by Liz JURKOWISKI | Feb 16, 2017 | Grade 10, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
Now that the Grade 10 students are finally finished with their mock exams, they are preparing for battle in history class. Well, not a real battle, of course! Still in our unit on World War I, all students have the task of researching, becoming an expert about, and...
by Meghan KENNEY | Feb 2, 2017 | Grade 8, Humanities, Secondary History
Grade 8 students have started studying the Age of Enlightenment, and to help them learn about it, they are practicing a form of note taking called sketch noting. This involves using notes, text, and structure to present your understanding of the main ideas and how...
by Todd DAVIS | Feb 2, 2017 | Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Secondary History, The Grades
What country am I representing? Is my open speech ready? What issues are we addressing? Is my “Operative Cause” strong? Will my resolution pass? Just a few of the questions MUN students ask as they go through the process of being a delegate at MUN. What an amazing...
by Meghan KENNEY | Jan 26, 2017 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary History
Grade 7 Humanities students investigated into different civilization’s geographical characteristics, trying to find patterns among them. It’s led to some intriguing debates and discussions, and students are full of questions and realizing how much they...
by Todd DAVIS | Jan 24, 2017 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Secondary History, The Grades
While the “Chairs” and “Press Corp” were at the preconference getting prepared for the first official MUN meetings tomorrow (see photo of Ziad, Anton, and Isaac), the other 16 MUN students dune bashed, swam in the Arabian Sea, played volleyball...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Jan 22, 2017 | Grade 10, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
On Sunday, the Grade 10 students took the first part of a lengthy history mock exam. Preparing them for the real IGCSE history exam that they will take this spring, this week’s test was a single essay answering a question about the First World War. In...
