The Beat of Your Own Drum
Through their studies of African drum circles, our second grade students are learning to recognize and follow patterns within music. Each student in the drum circle must follow the specific beat pattern of their section while paying attention to how their section connects with the patterns other sections are following in order for them to…
Year of The Pig
Today, in celebration of Chinese New Year, Grace Ting, our Lower School Mandarin Teacher, showed her fourth grade students how to make dumplings. Before students began assembling the dumplings they explored their significance, learning how the dumplings’ infamous shape is meant to mirror the ingot, a symbol of wealth in China. No sooner after the…
Happy Chinese New Year’s Eve
Parents of our kindergarten class joined students today to teach them all about the traditions and symbolisms within Chinese New Year. Students dove into Chinese culture, hearing “The Story of Nian” and learning about cherished customs of Chinese New Year, such as cleaning out your home, the exciting red envelope, the symbol of the pig…
Hour of Code
The Hour of Code campaign was initially started as a way to demystify “code” and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. Hour of Code has now become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science as a part of Computer Science Education Week. This week Mayrin Bunyagidj, Keys Lower School Technology Integrationist, designed…
It’s Electric
Sixth grade students, by integrating lessons about coding with their study unit on circuits, were able to design and build their own games in science class.
Hello December!
First grade students kicked off the month by designing and constructing unique penguins today in art class.
#GivingTuesday
Happy Giving Tuesday! Almost seven years ago, the Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City started this movement to bring communities together around one purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. Today Keys School honors #GivingTuesday by giving sweet treats to our community as a thank you to all those who have…
Lights, Camera, Action!
Keys third grade students performed their class play for the whole Lower School community today. Fifth grade even joined Lower School in the audience to cheer on their third grade buddies!
Happy Halloween!
Witches and Legos and Skeletons, Oh My! Keys Lower School and Middle School students came together on our Lower School campus today for our Annual Halloween Parade. More spooktacular parade photos are now available to view on Vidigami. Click here to access the full photo album, download your favorite shots, and add your own photos as well!
Building A Foundation
First grade students broke off into small groups to practice visualizing addition through various games and activities. Yael Cushman, First Grade Teacher, and Lani Wenger, First Grade Associate Teacher, use visuals and manipulatives (such as the tens frames shown here) to build students’ conceptual understanding and number sense. Students here are visualizing how 7+6 can…