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Upper School

Welcome to “Inside the Classroom”! This is a space where we post weekly updates of what’s happening within the walls of our amazing classrooms. Feel free to browse the updates to see what amazing learning adventures our students are having.

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 22 - Apr. 26

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 22 – Apr. 26

Numbers in Nature! Exploring nature for numbers and poetry. Patterns …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 15 - Apr. 19

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 15 – Apr. 19

Making Origami Baskets! Team Yellow decorating their shirts for Friday! …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 8 - Apr. 12

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 8 – Apr. 12

Hee-Haw Hoedown Pictures! Upper School students closed out the Hee-Haw …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 1 - Apr. 5

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 1 – Apr. 5

Bandtastic Honor Band! Congratulations to Ben and Noah for being …

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 18 - Mar. 22

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 18 – Mar. 22

Anderson Japanese Gardens’ guest house! Students made own rice balls-onigiri …

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 11 - Mar. 15

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 11 – Mar. 15

Solofest! Solofest is this weekend for band students. They will …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 26 - Mar. 1

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 26 – Mar. 1

A beautiful February day! Parachute Man Mean, Median, and Mode….Nature …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 20 - Feb. 23

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 23

Spanish Class Afuera! It's was a beautiful day for a …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 12 - Feb. 16

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 12 – Feb. 16

Mosaico Cultural! This week, we had the dance instructor from …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 29 - Feb. 2

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 29 – Feb. 2

Upper School goal: reuse plastics combined with Art!Hard work in …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 22 - Jan. 26

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 22 – Jan. 26

Hands-on Equivalent Fractions!Beethoven! We are learning about Beethoven’s life and …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 16 - Jan. 19

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 16 – Jan. 19

Art Class! So much focus and creativity today in art …

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 18 - Dec. 22

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 18 – Dec. 22

Japanese Class Students are studying the Japanese alphabets Hiragana, Katakana …

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 11 - Dec. 15

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 11 – Dec. 15

Upper Spanish students started their presentations on holiday traditions through …

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 4 - Dec. 8

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 4 – Dec. 8

Making & Learning @ Makerspace!Ben on the Trumpet! You will …

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 27 - Dec. 1

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 27 – Dec. 1

Upper working hard on their games and projects!All-School Sharing! Our …

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 13 - Nov. 17

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 13 – Nov. 17

Band Student of the Day! Robin played trumpet last year …

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 6 - Nov. 10

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 6 – Nov. 10

Special Visitor! Here's some pictures from when special guest & …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 30 - Nov. 3

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 30 – Nov. 3

This is Halloween, This is Halloween! Here are some photos …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 23 - Oct. 27

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 23 – Oct. 27

Haunted Trail Prep!Reading Buddies! Tuesday was the first day of …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 16 - Oct. 20

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 16 – Oct. 20

La Mer! We listened to and discussed French composer, Debussy’s …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 9 - Oct. 13

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 9 – Oct. 13

Work and Play! Creating Novel projects and starting our Game …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 2 - Oct. 6

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 2 – Oct. 6

This Week in Music with Miss Sue! This week, we …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 25 - Sept. 29

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 25 – Sept. 29

Beginning Band's First Day! We learned to put our instruments …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 18 - Sept. 22

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 18 – Sept. 22

Watercolor! This week in Art, we explored watercolors. Upper made …

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 18 - Sept. 22

Preschool Highlights! Sept. 18 – Sept. 22

Happy Pirate Week! https://s4d4ec.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sue-Pirate.mp4 We read "There was an Old …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 11 - Sept. 15

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 11 – Sept. 15

Spectrum Alum Visit! Upper and Intermediate had a fantastic time …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 5 - Sept. 8

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 5 – Sept. 8

Bucket Drumming! We started bucket drumming this week! We learned …

Upper School Highlights! Aug. 28 - Sept. 1

Upper School Highlights! Aug. 28 – Sept. 1

Medium discovery with centers during Art with Miss Megan!It’s been …

Upper School Highlights! May 15 - May 19

Upper School Highlights! May 15 – May 19

Build-A-Bear! We went to build a bear for a Grad/Pre-Grad …

Upper School Highlights! May 8 - May 12

Upper School Highlights! May 8 – May 12

Hiking Adventures!Piano Recital and Talent Show! As always, feel free …

Upper School Highlights! May 1 - May 5

Upper School Highlights! May 1 – May 5

Coding Hour for the Mogwai…. 01001011010001MTFBWY Crack the code. A …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 24 - Apr. 28

