20 September, 2021

7th graders design puppets for a play for kindergarteners

“We had to think about how the puppets can be engaging and how the kindergarteners can recognize who they are. For ex...

20 September, 2021

Is Lithuanian a Proto-Indo-European language, Arnas?

“It is indeed, and it actually retains some features of a Proto-Indo-European language and shares similarities with v...

16 September, 2021

Our Kindergartners are minding their Ps and Is

“I am making an igloo,” says Aarjav at the table with the letter I. “With sugar. And I can taste it. And now it’s sno...

8 September, 2021

4th-graders interpret artworks and see differing perspectives

“I was kind of surprised by the statue with the horses,” Kira admits, “because I was thinking that it meant that all ...

7 September, 2021

Happy Rosh Hashanah! Nitya interviews Amir about Jewish New Year’s and how his family celebrates

Jewish New Year is from September 6th to September 8th this year. How come it is so long?
“Rosh Hashanah is t...

3 September, 2021

10th-grader writes about transgender athletes and goes to the UN Human Rights Forum during Pride Week

“It all started when I was selected as one of the 16 winners from the ‘Ambassador for Day’ competition due to my essa...

1 September, 2021

45-out-of-45-point graduate Tom believes he has “become more aware and appreciative of just how big the world is”

Congratulations on your truly amazing achievement, Tom! Where were you when you found out you had received 45 points?...

13 August, 2021

Student article: The Importance of Queer Representation in Media

Every Disney princess movie I watched as a child ended the same way: the prince swooped in to save the princess, they...

6 August, 2021

Our Brazilian librarian: “We speak the Portuguese that’s most widespread”

How do you distinguish between the Portuguese spoken in Portugal and the Portuguese spoken in Brazil?
“We don’...