Designing and Building at Middle School
Students were recently tasked with their latest Design Challenge – build a Rube Goldberg Machine capable of pouring a bowl of cereal. Today, students were hard at work designing and building their inventions.
Third Graders Perform Aeronautics Experiments
The third grade Science classroom was buzzing with activity today, as students continued their study of aeronautics with experiments focusing on gravity, thrust, lift, and drag.
Fourth Graders Complete Art Installation at the Lower School Campus
Fourth grade students gathered in front of their new art installation during the unveiling ceremony. After studying the abstract methods of artist Chuck Close, students designed square blocks which were then joined together to create the “K” in the Keys logo.
New Middle School Students Join House Groups
Yesterday afternoon’s Opening Assembly provided the perfect opportunity for new Middle School students to join their assigned Houses in a fun game involving hula hoops, balloons, and a raucous cheering section of friends and classmates.
Middle School Participates in Banned Books Week
Keys Middle Schoolers are participating in Banned Books Week, a nation-wide celebration of the freedom to read. Students will be examining the issues of artistic censorship and freedom of expression as they study a variety of past and present banned and challenge books.
Buddies Connect Over Favorite Books
Older and younger student Buddies shared their favorite books with one another on Friday. Throughout the year, buddies will come together for shared learning experiences, community activities, and lots of fun.
Tinkering and Problem-Solving in Lego Robotics Club
Keys Middle School students kicked off a new round of hands-on projects during yesterday afternoon’s Lego Robotics Club. Lego Robotics is a combination of engineering, programing, teamwork, and iterative thinking. Working as a team this fall, students will build and program a robot to overcome a series of design challenges, redefining technical understanding and team troubleshooting!
Lower School Students Send Help and Hope to Hurricane Victims
In honor of this week’s International Dot Day, a worldwide celebration of creativity, collaboration, and community service, students in K-4 participated in activities to help make their mark as agents of positive change, by creating items for children affected by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. From no-sew blankets and colorful brackets to school supplies and creative cards,…
Middle School Participates in Character Day
Earlier this week, Keys Middle Schoolers participated in Character Day, a global event designed to spark conversations about what makes up character and how to live a good life. Students wrote down specific actions that exemplify different character traits, drawing from history, the arts, current events, or their own lives. These ideas provided the perfect spark…
Talking To Children About Natural Disasters
Of late we’ve been feeling like one natural disaster – Hurricane Harvey – would have been enough. The addition of Hurricane Irma, the earthquake in Mexico, the fires in Oregon, Montana, and our own home state, not to mention the flooding in India have left us all with a wild range of emotions, from “How…