News From The Academy at Charlemont
Mr. Gay’s 9th grade humanities class (nicknamed the Hu-Manatees) read Plato’s Symposium, a 4th century BCE dialogue in praise of love. Next, the students generated their question for a 9th grade symposium of their own. Their question they came up with? Is the study of the humanities necessary in the 21st century? Students wrote their responses to this question considering the […]
Read More »Mr. Almeida’s Physics 1 class uses their understanding of static equilibrium to determine indirectly the mass of a mystery object.
Read More »After losing on Tuesday to Mohawk, the girls’ basketball team picked up its first win of the season against BART on Wednesday. In a thrilling nail-biter that went into overtime, the girls fought hard to prevail 16-14. It was a full team effort with everyone contributing on both ends of the court. After weeks of […]
Read More »Congratulations to Emily Caffery ’06 on her accomplishments in the theater! Read about her latest endeavors here: http://www.recorder.com/Former-Leyden-resident-pioneers-living-room-plays-6598875
Read More »Ben S-G and Henry W-W trying to connect with their reading of a García Márquez novel by making “carimañolas,” a Colombian appetizer made with yucca and cheese.
Read More »French IV students found goodies in their shoes left outside the classroom on Saint Nicholas Day, Dec. 6.
Read More »The Arts and Culture Council at its annual international potluck luncheon. Members contributed foods from most continents.
Read More »Mr. Gay’s 9th grade Humanities class has been studying ancient Greek rhetoric by using Thucydides’ The History of the Peloponnesian War as a guide. As a class they analyzed Pericles’ Funeral Oration from Thucydides, and also Thucydides’ famous “Melian Dialogue.” The tiny island of Melos is the setting for the dialogue. Here, Athens has surrounded […]
Read More »From the Desk of Dr. Bloomfield: Standing for Your Own Ideas Recently, Ms. Tirk directed my attention to this article citing a Stanford University study on information sourcing, as it bemoans that young people today struggle to discriminate between fact and fiction. The article enters into a timely conversation at large about “fake news” and […]
Read More »Academy 7th Graders enjoyed testing the permeability of different soils in Climate Connections, during their unit on groundwater.
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