Family Interviews

The boys shared their interviews with one another last week. We enjoyed finding similarities and differences among our families. Since we will be visited Mrs. Nichols this week, we will complete the family interview activity next week!

P.E. Team Building

This week the Ninth Age boys and girls joined together for some terrific team building activities. The video below will give you a sneak peek into some of their challenges.

PE Team building video from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Math Journals

We have begun our work in our math journals this week, and the students have done a wonderful job! We practiced standard, expanded, and word form, geometric shapes, and patterning. I look forward to their continued hard work!

Place Value Battleship

During homeroom math we have continued to practice our place value skills, working up to the ten thousands place. Today the boys played "place value battleship," which added an exciting twist to this skill.

Place Value Battleship from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Two Inch Adventure

While reading Stuart Little, we have enjoyed hearing about the adventures made possible by his size. The boys took a few minutes to create stories about an adventure they would take if they were only two inches tall. Throughout the year we will write stories from others' perspectives; based on the creativity shown in this short writing assignment, I look forward to their future compositions.

Two Inch Adventure from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

September Mile Run

Today the Ninth Age boys tackled the first mile run of the year. They will track their scores throughout the year to see their progress. I am already impressed by how they challenged themselves and how hard they worked!

September Mile Run from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Welcome Back Assembly

Today we had our Lower School "Welcome Back" Assembly. We greeted new students and faculty members, discussed our year-long focus on the pillar of compassion, and accepted the school-wide challenge to do (at least!) one kind thing for another person at Calvert.

Today 9-1 was the banner class for the assembly. F.M. did a terrific job starting off this tradition for the year!