IT`S COMING! We are about a month away from the opening of our new library building.

What`s left? Well, on top of the to-do list is moving in 7,021 children`s books. No big deal, right? @miquon.library

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"I can`t do this... YET!" -wise words from a Miquon third grader.

Our 3/4 just read Not Perfect, by Maya Myers and brainstormed ways to transform fixed mindset language into growth mindset language. Check out some growth phrases they added to leaves, which will later become part of our growth mindset tree. (Thanks to our 3rd-6th learning specialist, Dana, who helped lead this lesson!) #themiquonschool #growthmindset #progressiveeducation

Day 2 is even better than Day 1 because we`re all back together. Welcome Nursery, Kindergarten and First Grade! #miquon #progressiveeducation

At Miquon, we have been counting down to the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, and it’s finally here! What a joyous day it’s been welcoming back our second through sixth graders. (Can’t wait to see Nursery, Kindergarten, and first grade tomorrow!) #miquon #progressiveeducation

We miss our Miquon kids while they are on summer break! Check them out making observations after being inspired by their reading of Drawing Outdoors, by Jairo Buitrago. Did you know that soccer nets are sea creatures? Trucks are beasts? An old basketball net is a sea serpent? Be careful out there, everybody!

Come make your own observations on a campus visit. Email admissions@miquon.org to learn more.

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Our Kindergarteners were busy measuring the circumference of trees on campus during the last few weeks of school. They wrapped a string of yarn around their tree and then measured their strings with Unifix cubes. We`re guessing that whoever measured our old, beloved Boxelder had the most cubes to count!

Currently accepting applications for September 2024. Email admissions@miquon.org to learn more.

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Embracing the excitement of the changing seasons, our first and second graders recently read “Dancing Through Fields of Color: the story of Helen Frankenthaler” and created spring landscapes using the American artist`s “Color Field” style of abstract expressionism. Artists chose colors that they noticed in our Miquon landscape and that represent what this time of year feels like to them. Some artists started with loose and light pencil lines, and others jumped right in with chalk pastels. A few even experimented with using their non-dominant hand to push the abstraction even further. #learningthroughart #themiquonschool

In celebration of Arab American Heritage month, teacher Courtney N taught our nursery schoolers a little bit about the Arabic language and how to make hummus. We also held a school-wide cozy read-in featuring books about the Arab American experience.