新 年 快 乐 – Happy New Year!
Posted by Carina Blackwell
In one of our many celebrations centered around Chinese New Year, our 4th and 5th grade students rolled up their sleeves to make over 600 vegetable dumplings for the entire school to enjoy at lunch. As part of the celebration, our students shared insights into Chinese New Year traditions and the significance of the dishes we were about to enjoy.
Our talented chefs also prepared an array of delicious dishes to complement the dumplings, including house-made scallion oil, a soy-rice vinegar dipping sauce, and a flavorful vegetable lo mein with bok choy, peppers, onions, and carrots. We also enjoyed yummy miso soup and a vibrant Chinese chicken salad, served on a bed of fresh spinach with mandarin oranges, edamame beans, scallions, broccoli, crunchy chow mein noodles, and zesty mandarin ginger dressing for the salad bar. Oranges were served for dessert, symbolizing good luck and happiness in the new year.
It was a festive and flavorful way to ring in the Lunar New Year, celebrating both food and tradition with our entire school community. Here’s to a year filled with good fortune and joy!
Lower School Celebrates Chinese New Year!
Posted by kellyyeh
In Lower School Mandarin classes we had a fantastic time celebrating the Chinese New Year, the biggest holiday in Chinese culture! We dove into many fun activities to learn about this festive occasion and the twelve zodiac animals.
We explored all the delicious foods people enjoy during the celebration and even talked about the beautiful clothes worn for the festivities. Our creativity was fully displayed as we made snake paper crafts and dragon dance crafts. Plus, we had a blast using clay and Play-Doh to shape dumplings!
The absolute highlight was when the students received red envelopes, a special Chinese New Year tradition. Everyone was so excited! What a fantastic way to celebrate together!
Lower School Visits SHU!
Posted by Joey Casey
All of Lower School thoroughly enjoyed the performance of “The Elves and The Shoemaker” at the Sacred Heart University Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts. Everyone learned about the importance of “how” and sang along to many holiday songs, including the Unquowa Winterfest favorite, the Twelve Days of Christmas. We even did the Hokey Pokey, now that’s what it’s all about. A huge thank you to Patty Carver, our Performing Arts Department Chair, for this special field experience!
Spanish Karaoke!
Posted by Ms. Fernandez
First graders put on their Spanish singing voices to the tune of Colombia, Mi Encanto, an upbeat song from the very popular movie Encanto! They used our Karaoke microphone and sang along with one of Colombia’s favorite music artists, Carlos Vives. They had so much fun showing off their musical talents and performing for their classmates. We loved listening and singing along in the background!
Unquowa Election Day – “Green Menu” or the “White Menu”?
Posted by Ariel Warshaw
The entire Unquowa community participated in our own election on Election Day in order to decide on a very important issue… LUNCH!
Gators In Training Fall Season!
Posted by Sarah Pollex
The Unquowa field is buzzing with excitement as our cheerful kindergarten, first, and second graders show off their growing soccer skills! With their amazing dribbling, passing, and shooting, these young Gators are learning how to work together and find open spaces on the field. They’re having a blast while getting ready to be the stars of tomorrow. Go Gators!
