Running Across America: Think it, Ink it!

Ms. Krebs arranged for us to hear a special speaker during our assembly on Tuesday. Chris Sams left from Maryland and ran for 5 months across the United States, finally arriving in San Francisco. Chris's final message to the lower school was "If you think it, ink it!" as a reminder to record and strive for our goals!

Egg Drop Projects

The boys completed the annual Egg Drop project this week! They did a wonderful job creating "drop-proof" creations and were good sports whether their eggs cracked or survived both drops! Terrific job, 9-1!


Egg Drop from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Student Blogger

Today we worked a lot on our Egg Drop composition and finishing our Alien composition corrections. Also, we did our egg drop project, and learned a new song in music. Lastly we are starting LAX in P.E.!
 -D.O.

Are You a Waiter or an Eater?



Image from The New Yorker's article on the Marshmallow Test

In character class we watched a video of the famous "Marshmallow Test" from Stanford University. We discussed how the young participants were followed for years, and how the ability to display self-control correlated to success later in life. The boys discussed why this was, and whether they thought they would have been a "waiter" or an "eater." We also discussed how we can work on our impulsivity and our ability to monitor our executive function throughout the school day. I was impressed by how well the boys understood the future implications of determination, self-control, and focus; I look forward to watching the boys as they develop into successful young men throughout their Calvert careers. 

Google Earth: Latitude and Longitude

To extend our latitude and longitude lesson from before spring break, we used the Google Earth app on the iPads. Each student determined the latitude and longitude of a specific location (of their choosing) on each of the seven continents. We enjoyed the 3-D properties of Google Earth, which made visiting Mount Everest, the Louvre, the Great Wall of China, and many other locations even more exciting!

Witches' Ingredients

Our reading group has finished learning about the mysterious ingredients necessary for the "Delayed Action Mouse Maker" recipe. We challenged ourselves to draw as many of the ingredients as we could find! Our class record was ten ingredients, which required very careful reading! 

Iditarod Research

Did you know that the oldest and youngest winners of the Iditarod Race are related?
That all teams must start with between 12-16 dogs, and they must finish with at least 6?
That race temperatures have reached -170 degrees?