Germantown Academy’s Halloween Parade is A.BIG.DEAL.
(Fiona was Cleopatra and Owen was Perseus, holding Medusa’s head)
Owen Stars in 4th Grade Play as Henry VIII
26 October 2010
1st Germantown Academy Fooball Game
12 October 2010
Jack’s football career at Germantown Academy has begun. Unfortunately, the Patriots lost to Haverford, but Jack played a great game.
See photos from the game here.
First Day of School 2010: They’re Outta Here!
10 September 2010
FINALLY, the first day of school.
(This is posted late, because Molly, Spartan and I had a long nap to celebrate no one else being in the house.)
Jack (6th grade), Owen (4th grade), Fiona (K) Read the rest⇒
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Fiona flies through the air & swims like a fish
12 May 2010
For the past six weeks, Fiona’s PreK class at Germantown Academy has been doing swimming lessons twice a week at the GA pool. She’s been VERY lucky to have the legendary Coach Dick Shoulberg and the champion swimmer and Olympian-in-training Fran Crippen as her swim teachers.
In the first session, … Read the rest⇒
Tanzania: Schools & Students
14 April 2010
I think that some of the times we’ll most remember is when we visited schools. We spent a short time at a Maasai school near Lake Ayashi and spent a lot of time at the Haydesh Primary School near Karatu.
The Maasai school we visited was just for the youngest … Read the rest⇒
Fiona in the Mother Goose Show
11 March 2010
Sorry. I don’t have time to make this all fancy and embed the video. Click on the link below to see Fiona’s part in the Pre-K “Mother Goose” play.
ETA: Here’s a photo of Fiona and her class in their costumes. Too cute!!
African Dancer (aka Owen)
26 February 2010
“Good Dancing Restores The Community To Wholeness”
(African proverb)
The third grade at Germantown Academy has been studying Africa since they returned from Christmas vacation. Among the topics they’ve studied are masks, stories, food, culture, geography, music; but, mostly importantly, they studied DANCE.
The students have been working each week … Read the rest⇒
Owen’s Colonial Day Presentation
11 December 2009
For some reason, the quick time movie didn’t work for everyone, so try clicking here to see a video of Owen the woodworker in action.
It takes a minute to load, and you can’t really hear him at the beginning, but the audio gets better about halfway through.
A slideshow … Read the rest⇒
A Poem by Jack
1 December 2009
Jack’s class has been studying major 20th century events. This was what he wrote for one of his assignments.
A Polish Cavalryman Remembers WWII
The tanks came over the hills like iron mountains. Read the rest⇒
Planes in swarms like hornets filled our skies.
My brave Polish brothers swept back like unwanted leaves.
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Halloween Parade at Germantown
30 October 2009
The big-deal Halloween parade at Germantown Academy was today. Everyone looked wonderful. The whole school, from pre-K to seniors comes out to the quad and parades around.
The PK teachers were famous GA athletes from the past, the 3rd grade teachers were Phillies “fans,” and the 5th grade teachers were … Read the rest⇒
The O in the Iron Mask
27 October 2009
Owen had to give his first book report this week. He read an abridged version of The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas.
Over the past two weeks or so, once he’d read the book, Owen wrote an outline with setting, characters, plot summary and high point all detailed. … Read the rest⇒
Owen, the cellist
2 October 2009
Ever since he heard the school orchestra last year, Owen has wanted to play the cello. Only four third graders get to play cello, so we had to get up very early one Monday morning to get to school extra early so he could put his form under the music … Read the rest⇒
Value of Germantown
10 September 2009
It is worth every penny we pay in tuition if Fiona goes to sleep before 8:00 PM the rest of the year!!
BTW, everyone had a great first day. Fiona said that “lots of different teachers came to our room and told us stuff.” She said one or two kids … Read the rest⇒