What’s Happening
From September’s opening day to June’s closing ceremonies, we document and share events from all over our campus in an attempt to continuously communicate all the diverse goings-on at The Unquowa School. From school-wide events, assemblies, visiting presenters and other highlights from around campus, here’s a sample of what’s happening…
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We Did It! Announcing, UnquowaZine Vol. 3!
Posted by Karen Engelke
I am pleased to announce the release of UnquowaZine Volume 3, the Lower School literary magazine run and created by an editorial staff consisting of students from Grades 3 and 4. They have worked tirelessly on the various stages of magazine development.
This year’s magazine is particularly special as we have managed to assemble it during a global pandemic. For 3 months we met through google meets exchanging information and guiding each other through the magazine’s completion. Within its pages, we are proud to present a special section by Grade 3 exclusively created for UnquowaZine entitled “Lost and Learned: Third Graders Reflect on a Year Living with COVID.” Thank you Mrs. Kerr for assisting your students with this project.
The editors-in-chief Vivian K and Sierra, together with their staff, edited their peers’ work with compassion and respect. As their faculty advisor, I simply guided them, gave them structure and support.
Click Here to View UnquowaZine Volume 3
Springfest!!
Posted by Megan Kirk
Last week was a very exciting week here at the Unquowa School! Students completed their final rehearsals for our movie – Springfest – The Treehouse Adventures! Last week was also recording week for all of our vocal tracks! Students used our beautiful stage as their “recording studio” to create our vocal tracks for the movie. They had a blast! This week we film! It is such an amazing experience for the entire school be creating this movie together! We all cannot wait to share what we have been working on!
Back on the Street- the Return of XC
Posted by Faith Barbuto
It was a warm spring day, the birds were singing, the sun was shining and the breeze was just right. A perfect setting to be back with our friends running down Stratfield Road once again. This spring season will look a bit different without traveling to meets but the most important part, running with teammates, is still our main focus. The team really showed us that they remember just where we left off as well as how to add in new precautions like masks when not safely distanced. We will be exploring many local streets as well as incorporating interval training, running with a buddy and lots of stretching! With a small team of mostly veteran runners were hoping to have each student take a turn leading warm up and cool down activities. We also have lots of time and flexibility to try new ideas and are welcome to team input. At our first practice, we ran the mile at Dogwood Loop to establish a starting time for each runner. We ended with each participant sharing a goal or gratitude for this season. It is good to be back!
Weekly Wednesday Assembly – March 17, 2021
Posted by Karen Williamson
First Ever Virtual STEM Fair!
Posted by Karen Williamson
Unquowa students have spent the last eight weeks engaged in an in-depth exploration of the design process. The fourth grade was asked how can we devise solutions for real-world problems? The fifth grade explored what makes a toy great? The sixth grade considered how can we design a product to solve a common, everyday problem?
Each student endeavored to solve their chosen problem through the same steps: observation, research, prototype design and construction, and finally, redesign.
Weekly Wednesday Assembly – March 10, 2021
Posted by Karen Williamson
