Fine Arts: Grades 11 and 12

Acrylic Painting and Independent Studio The students in grade eleven were introduced to acrylic paints to continue developing the painting skills they cultivated last year in the watercolor block. Acrylic paint offers the opportunity to work both with transparency and opacity. Working from their own photographs the students used familiar visual information as a starting point. Continue reading.

We’ve Missed You Grades 1-5

Dear students, Your teachers are missing you! They’ve made some recordings to let you know that they are thinking of you while you are home. Su Laoshi teaches new characters in Mandarin: Ms. Galper’s message for you: Learn a song with Mr. Olson:

Sweeping in the Nursery

In the Sparrow’s Nest nursery class, our littlest students have been busy working and playing–caring for their baby dolls, sharing warm snacks together, and swinging outside. This week they also spent lots of time cleaning their classroom together. The children are such strong workers and Ms. Shari encouraged the class parents and caregivers to put Continue reading.

Parent Evening: Building Resilience in Early Childhood

If you missed Shari Carlson’s talk, you can watch the recording here: Shari talked about how we work to strengthen resilience in our Early Childhood program, and how parents can help their children develop this capacity. Thank you to everyone who joined in our conversation, and Shari welcomes any further conversation and questions! You can Continue reading.

Families are seeking alternative education

LCWS was featured in the Burlington Free Press today in an article covering “Families still exercising choice about schooling during COVID.”  Our school is not alone in seeing a surge of interest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many independent schools in the state are seeing more inquiries and new enrollments this year. Our smaller class Continue reading.