Fall 2016-2017 Academic Honors November 23, 2016 Seventh Grade – High Honors Burke Bogardus Patricia Daum Kevin Lam Phoebe Mulder Hansi Zhu Eighth Grade – High Honors Emma Benardete Hanyan Cai Ana Paula Castillo Topete Jin Charlotte Chey Junsik Ryan Eom Taylor Maxwell Peter Sanger Yihan… Read More
Hansi Zhu Earns Mountain Card November 18, 2016 Head of School Jody Soja presented a Mountain Card to Hansi Zhu on Friday, November 18, 2016. The Mountain Card is the school’s highest formal accolade and recognizes individuals who go above and beyond our expectations. Below are the words… Read More
Slinky Science November 4, 2016 Academics, In the Classroom Students in a seventh grade earth science class explored how energy moves through the ground during an earthquake. Using a large slinky as a model of the wave, they sent single waves down the line, which returned until the energy… Read More
Jody Soja–This I Believe October 27, 2016 The best gift I ever received was given to me by my Zulu professor: the former South African poet–laureate Mazisi Kunene. Play Speech Audio: Your browser does not support the audio element. Professor Kunene was a Mountain… Read More
Falcons Recap 10.7-10.21 October 22, 2016 Volleyball followed up the first win by tacking on a second one with a 2-1 victory over Miss Hall’s. The Falcons dropped the next three games to tough competition including a barn burner in five games to Rumsey. The team… Read More
Falcons Recap 9.26-10.3 October 7, 2016 As the Falcons continue to progress through a difficult athletic schedule, our teams again prove that they are tough and… Read More
A Praying Mantis in the Grass Sparks an Unplanned Lesson September 28, 2016 Our nimble Lower School often follows students’ interests and natural curiosity to engage in deep learning. Recently, we saw a perfect example of emergent curriculum in action after our first and second graders found a praying… Read More
Falcons Recap 9.21-9.26 September 27, 2016 This past week saw the Falcons athletics teams’ games and competitions begin in earnest with many impressive performances across the board. The Volleyball team followed up a gutsy performance the week before with two more tough games… Read More
Meditation on the Fall September 27, 2016 “The childing autumn, angry winter, change. Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world. By their increase, now knows not which is which.”—William Shakespeare, “Midsummer Night’s Dream” As daylight savings time ends on the east coast, all the clocks fall… Read More
Teacher Spotlight: David Gargill September 13, 2016 When not in the classroom, the head of our English department practices his trade as a professional journalist. David Gargill is a two-time National… Read More
