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March 11, 2021

Starting to Feel a Lot Like Spring

Dear Senesh Community, As March rolls in like a lamb instead of a lion, we take great comfort in the sunny warm days to ease our burden during these challenging times.  The ice banks have melted, our days have lengthened and our curious and industrious second grade scholars continue to thrive at Senesh.  Please read on below to learn more about specific academic developments across all content areas. General Studies – Jacob In the past months, the second-graders have been engaged in significant and meaningful conversations about identity and discrimination. We considered all the different factors that shape our identities...
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March in the 8th Grade

Humanities Students are wrapping up their essay reflections about visiting home-bound elders and will submit them for national competition on this Friday. The beauty of these relationships the students have developed with their elders really shines through their writing! It’s been a pleasure to read. Additionally, students are deep in their study of the legacy of enslavement in the United States. They have read primary source narratives and are making their way through reading the New York Times’ 1619 Broadside. Joseph Math The 8th Grade just finished a hefty unit about systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities. Now that the...
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What’s Happening in 5th- 3/12/21

Humanities:  In fifth grade we are finishing “Wonder” this week. We have continued discussions about drawing themes from the book, and exploring how the book uses different character’s point of view to add to it’s narrative. We are looking forward to seeing what the students create for their final projects next week. We are halfway through our Argumentative Writing unit. Students have worked on their snow day issue essays to improve paragraph structure and learned to quote and paraphrase evidence from reliable sources. We will continue this unit with students writing an argumentative essay about a topic of their choice...
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6th Grade News: 3/12/21

Humanities:  These past several weeks in humanities have included mature and nuanced discussions about social justice issues in the past and today. As we wrapped up our ELA unit on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, we had open and honest conversations about how our country’s legacy of racism continues to impact our communities and world. We explored questions like: How do prejudices begin to form at a young age? How is systemic racism embedded into our institutions? How can we help prevent racism around us and within ourselves? I was so impressed with students’ thoughtfulness, maturity, and self-awareness during these...
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