Over the past two weeks, Grade 6 has been immersed in a new science unit: Elements and the Periodic Table. They began by studying the history of the atom, which included research on the scientists who theorized what the atom might look like, and closed with Zoom 3D model presentations this week.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020! Thanks to the guidance and support of their teachers, college counselors, and families, the successes they created for themselves at King helped them earn acceptances to some of the best schools in the country.

Presently, the class is researching information on climate change, and in their roles as representatives of UN member countries they are learning the who/what/where/why's of the issue; past actions that were taken by the international community to manage the issue; their assigned country's position or policies on the issue; and determining solutions from the perspective of their country. 

Students were tasked with building a skeleton using only the materials that they had at home. They were required to follow a rubric, which outlined what bones they had to present, the composition inside of bones, the types of tissues that would surround a joint, make two moveable joints and demonstrate their movement, illustrate a fracture and name its type and then show the types of muscles and name them.

The 2020 Summer Olympics may have been postponed but the Grade 6 Math Olympiad Challenge has begun. Lee Couch, Mathematics Faculty, proposes one challenge per week, which is an optional assignment for students who desire more math equations, problem-solving, and challenge.

Congratulations to a group of King students who were awarded prizes in the Annual Stamford Literary Competition, which celebrates excellence in student writing and is sponsored by the Friends of The Ferguson Library. The Competition is open to students in grades 3-12 and they are encouraged to submit their work in one of three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Charlie Allard '24 is making a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic by thinking like an entrepreneur. Charlie is making and selling Purallard, a hand sanitizer, which is 70% alcohol (made in an FDA registered facility) and is infused with pure lavender essential oil, so it smells amazing! All proceeds are donated to Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) in Greenwich.

During KingIsHome, our remote learning program, Ken Lewis, History Faculty, guided Grade 8 students to understand the importance of studying crisis events in US history and provide hope and inspiration during our present crisis.

Ms. Hoos will use this concept, along with many other thematic/figurative elements such as symbolism and characterization to prepare her students for studying duality and pairings in Romeo + Juliet, their final literary text of the year.