The Blubber Lab: Keeping Science Hands-On
First graders have been exploring how animals survive during the cold winter months. In this lab, students learned about how animals adapt if they do not migrate or hibernate. Student’s focused their research on two areas of adaptation; blubber and down feathers...
Lower School Reflections: From the Desk of Dr. Gosnell
Welcome to the monthly series from Dr. Gosnell. Lower School Reflections allows us to build on the communications from the summer and enhance the knowledge base of our community by touching on topics that emerge from COVID changes [...]
Leveraging Technology: Shakespeare
This week Powhatan School's eighth grade will present one of the longest-running traditions of the Upper School - the annual Shakespeare Play. We caught up with Mr. Holgate, the Upper School Director, to talk about the behind the scenes [...]
Faculty Collaboration: Robust Cross-Curricular Activities Don’t Just Happen Overnight
“That freedom to create and innovate is something I value as an educator and we know the end result in the classroom is powerful.” ~ Mrs. Miller, innovation & technology teacher We often talk about the [...]
Curiosity & Connections in Science
Today one normally very shy student said, “I love doing this stuff!” Here at Powhatan we believe education should inspire passion, curiosity, and creativity. We believe learning should be active, authentic, immersive, and purposeful. We do [...]
The Hidden Benefits of Art
“I recently ran across a terrific article on the positive impact that the act of creating art has on us,” says Mrs. Schiavone, the Lower School art teacher. “It turns out that there is a lot of neuroscience behind creating art. The process of creating new and imaginative things has a lasting effect on our brain."
Lower School Reflections: From the Desk of Dr. Gosnell
Welcome to the monthly series from Dr. Gosnell. Lower School Reflections allows us to build on the communications from the summer and enhance the knowledge base of our community by touching on topics that emerge from COVID changes [...]
Roxaboxen City Flyover
Every year, the first grade classes study a unit on community, and read the book Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran. Students each created a house and community building out of shoe boxes, basing their creation off of the book. [...]
