WELCOME SUZANNE ATKINS

Lower School Director

We are overjoyed to welcome Suzanne Atkins to Sparhawk School as the new Lower School Director.    

Suzanne is an expert in the progressive and experiential education model, and specializes in elementary learning.  She has an extensive history as a teacher, mentor and leader.  Her highest ideal is that schools should nurture both the intellect and the soul.    

To learn more about Suzanne Atkins, visit her profile here.

Learning About Chemistry In Life

Chemistry is found in your everyday life in the foods you eat, the air you breathe, cleaning chemicals, your emotions and literally every object you can see or touch. While some may be obvious, some other might surprise you.  Our high school chemistry students explored objects like, bubbles, candles and marshmallows during their lab this week.

Angles & Forces

This week, sixth grade math students requested book stands for their (very heavy) text books.  It wouldn't be Sparhawk, if we didn't present the problem back to them as a challenge!  The class was tasked with creating their own stands using recycled materials. Students measured, explored angles and forces, and were able to design stands that supported their books.

Getting To Know All About You

The grade 4/5 class engaged in a hands-on beginning of year activity.  They traced one student's entire body, and then label the different parts of the body with ideas, likes and dislikes as a way of getting to know each other.

For example, the traced head is labeled with all of the things that the students want to learn this year, and the belly is labeled with all of their favorite foods. The feet? Those are labeled with all of the places they have been to lately, and the ears are labeled with all of their favorite types of music. What a great way to get to know each other and get excited for the upcoming school year!