Dear Lab School Families,
Last night we held the Lunar New Year celebration. It was an amazing event - put on by Lab MS and Lab HS parents' associations. Thank you to Cecilia Leong for all of her work in taking this event on! This was the first ever joint Lunar New Year banquet and it was so amazing to see our community gather. We filled the entire banquet hall at Grand Harmony. There were performances from middle and high school students, community members and a traditional Lion Dance. There was also lots and lots of food for all of us to share. I sincerely hope that we have started a tradition and we will be able to celebrate together for many years to come.
I just returned for Mr. Mosher's 7th grade visual arts class. With the new semester comes a new set of arts classes for our 6th and 7th grade students. 706 was working on identity collages. They were in the process of reconstructing their work based on a significant element depicted in the initial work. There was a nice workshop atmosphere in the classroom. Students were giving feedback to their peers - holding a place of expertise, just like their teacher.
Yesterday I went to 803's and 804's publishing party. Ms. Riina (art teacher) ans Ms. Woodbury (humanities) developed a interdisciplinary book-making project. The students based their personal books off of the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Each student did a series of their own emulations based on the book. The work was deeply personal and I was impressed.
Thank you to all of those who joined us this past weekend to help with admissions day. We had a record number of applicants come and test at our school. Our faculty has been busily grading the assessments all week. After this is finished we will review and rank all of our applications.
We will be mailing (via USPS) 2nd quarter report cards today. Today we will also be mailing home the Specialized High School letters (to 8th grade families). Please note, we will not be giving any SHS results over the phone - I do not even have that information. The envelopes come prepackaged and sealed. We simply put postage on them and put them in the mail. If you have not received a letter (and you DID take the SHS test) by Thursday, February 17th please let me know.
One additional reminder, Parent-Teacher conferences are next Wednesday and Thursday. Evening conferences are on Wednesday, February 16th 5:00-7:30 and afternoon conferences are Thursday, February 17th 12:00-2:30. I look forward to seeing everyone next week.
Warmest,
Meg
Friday, February 11, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Chair Design
Dear Lab School Families,
It was nice to see so many of you brave the icey-snowy, cold rain to come listen to my State of the School presentation on Wednesday. I am adding one slide to the presentation (a list of relevant websites) and then I will have it posted to our website. All of the information discussed on Wednesday can be found there.
Wednesday was also the Knoll Chair Design reception and viewing. This was the culminating event for the 8th grade design unit. Ms. Riina (the 8th grade art teacher) began this year with a design project. Students were placed in design teams and they were charged with the task of creating a chair design. Through a rather serendipitous connection Knoll partnered in the project. They took three chair designs and built them into real chairs. The three designs each have their own aesthetic, function and appeal. Two are circular in shape. One looks like pac-man - yellow and black with magnetic speakers affixed for listening to music. The other circular one is very colorful with primary colored tubing coming out the sides. It is a complete cylinder - allowing someone to wrap their whole body inside. The last chair is a series of boxes connected in such a way that there are seven different places to sit. The box chair is the biggest of the three - over six feet high and six feet wide. All of the chairs will remain on display at the Knoll showroom for the next few weeks. They will eventually be moved over to our school. Finding a place to put them is certainly going to be a challenge : ) The event was a highlight for me. I was so proud of our students and happy that our Chelsea community takes a role in enriching our work. Thank you Knoll for being in partnership with us.
The Lego Robotics team also received some exciting news this week. The team did so well in the last competition that they have qualified for the city-wide event at the Javits Center. The Lab team took the award for collaboration. I was so proud - but indeed not surprised.
This weekend will be a busy one for our school community. The Middle School Math Team is gearing up to compete in sectionals tomorrow. This is the first competition that the team will be competing in (beyond the school). The have been practicing and working so hard. We all wish them the best of luck. Lab School's admissions test day is also tomorrow. Students, staff and parents will also be here volunteering to help the day run smoothly. We have over 850 students coming to test at our school. Thank you in advance for your support.
The winter seems to be dragging on a bit. Luckily the groundhog has predicted an early spring. I am sure that I am not the only one who is thankful for this! Until then, please make sure your students bring the proper winter weather gear (coats, hats, mittens, boots...etc).
Warmest,
Meg
It was nice to see so many of you brave the icey-snowy, cold rain to come listen to my State of the School presentation on Wednesday. I am adding one slide to the presentation (a list of relevant websites) and then I will have it posted to our website. All of the information discussed on Wednesday can be found there.
Wednesday was also the Knoll Chair Design reception and viewing. This was the culminating event for the 8th grade design unit. Ms. Riina (the 8th grade art teacher) began this year with a design project. Students were placed in design teams and they were charged with the task of creating a chair design. Through a rather serendipitous connection Knoll partnered in the project. They took three chair designs and built them into real chairs. The three designs each have their own aesthetic, function and appeal. Two are circular in shape. One looks like pac-man - yellow and black with magnetic speakers affixed for listening to music. The other circular one is very colorful with primary colored tubing coming out the sides. It is a complete cylinder - allowing someone to wrap their whole body inside. The last chair is a series of boxes connected in such a way that there are seven different places to sit. The box chair is the biggest of the three - over six feet high and six feet wide. All of the chairs will remain on display at the Knoll showroom for the next few weeks. They will eventually be moved over to our school. Finding a place to put them is certainly going to be a challenge : ) The event was a highlight for me. I was so proud of our students and happy that our Chelsea community takes a role in enriching our work. Thank you Knoll for being in partnership with us.
The Lego Robotics team also received some exciting news this week. The team did so well in the last competition that they have qualified for the city-wide event at the Javits Center. The Lab team took the award for collaboration. I was so proud - but indeed not surprised.
This weekend will be a busy one for our school community. The Middle School Math Team is gearing up to compete in sectionals tomorrow. This is the first competition that the team will be competing in (beyond the school). The have been practicing and working so hard. We all wish them the best of luck. Lab School's admissions test day is also tomorrow. Students, staff and parents will also be here volunteering to help the day run smoothly. We have over 850 students coming to test at our school. Thank you in advance for your support.
The winter seems to be dragging on a bit. Luckily the groundhog has predicted an early spring. I am sure that I am not the only one who is thankful for this! Until then, please make sure your students bring the proper winter weather gear (coats, hats, mittens, boots...etc).
Warmest,
Meg
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