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Music at Miquon combines building skill, rhythm, coordination, and cooperation with imagination and joy. Here our music teacher Diego leads some of our youngest students in song and play.
While they sing, are they also walking in lines to climb mountains? Flying away in hot air balloons? Pretending to catch mosquitos with pretend spider hands? All are possible and all are encouraged.
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Join the vibrant music scene here at Miquon! We are currently hiring for a half-year sabbatical replacement for our music teacher. This position is full-time and starting mid-January.
The music teacher at Miquon contributes to the daily life of the students and the school. They support student growth in their enjoyment, appreciation, and performance of music through a variety of planned music experiences which include singing, moving to music, playing instruments, and preparing the 6th graders for their choral performance at their graduation.
Read the link in our bio to find out more. Send your resume to resumes@miquon.org.
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Are the fish okay under the ice? Are they frozen? Should we feed them?
Our K/1 children had a lot of questions when they discovered that the koi pond had frozen over and the koi were acting differently in this cold weather.
These questions quickly served as inspiration for a research project. The children have been collecting wonderings; drawing observations; and finding answers to all of their questions. One term that they recently learned was “torpor”, which is the state of decreased activity that koi enter into to survive in winter.
On a final note, the “Most Dedicated Researcher” award goes to Maryanne, one of our Sugar Maple teachers, for dipping her phone into the pond to record a video of the koi below. We value your service to the cause, Maryanne!
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REPORTING LIVE FROM CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS: the primaries of our 5/6th graders` Greatest Doughnut election have come to a close.
After watching campaign ads featuring each of the six candidates and entering into informal (yet civil!) debate all over campus, every Miquon student casted their vote.
The electorate has spoken and our two final candidates are Boston Creme of the "Stuffed Party" and Glazed of the "Not Stuffed Party". (Early on, it appeared that Glazed Chocolate would prevail due to the strong turnout of the Nursery/Kindergarten voting bloc, but they were outnumbered by a late push from the upper elementary bloc in the end.)
The final election is... TODAY. STAY TUNED!
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Grandparents and grandfriends, thanks for traveling from near and far to be with us last week! Nearly 170 of you packed the house, and we couldn`t have been happier about it.
We hope you enjoyed taking part in everything from Morning Meetings to Publishing Parties to sing-a-longs. We sure enjoyed having you.
See you next year!
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Interested in a school that celebrates childhood from the creek to the classroom? Consider Miquon for your child`s nursery through sixth grade education.
Our priority application deadline for 2025-26 is tomorrow, Dec. 6. Applications received after this point will be considered on a rolling basis as space allows.
Visit the link in our bio to get started today.
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Many who have spent time at Miquon have said, “This feels magical!” It is magical, and magical by intention because of how much this community cares for one another.
On this Giving Tuesday, we hope you will consider making a gift that will support everything we do at Miquon from the creek to the classroom. Our Annual Giving Campaign funds teacher salaries, classroom supply purchases, campus maintenance, and so much more.
If you have already made a gift this year, we deeply appreciate your contribution. If you haven’t yet, please consider including Miquon in your #GivingTuesday philanthropy. Visit miquonschool.org/giving.
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Feel the late November chill this morning? No fear, the 6th grade quilts are here!
Well, in full transparency, these paper quilts will not keep you warm, but they are nonetheless pretty awesome.
This project served as the opening of our 6th graders` geometry exploration. They began by studying various quilts to observe patterns and learn about the attributes of polygons.
5/6 teacher, Anna, explains more: “Decomposing and rearranging pieces of polygons, we learned to calculate the area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles. Through this, we learned the concept of a formula - an equation that contains letters to represent unknown values. Now, we’re putting it all together by finding the area of polygons on our quilt, with the goal of finding the total area for each color… It’s been a fun puzzle!”
Check out their works in progress.
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