The Miquon School

THE MIQUON SCHOOL is a progressive independent elementary school in the Philadelphia suburbs for girls and boys ages 3 – 12.

News and Announcements

Miquon Receives Protecting Our Water Award

The Schuylkill Action Network presented a Protecting Our Water Award to fifth and sixth grade students at The Miquon School for their work protecting the river and drinking water in the Schuylkill River Valley. READ MORE »
Registration Open for Vacation Daycare

Miquon offers Vacation Daycare during the weeks between school and camp. READ MORE »
Looking Back 50 Years: A Lynn Hughes Retrospective

More than 50 years ago, Lynn Hughes first set foot on this campus — said by some to be just passing through before attending to the adventures beyond that called her. READ MORE »
A Fond Farewell to Connie Devlin

Connie is the face of Miquon, one of the first staff members to see the children in the morning, and often the last to say good-bye. READ MORE »
Cozy Read-in Celebrating African-American Authors

Miquon’s own take on the nation-wide African-American Read-in, which seeks to make celebration of African-American literacy a traditional part of Black History Month. READ MORE »
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A Newsletter that Gives Children a Voice

In creating Kindergarten newsletter, we are giving child a voice as they practice their storytelling and assigning of value to their day’s activities. READ MORE »
Giving voice to our best guess

Math work at Miquon often works across several topics, connecting mathematical reasoning skills with students’ number sense and experience of relative distances. READ MORE »
Guided Exploration in Science

Giving students opportunities to mess around is a key component of science education at Miquon. In this case, “messing around” means time devoted to . . . READ MORE »
Kids Wonder ‘If I Ran the Circus’ at Miquon Conference week

Twice a year, Miquon conference week offers children something a little different: it’s a chance to delve deeply into a particular study, with the entire week’s activities focused on one topic. READ MORE »
Dancing Dots and Tapping Beats: “I Notice a Pattern!”

Our emergent curriculum leads us far and wide, and the children’s exploration thus far invites us to look at repetition and design of patterns that interconnect within nature, math, sound, movement, and art. READ MORE »
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