St. John’s 12th graders got an unusual and up-close look at how UPS enables global commerce recently during a personal tour of the Cologne hub by top company executives. Hosted by Nando Cesarone, President of UPS’s Europe region, the 39 … Continue reading Grade 12 students get up-close look at UPS Europe’s sorting hub

We had the pleasure of inaugurating our amazing Mud Kitchen in the Timbertops playground last week. Jonathan, one of our maintenance team members, made it from scratch. We would like to thank him again for this wonderful project! As teachers, … Continue reading Timbertops students open their mud kitchen

Grade 6 students carried out their first scientific investigation this week. They were looking at different factors that could affect the time taken for a pendulum to complete a full cycle. Some students chose to test the mass of the … Continue reading First scientific investigation for Grade 6 students

Mme. Verbert’s Dual Language Grade 5 class did a fun exercise yesterday to learn about energy. Continue reading Grade 5 learns about energy

Our grade 6 students had their first pre-lab activity yesterday and they were absolutely delighted. It was an opportunity for them to learn how to use some of the equipment in the lab to measure quantitative data. There were multiple … Continue reading First lab coat experience for Grade 6

Grade 5 concluded their first unit of inquiry on ‘How We Express Ourselves – Art Communicates About the Time in Which It Was Created.‘ They created their own pieces of art to show the time they are living in. Technology … Continue reading Grade 5 examines “How we express ourselves”

Last week marked the end of the first Unit of Inquiry for our grade 1 and 2 students. Our little explorers turned into scientists for the first five weeks of school and discovered how we use our senses to connect to the … Continue reading Grades 1 and 2 explore the senses

The fool is an ambiguous and ambivalent character in art, literature, and myth. Hieronymous Bosch’s painting of the ‘Ship of Fools’ made at the end of the 15th century is a parallel visual satire that reflects his perception of the … Continue reading “Ship of Fools” art exhibition this Friday at St. John’s