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 »
News and Announcements
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 »
Hocking: ‘Connections with Miquon teachers has been the most valuable gift’
Elise attributes her love of learning to her experience at Miquon where she learned the value of understanding a topic. READ MORE »
Netter-Sweet: ‘The perfect place for kids to discover differences with complete acceptance’
Currently a senior at Penn Charter, Yamit has found a passion for learning languages and exploring new people and cultures. READ MORE »
Goldstein: ‘Miquon encourages a high level of academic creativity’
After Miquon Noah Goldstein attended Colonial Middle School, where he experienced a smooth transition into his new social and academic environment. READ MORE »
Emergent curriculum stimulates students’ desire to learn
Children participate enthusiastically when given opportunities to pursue their own interests. READ MORE »
Cynthia Adams, 1927-2016
Dear Friends, We are writing to share that our treasured friend and longtime Miquon Kindergarten teacher, Cynthia Adams, passed away yesterday morning. She was in the hospital for a few days with the beginnings of pneumonia, then was in hospice care for a few days. A gathering will be held this Friday, August 26 at 9:30 am, followed by a memorial service at 10:30 am, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 630 E. Cathedral Road, Philadelphia (located at the intersection of Ridge Avenue, near the Andorra shopping center). Interment immediately following at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. The family has suggested contributions may be made in Cynthia’s … READ MORE »
For the Good of the Creek
A series of riffles and pools has been constructed, creating shallow aquatic beds that will help lessen erosion during big storms. READ MORE »
