Curriculum Day!
The children did a FANTASTIC job of presenting their Montessori works to parents. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!
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Heidi Kelly
Nov 10, 20231 min read
Diwali with Upper El
For the second year, we were thrilled to have the Shah family share with us the holiday of Diwali with food and dance. This year, we...
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Heidi Kelly
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Discovery Place
We enjoyed our field trip to Discovery Place. We viewed an IMAX movie about outer space, and took in the Amazon Rain Forest exhibit. ...
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Heidi Kelly
Oct 27, 20231 min read
October School Days
Matching lower case and capital cursive letters Racks and tubes for long division Checkerboard for multiplication of large numbers...
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Heidi Kelly
Oct 27, 20231 min read
Greenway Walk with Ms. Paula
We enjoyed a lovely nature walk with Ms. Paula to the greenway. We did some natural observation, discussed some of the things we...
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Heidi Kelly
Sep 28, 20231 min read
The First Great Lesson
We shared the First Great Lesson, the Creation of the Universe!
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kathleen McIntyre
Sep 17, 20232 min read
Lower Elementary Adventure to Rockmont
This past week, Lower Elementary headed up to the mountains of western North Carolina to Camp Rockmont for their overnight adventure. Not...
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Heidi Kelly
Sep 4, 20233 min read
...and we're off!
The 2023/24 school year is off and running! After the first few days of learning the ropes in LE, (apparently, we have a LOT of rules),...
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kathleen McIntyre
May 9, 20231 min read
The clouds part… Lower elementary’s Mountain adventure
There are days on the top of Mount Mitchell, where you can see for 70 miles away. The clouds part and everything becomes clear. That was...
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Heidi Kelly
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Winghaven
We had a wonderful trip to this lovely historical garden and home in Charlotte. Thank you to all our Chaperones!
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kathleen McIntyre
Mar 14, 20231 min read
Lower Elementary Explores Old Salem
Lower Elementary stepped back in time as they explored the Moravian Settlement of Old Salem, reminiscent of the 18th and 19th centuries....
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kathleen McIntyre
Feb 20, 20231 min read
Lower Elementary Explores Discovery Place Science
This past week, we ventured down to Charlotte and… Explored the new exhibit, Top Secret: License to Spy, where we learned the science of...
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Heidi Kelly
Feb 14, 20231 min read
Snakesssssss
Our class was so honored to host a real-live Snake Educator on February 1st for an in-house field trip. Mr. Eric Bitler is licensed in...
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Heidi Kelly
Jan 29, 20231 min read
January!
Time to catch you up on 2023! It's been a super busy month for the adults... Curriculum Night, conference preparation and parent-teacher...
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Heidi Kelly
Dec 21, 20221 min read
Goodbye, 2022
The last week of school for 2022 was packed with learning, two sun celebrations (Happy Birthday to Philipp and Wall), and lots of holiday...
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Heidi Kelly
Dec 11, 20222 min read
St. Nicholas Day, The Second Great Lesson, and more practical life... among other things!
It was another chock-full week in DGS Lower Elementary! We started Monday off with a lesson about the holiday of St. Nicholas day, which...
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Heidi Kelly
Dec 4, 20222 min read
Is it December Already?
We all agree that the year is flying by. The children have been working hard, and this week we refocused on work habits: slowing down,...
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Heidi Kelly
Nov 15, 20221 min read
About Last Week...
Time is flying by! Last week feels a bit like last month at this point. We have been so busy! Here are some highlights from our week. ...
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Heidi Kelly
Nov 6, 20222 min read
What a week!
Was Halloween really just Monday? Last week was a bit of a tornado of activity. It was wonderful, and also, we are looking for a little...
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Heidi Kelly
Oct 30, 20222 min read
Diwali!
Our week started off with a wonderful treat! Syon and Sanaya's mom, Sejal, joined us to teach about the holiday of Diwali. The children...
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