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THE MEHER SCHOOLS
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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...
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Feb 7, 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...
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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...
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Jan 25, 20242 min read


Progress Reports
A Global View of Elementary Students’ Academic Growth This week and next week, parents of our elementary students will be meeting with...
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Dec 6, 20233 min read


Enrichment Classes: LIBRARY
In addition to their academic classes, our elementary students attend “enrichment” classes that support and broaden the classroom...

Warren Wallace
Nov 16, 20232 min read


Enrichment Classes: ART
In addition to their academic classes, our elementary students attend “enrichment” classes that support and broaden the classroom...
Meher School Community
Nov 9, 20232 min read


New Mom Laura White Returns to Teaching Chorus
Last week’s Wednesday Messages included an article about two of our former first grade teachers, Kimberley Warkentin and Holly Burns, who...
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Oct 20, 20232 min read


Little Chefs, Big Flavors: Elementary Schoolers Master the Art of Zucchini Bread Baking
Our elementary students made zucchini bread this summer and it was a big hit! Several months later, parents are still asking for the...
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Sep 28, 20232 min read


Kindergarten Woodworkers
Students in our combined TK/kindergarten class are learning about the properties and uses of wood in science class. Teacher Chloe Gilmore...
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Sep 28, 20231 min read


Graduates Explore the Nation's Capital
Keeping with a 20-year-old Meher School tradition, our recent graduates went on a whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C. As it always is, it...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read


Mythical Creatures Invade Art Class
Elementary students recently completed an elaborate project where they took inspiration from Mexican folk art sculptures called...
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Jan 18, 20231 min read


Native American Heritage Month: Cooking Sunchokes in Gardening Class
The gardening students recently harvested and cooked 21 pounds of sunchokes. Sunchokes, which taste like mild radishes when raw and...
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Nov 3, 20221 min read


Fine Dining at Chez Principal
Every year second through fifth graders look forward to receiving a formal invitation in the mail to attend a lunch with one of our...
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Nov 2, 20222 min read


Kindergarten: Curriculum and Schedule
We recently shared some insight into what makes our kindergarten program special. This week we’re exploring our academic curricula and...
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Oct 27, 20221 min read


Preschool to Kindergarten: One Family’s Experience
Soon we’ll be inviting the parents of our older preschoolers to apply for kindergarten. They’ll need to let us know by February whether...
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Oct 7, 20222 min read


A Bright and Caring Environment, Full of Potential
Meet new third grade co-teacher Kimberly Marks With seven years’ teaching experience, including two at highly regarded private schools,...
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Sep 28, 20222 min read


Mari Pongkhamsing Has Plans for Our Library
Meet Mari Pongkhamsing, our new librarian. Mari has been a student and a parent and a teacher at The Meher Schools and has worked here on...
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Sep 15, 20222 min read


Mythical Costumes
COSTUMER Sue Tacker, our special projects coordinator, is altering or making 68 costumes for this year’s fifth grade play, The Cycle of...
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May 13, 20221 min read


Kitties, Bunnies, Engineering, and Math
There are many reasons people love to crochet. That crocheting animals involves engineering and math is probably not high on most...
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Apr 14, 20221 min read


The Mysteries of Starlite
Starlite is an amazing material that has been perplexing scientists for four decades. It can withstand temperatures of thousands of...
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Feb 10, 20221 min read
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