Elementary Community and Mother Tongue Activity!
Last Wednesday, Elementary students celebrated culture and community. Mother Jessica Ramsey and her daughter, Julia, shared a presentation of holidays and foods from her native Sweden, introducing Easter (Påsk), Midsommar, St. Lucia Day (Luciadagen), and more! Right before the presentation, Jessica had baked kanelbulle (cinnamon buns) in the library, and the students got to experience […]
Early Childhood ‘Moving Up’ Ceremony
There was not a dry eye in the room when nine of our Early Childhood students marked their ‘moving up’ to first grade! In a Montessori environment like our QAIS Children’s House, students remain in the same classroom for three years, gradually growing in their mastery of the learning materials, and in their social and […]
Elementary Performance
What an incredible show! On Wednesday, June 18th, Elementary students performed violin numbers they have been working on, and shared some of their original compositions using recorder, xylophone, drums, and violins! Many thanks to Music Teacher Charla Esser for helping students come to deep understanding of music via inquiry, and many thanks to Violin Teacher […]
Grades 3 and 4: Art as Communication
Grades 3 and 4 celebrated their inquiry into how, “Throughout history, people have interacted with each other and communicated through the arts.” Each student researched an artifact from a period of history, and wrote about its role in communication. There were paintings; a replica terra cotta warrior; a scale model pyramid with sarcophagus; a working […]
