It`s maple syrup season, and our Kindergarten students had the incredible hands-on opportunity to learn all about this sweet tradition with the enthusiastic and knowledgeable Mr. Daley.
Mr. Daley first shared picture books with the students to show the various steps of the process. Afterwards, they headed outside where they used a hand drill to make holes in a couple of the maple trees on campus. They tapped in spouts and hung buckets. After enough sap was collected, Mr. Daley boiled it down off campus and brought in the syrup. It was a proud moment for the students as they tasted the syrup they helped produce! Throughout this process, the students recorded their observations in their journals.
Thanks to Aubree Bogle for sharing photos from February Vacation Camp! Students were busy with activities both on and off campus. Field trips included excursions to Krazy Kids, Escape Room Concord, and Pats Peak for tubing. Here, students are making goop, playing street hockey with pool noodles, and bowling at Boutwell`s Bowling Center. Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and to the staff who made it all happen!
Did you miss the First through Third Grade production of Rumpus in the Rainforest? Check out some of the performance here! These drama students put on such a wonderful show! #shakerroadschool #srsdrama #srsfirstgrade #srssecondgrade #srsthirdgrade...
On the Friday afternoon before February break, the Middle School held their annual student talent show. Courageous students entertained the Kindergarten through Eighth Grade students and teachers with skits, musical and dance performances, lip sync acts, jokes, and more! It was a blast! Watching students` reactions was almost as entertaining as the acts themselves!
This is Run the Gauntlet: one of this year`s five SRS Middle School winter olympics games, and one of the most fun to watch.
The objective of Run the Gauntlet is to run through two lines of opposing team members without being hit by a ball. The team of throwers share three balls to hit the runners with. Runners jump and dodge as best they can and score a run if they make down and back without being hit.
Last Friday we held the SRS Winter Olympics, where the Middle School advisories went head-to-head in a series of outdoor games that tested their agility, strategy, and teamwork. While traditional winter games had been planned, due to warmer temperatures, this year`s games included dodge ball, capture the flag, floor hockey, knockout, and gauntlet.
The fun continued at the annual Middle School student talent show followed by time spent around the fire roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. Students from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade all enjoyed hot chocolate.
Thanks to the SRS Student Government for planning such a fun day for everyone!
Pictured here are Middle School students playing dodge ball and capture the flag. Stay tuned for more photos of the other games and the talent show!
Last week`s mini snowstorm was such a treat for Ceil and Hannah`s small but mighty Pre-Kindergarten students, who were out rolling gigantic snowballs in the quad. They were so proud of their work! 💙
Bravo to the Fourth and Fifth Grade drama students who put on a spectacular performance of "The Aristocats KIDS" last week! Drama students were extremely dedicated to the success of this production and so supportive of each other. They practiced twice each week since November and even came up with their own choreography. Thanks to Mrs. Morrison and Ms. Carter for directing this crew and to the many people who supported the production and helped with costumes, music, props, and set design including SRS drama families and faculty and staff. Congratulations to the 4-5 drama students on their hard work and for putting on such a wonderful show!
Last Tuesday evening, in a packed auditorium, our First through Third Grade drama students put on a spectacular performance of "Rumpus in the Rainforest."
Since November, students have been diligently working to memorize their lines, perfect their songs, and master their stage movements. Their hard work paid off in a performance that was entertaining, heart-warming, and humorous.
Thanks to Kristyn LaRochelle and Caroline Paquette for their direction of this fun and energetic crew and to the parents for their support! Bravo to all the students who worked so hard and performed so well!
Congratulations to Hannah Rothenberg (SRS `20) for being named "Player of the Week" at Dublin School, where she is the co-stage manager for the production of "Fiddler on the Roof."
In addition to her stellar work in the theatre, for the past three years Hannah has been a competitive crew member on the Dublin School sailing team and this spring marks her fourth year as a member of the crew team, on which she was made a stroker last year. Hannah is also head of the Jewish Student Union and a member of the crafting club. And if you know Hannah—our 2020 Bibliophile awardee—you won`t be surprised to hear that she continues to read a lot in her spare time!
Hannah has been accepted to the University of Vermont early admission and is waiting to hear back from other schools. Wherever she goes, she is planning to sail competitively in college.
Catch "Fiddler on the Roof" at Dublin School on March 1-3! Congratulations, Hannah! We are so proud of you!
Sixth Grade students have been working on a collaborative, multi-curricular art, language arts, and music project through the creation of a puppet show...and the Kindergarten students are unknowingly helping out!
Kindergarten students have drawn characters in art class that the Sixth Grade students are using as inspiration for the puppets in the show. The characters that Kindergarten students have come up range from people and animals to fantasy creatures. Sixth Grade students are working on creating music to match the characters` personality traits and are writing the puppet show skits in language arts class.
Kindergarten students will be invited to the puppet show and will be surprised to see their very own creations featured as characters! Not only that, they will get to take their own characters home with them! (Be sure not to spoil the surprise!)
Pictured here are the Kindergarten students meeting with Sixth Grade students to discuss the characters they created.
On February 11, three Shaker Road School alumni were recognized at the NH Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony: Chloe Sahr (SRS `23), Maggie Szal (`SRS 22), and Avery Sahr (SRS `21). Congratulations to all three on their impressive work and well-deserved recognition! Take a look at their amazing work here!
Images in order: 1 - "Irma`s Revenge" - Photograph by Maggie Szal (Silver Key) 2 - "Evening Glow" - Photograph by Maggie Szal (Honorable Mention) 3 - "At Rest" - Photograph by Maggie Szal (Honorable Mention)
On February 11, three Shaker Road School alumni were recognized at the NH Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony: Chloe Sahr (SRS `23), Maggie Szal (`SRS 22), and Avery Sahr (SRS `21). Congratulations to all three on their impressive work and well-deserved recognition! Take a look at their amazing work here!
Images in order: 1 - Chloe Sahr with her drawing title "10,000 Stories" (Gold Key) 2- "10,000 Stories" - Drawing by Chloe Sahr (Gold Key) 3 - Avery, Mrs. Morrison, and Chloe 4 - Chloe Sahr with her painting titled "Life by the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland" (Silver Key) 5 - "Secrets" - Photograph by Avery Sahr (Gold Key) 6 - Avery Sahr with her painting titled "Buy Now! Limited Supply!" (Silver Key) 7 - "Buy Now! Limited Supply" - Painting by Avery Sahr (Silver Key)
“I have lost my closet key in my lady’s garden.” These are the lyrics to the song students sing during one of the popular games played in Mrs. Minsinger’s music classes.
“Closet Key” is a hot and cold finding game with a musical twist. One student hides a plastic key while another student—the seeker—waits outside the classroom door. Once the key is hidden, the seeker returns and starts looking for the key while the entire class provides help with their singing voices. As the seeker gets closer to the key, students sing louder and, conversely, as the seeker moves further away students sing more softly. Students take turns over the course of several weeks until everyone has had the chance to be a hider and a seeker. It’s a fun way for students to learn how to control the volume of their singing voices. Even our oldest students still request to play it!