Seventh-graders in Mr. Duke's social studies class are learning about the science of cladistics, or the process that paleontologists use to classify groups of dinosaurs, based on unique and shared characteristics. The students worked in teams to create a cladogram, comparing and contrasting a dozen different dinosaur fossils unearthed in Texas.

This week in Mr. Polanski's middle school science, students in 6th grade learned about viruses and did some relevant online research. Students in 7th grade learned about seafloor mapping and magnetic reversals. 8th grade students learned about buoyant forces, fluids, and motion.

This week students in Morah Sandy's ECE3 class enjoyed making and wearing beards as part of their parsha unit. They learned that Yosef was in mitzrayim (Egypt) and his brothers came there for food but they didn't recognize him because it had been many years and he had grown a beard.

Check out the delicious pie pieces and beautiful mixed clay platters pictured above created by the middle school ceramics explo students.

This week the students in the Home Economics class learned how to make flower arrangements to enhance the beauty of their Shabbat table. Students are excited to see how big their plants are growing in the hydroponic garden. Next week, they will be cooking with the herbs from the garden.

Students in Ms. Ruben's class had their final graded discussion on The Outsiders. They connected with the characters and the story and shared such thoughtful insights. The discussion was about the climax and resolution of the novel. The book is about a group of boys in the 1950s and their struggles with what is right and wrong in a society where they feel like outsiders.