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.
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.
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…
Studying Innovation in Research and Design
Seventh grade students in the Research and Design class participated in a tasty lesson yesterday afternoon. The class learned about design innovation and improvement by studying and using cheese graters from various decades. After discussing which grater designs worked best and why, the students made nachos!
Dive In and Discover Week
This week is Dive In and Discover Week at Lower School. Students and teachers are participating in a week of experiential learning, field trips, cross grade connections, and interdisciplinary opportunities!
Lower School Performs to a Packed House
Kindergarten through fourth grade students performed to a standing room only crowd earlier this week, as they sang, drummed, and danced their way through the Lower School Winter Concert.
First Grade Post Office is Open for Business
First graders are currently learning about how the postal system works by operating their own Keys School Post Office, sorting and delivering letters to both Lower and Middle School campus.
Middle Schoolers Perform in Winter Concert
Keys Middle School students performed several musical arrangements to a standing room only audience last night, capping off the evening with a joyous rendition of “Lean on Me,” by Bill Withers.
Demystifying Computer Science during Hour of Code
Our participation in Computer Science Education Week continued today, as Middle School students engaged in ‘Hour of Code’ activities by building their own digital Minecraft worlds and composing music using a computer programming language. Lower School classrooms continued their week of welcoming visiting engineering professionals to speak about their inspiring work in the technology industry.
Guest Speakers Discuss Coding at Lower School
Kindergarteners welcomed two special visitors to class this morning as part of Computer Science Education Week and the upcoming Hour of Code event at Keys. The guests discussed their software engineering work at Google and Airbnb, introducing students to new concepts, such as machine learning!