What happens when a turtle is crossed with a porcupine? Why didn't the skeleton go to high school? What is the New England Patriots' favorite place to ski?

These were some of the riddles posed by Second Grade students in emails to Dr. Matt recently. In technology class with Mrs. Potter students are learning how to use email to communicate—including email safety, etiquette, composition, and execution. Students get a kick out of receiving replies and reading Dr. Matt's guesses to their questions!

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Our First through Third Grade students are making great strides in their skiing and snowboarding skills as they continue to learn from @patspeakskiarea instructors on Thursday mornings and then practice what they learn during afternoon free ski. These students get to enjoy one more day together on the mountain next week!

Thanks to Steph Newbery, Kristyn LaRochelle, and Delaney Poirier for taking photos!

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Students who choose not to participate in the weekly Alpine Ski and Snowboard Program have their own outdoor adventures on campus. Depending on conditions, activities may include sledding, hiking, snowshoeing, ice skating, and snow play. The challenge for all our students is to get outside and embrace the season! Thanks to Mrs. Migdal for sharing some of the Fourth through Eighth Grade fun from Wednesday!

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From sweeping views to quiet moments in nature, yesterday at @loonmountain was special. Thanks to Mr. Laliberte for sharing photos of his ski group's encounter with chickadees.

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Our final day of the SRS Alpine Ski and Snowboard Program at @loonmtnresort was incredible! Conditions were perfect and the views amazing! Thanks to Loon for another excellent season of ski and snowboard instruction! See more photos on our Facebook page!

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At last week's Shaker Meeting, Mrs. Newbery's Third Grade students recapped this month’s Citizenship theme, Communication, through skits. Third Grade invited the audience to identify and comment on the examples of poor and effective communication they demonstrated.

A Blue versus White game followed, which involved a race to be the first team to build a word by using letters from a pile across the room. Letters were face down and teams could only bring back one letter at a time, so they had to work fast. This time, the win went to White.

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Fifth Grade students have been investigating simple mixtures and solutions made with water. In this experiment, students designed a method to efficiently and effectively separate a mixture of gravel, magnetite, powder, and salt from each other.

To accomplish this, students were given an inventory of materials including filters, screens, magnets, and water. Students got to work writing the steps of their design, running simple tests, and jotting down observations of successes and failures. They revised their plans along the way as needed.

In the end, groups created a solution to the problem using the following steps:

Separate magnetite from gravel with magnet.
Add 50 mL of water to remaining dry solution.
Pour mixture through screen to separate gravel.
Pour remaining mixture through a filter to separate powder.
Pour saltwater solution into tray and let water evaporate leaving behind the salt.

Nice work, scientists!

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It was "Medieval Week" last week in Maria and Emily's Pre-Kindergarten classroom. Each day was designated to a certain topic of the Middle Ages. On Monday, students learned about castles and constructed their own. On Tuesday, they learned about knights and heraldry and made a class coat of arms as well as one for each of themselves. On Wednesday, students made crowns for Kings and Queens day. On Thursday, they explored music and entertainment. They played a lyre and bodhrán drum, danced, and put on puppet shows. The week culminated in a medieval feast!

Thanks to Maria Lennon for the photos!

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Another excellent day yesterday at @loonmtnresort for our Fourth through Eighth Grade skiers and snowboarders!

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Pre-Kindergarten students are fully engrossed in Tania Minery's animated retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears!

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Civil Rights Day is a significant day at Shaker Road School. It’s a day to focus on the life and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists and a day to explore the history of the civil rights movement and what it means to be inclusive and accepting.

The day began with our monthly Shaker Meeting for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. After Third Grade led an activity surrounding this month’s theme of Communication and an exciting Blue vs. White game, Dr. Matt led a discussion about Martin Luther King, Jr., and the U.S. civil rights movement. Students then dispersed into mixed-grade groups for an art project led by Mrs. Morrison, which aimed to celebrate diversity and community. Students traced their hands, cut out the tracings, and decorated them in their own unique ways. Older students helped younger students as needed. The hands were combined into one large art display in the 400 building.

The rest of the day was devoted to relevant classroom activities. Through art, literature, thoughtful discussion, and exploration students engaged in meaningful activities to better understand our history and the civil rights movement. Kindergarten through Eighth Grade regrouped in the auditorium to listen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Thanks to all our teachers who helped make this day rich and meaningful for our students!

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Our First, Second, and Third Grade students enjoyed another awesome day at @patspeakskiarea on Thursday! Students are making great strides in their skiing and snowboarding! Thanks to Pats Peak for hosting us and for all the parent chaperones who help make this day run!

Photos: Kim Stewart, Steph Newbery, Delaney Poirier

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The SRS Middle School Rock Climbing Team had their first winter session competition in the @nh_climbinggym School League last Saturday. This Middle and High School league consists of 10 schools. We are super excited to have a team of 24 climbers including 15 first-time competitors this session!

Saturday’s event was a top-rope competition in which students had 90 minutes to climb roped routes in the gym. The more difficult the climb, the more points available. A climber’s three most difficult completed climbs count for points.

Students compete in age categories, organized by birth year. In class D (birth year 2012 or later) SRS had three top place finishers including: 1st - Hadley M., 2nd - Sarah A., and 3rd - Tayeson H. In class C (birth year 2010 or 2011) 1st place went to Liam S.

Coach Mr. Curry had this to say about the event:

"I am very proud of all who climbed. We only had two practices, but all climbers set goals for climbs and pushed themselves to try harder and harder climbs. I'm happy that we had so many award winners, but thrilled that the kids are eager to improve as climbers for the sake of the personal challenge. It’s not about winning; it’s about pushing boundaries of what we think we can do. A huge thank you to parents for belaying and cheering all evening."

The team's next competition is on Saturday, January 28. Thanks to Mrs. Linden for the photos!

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It's transportation week in Maggie and Elin's Pre-Kindergarten classroom! Here, students are identifying and sorting various means of transportation according to mode of travel (land, water, or air). Afterwards, they worked on a color identification and matching activity.

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It was another great day at @loonmtnresort for our Fourth through Eighth Grade students! #srsskiandsnowboard #srsathletics #shakerroadschool #loonmountain #concordnh #independentschool #middleschool ...

Music education is integrated into the curriculum for all our students—from the Infant Program up through Eighth Grade! In addition to Friday Sing-Alongs with the Kindergarten students, our Pre-Kindergarten students enjoy weekly music classes with Mrs. Minsinger where they listen to, sing along with, and move to music! It's a favorite time of the week!

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