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Danny Tieger
Director of Performing Arts, 5th & 6th Grade Humanities Teacher
- Academic Support
- Electives
- English
- History
- Student Support
- Upper Campus
- Upper Campus
- 860-435-0871
- danny_tieger@indianmountain.org
Max Miller
UC English & History Teacher
- Academic Support
- Electives
- English
- Student Support
- Upper Campus
Brian Hess
UC English Teacher
- Academic Support
- Electives
- English
- Student Support
- Upper Campus
- 860-435-0871
- brian_hess@indianmountain.org
Kyle Halloran
Assistant Head of School for Student Life
- Academic Support
- Electives
- English
- Residential Life
- Student Support
- Both Campuses
- 860-435-0871 x122
- kyle_halloran@indianmountain.org
Alex Hodosy
Assistant Head of School, Dean of Faculty
- Academic Support
- Electives
- English
- Student Support
- Upper Campus
- Both Campuses
- 860-435-0871 x182
- alex_hodosy@indianmountain.org
Sarah Hyland
5th & 6th Grade English Teacher
- Academic Support
- English
- Student Support
- Upper Campus
- 860-435-0871
- sarah_hyland@indianmountain.org
Dana Domenick
LAD Teacher
- Academic Support
- English
- History
- Student Support
- Upper Campus
- Upper Campus
Sixth English
- English
Fifth grade social studies begins the year by inviting fifth graders into the world of the upper campus, and orienting them to the skills and tools required to understand themselves as learners. Students develop and master the skill of creating and presenting slideshows on Google Slides. One recurring project that draws on these skills is the Newscaster project, in which students pick a current event and create a slideshow in order to educate their peers about the event. This project recurs four times over the course of the year, and requires students to work on becoming researchers and presenters, using images for storytelling. Students also focus on using models like Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences in order to understand their strengths as students, and advocate for their own learning. As the year progresses, fifth graders shift their focus to world geography, building a foundation of map skills and focusing on the five themes of geography: location, place, region, movement, and human- environment interaction. Many group and individual projects, as well as map quizzes and tests, help fifth graders to understand the fundamentals of geography that will be crucial for history classes later in the scope and sequence of their experience at IMS. Interdisciplinary connections between science work in biomes and social studies work in the natural and human elements of geography are also explored.