culminating Geography Bee Game Show was this past Thursday afternoon in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement. The final grade-level teams (decided through preliminary rounds earlier in the week) engaged in heated head-to-head team and individual competition while the rest of the Middle School cheered them on from...
We are pleased to have students as our guest bloggers now that we are in full swing in the Commons. One such student is Seeley Taylor, president of the 10th Grade class and chair of the Commons Student Council. She is also a member of the Living Building class. She...
On Friday, March 7th, a group of students from School Without Walls and their teacher, Samantha Brody, joined our 9th Grade Rights and Responsibilities class in the Briggs Center for Civic Engagement to discuss and dialogue about hunger in the Rochester area. The morning began with the students breaking out...
As a follow up to the previous PLANTS post on the 7th Grade science students designing and building hydroponic structures, here is a video of the prototypes pumping water and watering their sprouting lettuce plants. You will notice plenty of wires close to water, but be assured that these pumps...
Nothing like two dramatic Shakespeare tragedies to draw the 7th and 8th grade students into the spacious Briggs Center for Civic Engagement to act out the final scenes! In this final week of Trimester 2, Kirsten Reader took her 7th grade classes to the BCCE to read through and act...
