At Miquon, we guide children to become creative and compassionate people who change the world.
Join us for our November 2 Open House!
The event is from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Register through our Visit Page.
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THE WAIT IS OVER. Our third and fourth graders were finally able to move into their new classrooms last week!
It takes a village to raise a building, we have found. We are so grateful for our little village here in the woods.
Thank you to the many Heart of Miquon donors who made this new building possible. Additionally, thank you to the many hands of teachers, staff, family members, and children who pitched in to move the everyone in.
(Update on the library-section of the building to come next week. For now, check out our 3/4!)
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Each fall, our art room is filled with fresh supplies and butterflies!
Our art teacher, Nicole, explains, “Butterflies are an exciting (and magical) resource to practice our skills of observation. We take time to notice their colors, shapes, patterns, and habits, as we grow our understanding of their importance to our ecosystem.”
After observing butterflies and reading “The Life Cycle of a Butterfly,” by Robin Bernard, young artists created a multi-medium work of art that showcased the life cycle of a monarch.
While this project may be complete, one of Nicole`s goals is aimed at something that goes beyond this work: “In time, our collective care, understanding, and appreciation will help [the monarch butterfly] rebuild their populations and come off of the endangered species list.” Important work for our young artists and change agents!
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"We take care of ourselves, each other and our environment." This community agreement is found in Miquon rooms from Nursery through the 5/6.
Though our Meadow Nursery friends may be too young to sign their names onto the agreement they collaboratively created, they can still pledge their commitment with... handprints! Very official indeed, I say.
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A huge thanks to all of our families who postcarded their neighborhoods to advertise for our Nov. 2 Open House! We appreciate you helping us get the word out about Miquon to new families.
Check out our stories in the next week or so for a related mini-contest. Stay tuned.
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Save the date! Join us on Saturday, November 2 at 10:00 a.m. Meet our head of school, teachers, and current families. We can`t wait to show you how we celebrate childhood from the creek to the classroom.
Register through the link in our bio.
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The movie certainly wasn’t the only show at our 5/6’s Movie Under the Stars event last night. The crowd was treated to an extraordinarily rare and magnificent showing of the Northern Lights over Miquon.
Thanks to Juan (Nursery parent) and our 5/6 teachers for submitting these photos from the event! Anyone else have photos to add? Please send them our way (breem@miquon.org). Let’s keep sharing and reveling in our experience of this most spectacular event.
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Creating self-portraits is a practice that runs through Miquon from nursery through sixth grade.
Portraits serve as an entry point to talking about identity, the first domain of Learning for Justice’s social justice standards. This work supports children to develop positive social identities; recognize the multiple identities within ourselves and others; gain the language to describe ourselves and others; and express a healthy pride in our own identity while also affirming the value inherent in others (learningforjustice.org).
Portraits represent our community of learners. They are revisited throughout the year, as our identities grow and change, along with our understanding of them.
We hope you enjoy taking a peak at our progress!
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