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The students in the Sculptural Feltmaking class are busy creating handfuls of colorful objects. Geode balls, beads, ropes, hoops, and even fingers are coming to life in the studio so far this semester!
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9th Grade Humanities students study skirmish line battle formations in an attempt to reenact the Battle of Marathon on the field with frisbees.
Read More »The Gratitude Project
The Gratitude Project is an initiative of The Health and Wellness Council with the goal of promoting positivity. Participating students write at least one thing they’re grateful for on a sticky note every day so that rather than thinking of negative things they’ll focus on what they’re going to write, improving their attitude overall.
Read More »The Academy to offer a full middle school in 2018
The Academy at Charlemont has expanded its Middle School to include grade 6, beginning next fall. The Academy is known for its strong academic program, vibrant arts, and small, safe, nurturing environment. Head of School Brian Bloomfield has announced the school’s intention to “extend the opportunity to be a part of this learning community” to […]
Read More »Support the Hot Chocolate Run
This year The Academy is sponsoring the Hot Chocolate Run which benefits Safe Passage. In addition, a group of Academy parents and students have formed Team Aardvark and will race in Northampton’s Hot Chocolate Run on December 3rd. We are raising funds to benefit Safe Passage. Please support Safe Passage by donating to our team […]
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Algebra I students use practical applications to determine whether or not there are mathematical relationships in the world around us. In particular, is there a relationship between the weights of nickels and pennies? They’ve already drawn scale diagrams of their houses. After Thanksgiving Break, they will create scale models of everyday objects.
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As a capstone to our unit on Belgium, French IV students Nat and Liam N are joined in the kitchen by French student Julen and German students Vroni and Hanna, as they all prepared and shared delicious Belgian waffles, with a touch of New England maple syrup. Unfortunately, our resident Belgian, Hendrik could not attend, […]
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In order to commemorate the completion of the short story collection begun last year, students of Spanish V read a poem by Bécquer describing the unification of disparate entities (symbolizing the works and the students) into a warm, single flame, then wrote personal memories of those stories. We then gathered at the circular benches, spoke […]
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Students in Environmental Science harvested carrots and turnips for use in the kitchen and raked and weeded some of the beds. It’s part of an ongoing effort to learn about sustainable agriculture and our school’s ecological footprint.
Read More »Postcard Campaign
The Social Justice Council held a postcard writing campaign at lunchtime today, to encourage FEMA to distribute aid more equitably to communities in Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane Maria. 16
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