Just Keep Breathing: A Perspective on Mindfulness and Meditation from the Keys Head of School
I am a meditator. I meditate twice daily – an essential ritual I use to fuel my day. My family has come to joke that if they can’t find me, “Mommie is probably meditating somewhere.” When my boys were little, they wanted a piece of the meditation action. They would ask me to meditate in…
Climate Strike 2019
Middle School students, faculty, and staff joined millions of others around the world in the Climate Strike. Everyone walked off Keys campus in protest, chanting to urge transformative actions be taken to address the climate crises facing our planet. #strikewithus
Student Elections
Today our student nominees for Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Grade Class Representatives gave their speeches as part of our Student Government Elections 2019!
Emotional Intelligence Matters: A Perspective from the Keys Head of School
“How are we giving our students the best of ourselves?” This is a question that was posed to our teachers at the start of the school year. Many educators prepare with the best content in mind, but few educators, let alone an entire staff, prepare the best content and also prepare to share the best…
That Time of Year….Outdoor Ed!
And they are off! Today our Middle School students headed out for their grade specific Outdoor Ed trips.
Keys School Welcome Day
Today faculty and staff are so excited to welcome new and returning students for the upcoming school year. Heather, our new Head of School, was there with gloves on to greet students and families!
Middle School Dive in and Discover: A Reflection
Middle School students have finished their ERB testing, and today will participate in the Dive in and Discover Fair, where student groups will have the opportunity to share with the rest of our Middle School what they have explored and learned over the course of the last few days. This exchange of information shows students…
Second Grade Invention Convention
Our second grade students brought in an impressive crowd to their invention convention this year! This unit first began with a series of student-led interviews with our faculty and staff, to determine what challenges on campus their inventions would tackle, like the distracting loud sound of the leaf blower. In the weeks that followed students…
Immigration
Today, as part of their unit on immigration in the mid to late 1800s, our third grade students are embarking on a simulated immigration experience to help them gain a deeper understanding of what it was like to be an immigrant at that time and to see firsthand how one’s financial situation affected one’s immigrant…
Keys Student-Led Conferences
Our fourth grade students, much like the rest of our community, have been hard at work this week preparing for Keys School’s upcoming student-led conferences. A research-based practice, student-led conferences empower our students to take ownership of and reflect upon their learning while enhancing their confidence and self-awareness. Requiring students to be thoughtful about their…