Keys Hosts New Parent Welcome Tea

Yesterday nothing but smiles and laughter filled Fellowship Hall as Keys families and faculty came together to welcome in parents of new students to the Keys community. We are so excited to welcome new families to Keys School!

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Keys 7th Grade Class Helps Build High-Altitude Balloon

What started for our technology integrationist Steven Zeigler as a fun idea to build a high-altitude balloon became an amazing learning opportunity for our 7th grade class at Keys. After applying for and receiving a teacher innovator grant, Steven quickly joined forces with Jennifer Spaeth and her 7th grade science class to turn his pet…

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Kathleen Jalalpour Earns Prestigious Teaching Award

Congratulations to Kathleen Jalalpour for recently being honored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth with the Sarah D. Barder Award! This award honors those few teachers who have best put into practice the mission of the Center for Talented Youth, which is to engage, and challenge students to aim higher and learn more…

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Keys Student Walk-Out

Keys Middle School students led a walk-out on Wednesday, National Walk-Out Day, calling on the public and federal representatives to change gun legislation.

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Keys School Stands with CAIS in Statement on Gun Violence and School Safety

In a historic moment last week, the heads of over 150 independent schools throughout California came together to make a strong unified statement regarding the epidemic of gun violence in our country and the need for increased safety in our schools. This statement was published on Sunday, March 11 in the San Francisco Chronicle and…

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Fourth Graders Visit the Symphony

The fourth grade class travelled to San Francisco’s Symphony Hall yesterday for a memorable music field trip. Students explored the stage, learned what it is like to be a professional musician, and even had a Q&A and dance session with San Francisco Symphony Resident Composer and Youth Orchestra Director Christian Reif.

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Second Graders Perform to a Packed Fellowship Hall

Empty seats were hard to find this morning, as second graders performed their class play, ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,’ for an enthusiastic crowd of parents and teachers. In preparation for this year’s production, students learned about the technique of ‘blocking,’ which refers to actors’ movements and body positions on…

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Celebrating National Puzzle Day at Middle School

Jigsaws, Rubik’s Cubes, Crosswords, Sudokus! Middle School students celebrated National Puzzle Day yesterday afternoon by putting on their thinking caps and solving various games and puzzles with the help of classmates and teachers.

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Casting for the Middle School Musical

Preparations have begun for this year’s Middle School Musical, The Little Mermaid! Earlier this week hopeful actors and actresses practiced lines from the play before an afternoon of auditions in the Drama Room.

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Lower School Students Learn From Non-Profit, One Less Straw

During our recent Dive In and Discover Week, Lower School students in the ‘How Can I Help?’ group sat down for a Skype conversation with the founders of the non-profit One Less Straw. The organization’s goal is to spread awareness about plastic waste and promote the use of reusable straws to help reduce consumption. Inspired…

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