Last Thursday I got to return to Thatcher Hall to complete "mis estudios" with new amigos y amigas in grades 6-8. I was rather impressed at the degree of differentiated instruction and how small the class sizes were for Middle School Spanish!
“Goals are dreams with deadlines,” says Hal Urban, author of Life’s Greatest Lessons: 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know. Urban stresses the fact that when you set goals for yourself and continue to work towards your goals, you feel a true sense of accomplishment and success in your life.
For our students, making the transition from the Lower to the Middle School, or from the Middle to the Upper School, can be a challenge. There are many unknowns and questions in the minds of our transitioning students.
What do you want to be when you grow up? That is the question that I ask all of my eighth-grade students when we start the Career Exploration Unit every trimester.
Last Thursday I got to return to Thatcher Hall to complete "mis estudios" with new amigos y amigas in grades 6-8. I was rather impressed at the degree of differentiated instruction and how small the class sizes were for Middle School Spanish!
“Goals are dreams with deadlines,” says Hal Urban, author of Life’s Greatest Lessons: 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know. Urban stresses the fact that when you set goals for yourself and continue to work towards your goals, you feel a true sense of accomplishment and success in your life.
For our students, making the transition from the Lower to the Middle School, or from the Middle to the Upper School, can be a challenge. There are many unknowns and questions in the minds of our transitioning students.
What do you want to be when you grow up? That is the question that I ask all of my eighth-grade students when we start the Career Exploration Unit every trimester.
