Janzen ’01 Named Principal Dancer
In March, Miquon was treated to a visit from Russell, who shared his experience in his career as a dancer. READ MORE »
News and Announcements
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 »
The View from the Break-out Room
Currently, we are reading The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures, which connects very concrete examples with much more abstract thinking, and this is precisely where these children are stationed developmentally 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 »
Marilyn Lager, 1939-2016
Marilyn (nee Trauner) of Narberth, PA, passed away on December 7. She began her almost 40 year career as a librarian at Miquon. READ MORE »
Electing the National Dougnut
Electing the national doughnut simulated the presidential race, complete with campaigning, voting, ballot collecting, and calculating the electoral vote as well as the popular one. READ MORE »
Bring in Newspaper for Art Room
Please upcycle your old newspapers by bringing them into the art room! READ MORE »
Hipster Henry: ‘What I didn’t expect’
“There is no doubt when you walk into a Miquon classroom that academics and critical thinking is a huge focus in everything they do.” READ MORE »
Conversation
So much attention is paid to reading and then to writing in the first years of school, that it is easy to overlook the importance that conversation — that first language-based connection we ever have with our children — continues to hold. READ MORE »
