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Dragons and Self-Love: Students Celebrate “Mock Caldecott” Winners and Diverse Voices in Children’s Literature
Every year the American Library Association awards one Caldecott Medal to the picture book with the best illustrations and several...
Meher School Community
Feb 7, 20242 min read


Exploring Culinary Creativity: Unveiling the “Secret Ingredient” in Our Elementary School Fried Rice Adventure
Our second through fifth graders recently made fried rice in gardening class, and as often happens when we do cooking lessons, parents...
Meher School Community
Feb 7, 20241 min read


Teaching Patience
Hearing children repeat requests over and over can make adults feel dizzy—especially when saying “Please wait a moment” intensifies the...
Susie Kohl
Feb 1, 20242 min read


Preparing for the Next Chapter: Insights from Meher School Alumni Survey
A parent recently expressed concern about her child graduating from Meher School and entering a public middle school because, as she...
Meher School Community
Jan 31, 20244 min read


Physics Lesson: Things Aren’t What They Seem
Think that image you see in the mirror is you in real time? If so, you’d be wrong. As our fifth graders can tell you, when it comes to...
Meher School Community
Jan 24, 20242 min read


Be Calm: Stop, Breathe.
When my dad yelled "Calm down!" he didn't mean "Find a quiet place within yourself' or “Let’s just stop and breathe together.” "Calm...
Susie Kohl
Jan 24, 20242 min read


Kindergartner’s Great-GrandfatherWas a Dr. King Ally
Monday was Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. On Friday Room 8 kindergartner Eva showed her class a photo of her great-grandfather,...

Warren Wallace
Jan 18, 20241 min read


“Emotionally Nutritious” Words
I was impressed and amused by a class journal entry written by one of our third graders pointing out that her dog had demonstrated one of...
Susie Kohl
Jan 18, 20242 min read
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