Tag: 6th grade

🌿 What better way to kick off the week than by getting outside? That’s precisely what our 6th grade scientists do every Monday with teacher Jo, who understands the positive impact that outdoor experiences can have on learning. Throughout our…

Group work at the board is an essential aspect of 6th grade math, where students get up and move through new ways of solving problems together! One of Jeanne and Jillian's challenges for their mathematicians this week was called Triangle…

Our new cohort of middle schoolers is gearing up for the start of the year with a fun filled three day orientation focused on building familiarity and community. Students sprinted through scavenger hunts led by 8th graders ambassadors and took…

6th grade science students were treated to a Brain Awareness Program this week, which came to us from Dr. Rhea Kimpo, associate professor at Samuel Merritt and current PS parent! Students attended workshops about topics like concussions, motor learning, and…

Spanish teacher Tanya loves using food to give her bilingual students a window into the incredible diversity of Latin cultures! To showcase the culinary richness found across Latin America, including Afro-Latin and Peruvian Nikkei, Bilingual 5th and 6th graders made a website…

What would a safe coming out experience look and sound like? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 6th grade humanities students asked themselves this question while reading The Misfits by James Howe in which one of the main characters comes out as gay to his…

Thank you, Hana Baba (@hanaradio, journalist for @kalwradio) for coming to speak with our 6th grade humanities students about your experiences living in Sudan! This was the beginning of the students' Modern Cultures of the World project. Parents, grandparents, and community…

As a way to introduce the tools, materials, and construction possibilities available to them in colab this year, our teacher David challenged his 6th graders to team up and create chess boards. Students cut wood, stacked metal, and used found…

How do igloos stay warm? Why are video games so addictive? What is the Multiverse Theory? These are a few of the topics our 6th graders chose for their first Genius Hour project in science. The name "Genius Hour" comes…

Last week 6th graders took an adventurous overnight trip to Camp SEA Lab in Aptos led by their science teacher Jo and the 6th grade team. They stayed in dorms, ate family-style meals under cypress trees with ocean views, and…