Portrait Mode
Keys School incorporates the use of technology within our curriculum for Grades K through 8, in order to cultivate good digital citizens in our students. Kindergarten students start the year learning what the idea of technology really means, and as the year progresses they utilize technology in relation to various projects within their curriculum. Mayrin…
Hand in Hand: Building Cultural Competency
Keys School is proud to announce Katie Dlesk, our Assistant Head of Middle School, and Sara Poplack, our Assistant Head of Lower School as recently published authors in the National Association of Independent Schools Magazine! Their article “Hand in Hand”, emphasizes building school-wide cultural competency with teacher-leaders and among an entire faculty. Read the article…
Coffee & Conversation: Keys Alum Parent Perspective
Keys welcomed a wonderful panel of alum parents to our Lower School campus, to share their insights into life after Keys. Current families asked questions about public vs. private high schools, the transition from middle school to high school, and life in college. We are really thankful to have parents continue to be so connected…
Drop Everything and Read!
Reading for fun, just like the arts, math, science, English and other subjects, deserves time, so yesterday Keys Middle School students, faculty, and staff literally dropped everything they were doing to sit and read. The D.E.A.R initiative is meant not only to promote literacy, but remind everyone how much fun reading can be. The Middle…
Sixth Grade Students Dive into Global Issues
The United Nations is tasked with promoting international co-operation and maintaining order across the globe, but with so many issues confronting humanity how does this organization decide which ones to prioritize? This week, sixth grade students started with a deep discovery in their social studies class where they researched global issues in health care, education,…
Outdoor Education: A Time to Inquire, Connect, and Understand
Outdoor Ed! We all know of the excitement and anticipation surrounding those two words. For students these trips represent that coveted opportunity to be independent, and for parents the experience can often be filled with a lot of nerves, and the simple hope that everyone returns home in one piece! At Keys School, Outdoor Ed…
Lower the Drawbridge!
With nothing but their imaginations and materials from The Builder Barn, students stretched their thinking to create a fort worthy of royalty. Students even pieced together rope, wood, and clamps to create a back fence and a front facing drawbridge, ensuring all would be safe within the walls of this mighty structure.
Kindness Matters
Keys welcomed guest speaker Kelsey Tainsh to our Lower School and Middle School campuses. Kelsey, a survivor of two bouts with cancer and a life-changing stroke, talked to students about sharing their differences instead of hiding them, why kindness matters, and the importance of accepting others’ uniqueness. Along with talking about these lessons, students also…
Keys Fall Picnic
The entire Keys community is still reeling from the fun times that were had at last Friday’s Fall Picnic. Between chowing down on some delicious barbecue and partaking in friendly hula-hoop competitions, parents, students, faculty, and staff savored in the opportunity to catch up with each other and enjoy the cool Summer weather.
First Week of School!
After a Summer of preparing lesson plans, painting classrooms, drafting emails, and waiting in anticipation, faculty and staff at Keys are so excited that the students are finally here! We welcome the familiar sounds of students playing and laughing on our two campuses once again. Students new to our Middle School campus have found their…