On Friday, January 6, 2017 about 20 alums were welcomed back to campus to visit with each other, current students, and faculty/staff. Lots of hugs and smiles were shared as friends connected in the Common Room. Classes represented were 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Also in attendance were former faculty members Ellen Zale and board […]
Read More »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 »Academy 7th Graders enjoyed testing the permeability of different soils in Climate Connections, during their unit on groundwater.
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