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 24 – Apr. 28

Future Problem Solving State Bowl! What an amazing experience for …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 17 - Apr. 21

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 17 – Apr. 21

Thank you Miss Keiko for creating these pulchritudinous masterpieces for …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 10 - Apr. 14

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 10 – Apr. 14

We’ve definitely been taking advantage of this gorgeous weather lately!Faulkner …

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 3 - Apr. 7

Upper School Highlights! Apr. 3 – Apr. 7

Gremlins at work and play!Let's Study Jazz! This week, we …

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 27 - Mar. 31

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 27 – Mar. 31

Yoga with Miss Tara! Have a relaxing weekend! As always, …

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 13 - Mar. 17

Upper School Highlights! Mar. 13 – Mar. 17

Just doin a lil science, don’t worry about us!Pi Day …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 27 - Mar. 3

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 27 – Mar. 3

WNDR Museum: immersing ourselves in art and good times together!Music …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 20 - Feb. 24

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 20 – Feb. 24

Tuesday Teachings! On Tuesday, Lindsay started as the teacher, but …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 13 - Feb. 17

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 13 – Feb. 17

Upper helped lead 100-second challenges in celebration of our 100th …

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 6 - Feb. 10

Upper School Highlights! Feb. 6 – Feb. 10

Holding on to snowy recesses…Jam Session! All band members came …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 30 - Feb. 3

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

Upper Assistance! Cameron and Julia explain multiplication, while Chase explains …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 23 - Jan. 27

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 23 – Jan. 27

Notice Ben and Chase helping some of their younger classmates? …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 17 - Jan. 20

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 17 – Jan. 20

Upper School Grads and Near-Grads have done an intensive review …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 9 - Jan. 13

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 9 – Jan. 13

Getting ready for Spectrum’s Showcase this Thursday! Come 3:30pm to …

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 3 - Jan. 6

Upper School Highlights! Jan. 3 – Jan. 6

Forensic Scientists in Training! We are privileged to welcome our …

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 12 - Dec. 16

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 12 – Dec. 16

Happy Birthday Gus!Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Gremlins!Have …

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 5 - Dec. 9

Upper School Highlights! Dec. 5 – Dec. 9

Rockford Hunting! Shout out to Upper School Gremlins for a …

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 28 - Dec. 2

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 28 – Dec. 2

Classroom work!Like sand through the hour glass…so are the days …

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 14 - Nov. 18

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 14 – Nov. 18

First snows...Group presentations, coding, and building a hydrobot arm kit!Around …

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 7 - Nov. 11

Upper School Highlights! Nov. 7 – Nov. 11

Science! Exploring new concepts and challenges in Upper this month! …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 31 – Nov. 4

Ice Hogs Game!Tree Climbing with Teachers!Working on Skits and Math24!Have …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 24 - Oct. 28

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 24 – Oct. 28

Haunted Trail, Lit Groups, RU, and writing tales of horror!Getting …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 17 - Oct. 21

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 17 – Oct. 21

Impromptu hike….much needed after two days of testing!Nutrition and Health …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 10 - Oct. 14

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 10 – Oct. 14

A cold but gorgeous Fall day for a field trip …

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 3 - Oct. 7

Upper School Highlights! Oct. 3 – Oct. 7

Thank you Miss Keiko for a perfect Fall field trip …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 26 - Sept. 30

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 26 – Sept. 30

Lil' Gremlins coming through with the muscle power in unloading …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 19 - Sept. 23

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 19 – Sept. 23

Happy Pirate Day from Upper and Early! We made us …

Upper School Lil' Gremlins' Highlights! Sept. 12 - Sept. 16

Upper School Lil’ Gremlins’ Highlights! Sept. 12 – Sept. 16

Roald Dahl Day! Happy Roald Dahl Day from the Gremlins! …

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 6 - Sept. 9

Upper School Highlights! Sept. 6 – Sept. 9

Buddy Time with Upper School and Preschool!Discovering the mysteries of …

Upper School Highlights! Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

Upper School Highlights! Aug. 29 – Sept. 2

Falling Into Nature!Working on Self-Portraits!Take the weekend off, you earned …