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December 3, 2020Current Students, Environment, School lifeby 2 Comments

From Concept to Completion: Middle School Students’ Experimental Dome a Great Success

A History of the Green Building Lab Dome Project as Told by the Middle School Students Cover photo by Randy Harris Keep reading for an amazing tour of the project and a Time-lapse video! Colin & Sindhu: This project began when the 7th and 8th …
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November 26, 2020Current Events, School lifeby

We Did It! 8 Rocket Stoves Being Made for Homestead School Tipis!

Thank you to all the community members who contributed to the “Let’s Heat The Tipis Fund.” Jack is in communication with the man who is custom making or stoves already. We are so grateful to everyone who helped us meet the fundraising goal. We wish …
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November 8, 2020Alumni, Current Events, parents, School lifeby

Let’s Heat Those Tipis Fund

๐•Ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜. ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!! Dear Fellow Homestead Families!   We are Moms to Lily (4th grade) and Sidney (Kindergarten) and feel incredibly lucky that our kids are able to learn in-person at our extraordinary school during these unprecedented times.   As you may know, …
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November 8, 2020Current Events, Peace Curriculum, School life, School Vision and Missionby

Tipis 1: Homestead Triumphs During a Pandemic

By Peter Comstock Dealing with a pandemic is, to say the least, a real chore requiring patience, understanding, hard work, and enduranceโ€”all of which combine into a quality called courage. And courage is what this school community has shown in abundance. We have also discovered ways …
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April 30, 2020Current Students, parents, School lifeby

It’s Safe to Dance During Quarantine!

By Gabrielle Kahn โ€œSโ€”s-s-s-A-a-a-a-F-f-f-f-E-e-e-e-T-t-t-t-Y-y-y-yโ€ฆ.Safety Dance!โ€ sounds from the laptop in my office. Wait. I know that song. It was irresistibly catchy back in middle school. My radio alarm would blast it in the morning. Weโ€™d do a dancing line to it in the cafeteria, marching …
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February 29, 2020Current Students, Montessori Curriculum, School life, students, Upper Elementaryby

A Student’s Perspective on Montessori History Lessons

While Montessori stressed the importance of using real objects and the use of authentic names and terms with young children in the first plane of development (through age 6) she sometimes referred to the elementary years (6-12) as the โ€œAge of Imagination.โ€ Elementary Montessori teachers …
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February 26, 2020Current Students, Environment, Montessori Curriculum, School lifeby

Climate Change Action Phase 2 and 3: Making Less Waste and Getting Families Involved

By Lily Poletto Age 14 After my middle school class at Homestead School created awareness of climate issues, specifically waste, we implemented phase 2: making less waste at our school. It was the natural next step in continuing our work on climate change and creating …
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January 29, 2020parents, School lifeby

Ski Club: A Parent’s Perspective

By Jennifer Gebhardt I was both excited and anxious about the first day of ski club. Excited because finally my kids would get to learn to ski. Anxious because while I was confident my older son would be instantly hooked, my younger daughter, well…she’s a …
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