February 13, 2020
During the winter months, it is important to offer a variety of indoor activities that keep kids active and healthy. Students at the Lyme School are fortunate to have two climbin...
February 13, 2020
Lower school students in the design lab have been busy learning how to program little robots called Ozobots to do some really fun things! They learned how to create a path the Oz...
February 13, 2020
As we move through our adolescent health curriculum, relationships are taking center stage as points of discussion in our classes. Recently, Celine, from WISE returned to the Lym...
February 13, 2020
On Wednesday, February 12th, the first grade celebrated the 100th day of school. This day always brings excitement and enthusiasm to the classroom. We started our 100th day in sty...
February 12, 2020
On Wednesday, February 5th the 3rd Grade had a very unique and special opportunity to video chat with Lyme School’s very own Mr. P.. What was so special about this call was ...
February 11, 2020
We play a lot of games in Spanish class. One of our favorites is Bola de Números (Number Ball). Students are randomly chosen to play, and they win when they score 4 points with 3 ...
February 11, 2020
If a cat is worth 24 cents, how much is my favorite toy pet worth? The second graders spent a few weeks in math centers exploring that question. First, the value code needed to ...
February 10, 2020
In a focused unit with BIG collaboration from Mrs Geary and the Lyme Historians, fourth graders are closely analyzing how the Lyme Common has changed over the past 100 years. Stu...
January 30, 2020
Second graders participated in an activity this week that got us all thinking about how and why we organize things in our lives, including animals. Why do scientists do this? What...
January 29, 2020
Each day, within different classrooms, teachers ask students to work together, share ideas, and collaborate. When these opportunities are presented to teachers to do the same, a ...
January 29, 2020
Last Thursday evening, the Clay Elective students put together an Empty Bowls event. The students set a goal to create 50 handmade bowls.The objectives of any Empty Bowls fundrais...
January 28, 2020
After learning of the fires destroying homes and wildlife in Australia, the 5th graders wanted to take action. As a class, they decided that they would like to have a bake sale d...
January 28, 2020
To wrap up the 8th grade World War II Humanities Unit students were asked to read a dystopian or utopian novel. Dystopian and utopian fiction explore social and political structur...
January 27, 2020
Today we were excited to have our first Mystery Reader knock upon our classroom door! Mr. Valence came in and read The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper. Earlier toda...
January 21, 2020
Kindergarteners have just wrapped up their “Being a Good Friend” unit. During our time together, students read stories, did some activities, and discussed qualities they think mak...
January 17, 2020
7th grade students recently read many informational texts and novels about refugees, and then wrote a literary essay about universal themes refugees experience. They also wrote a ...
January 15, 2020
Students in the 6th grade have begun reading the book 1493 by Charles Mann. In the book Mann explores the wide reaching impact of the Columbian Exchange. Students have been intr...
January 14, 2020
This is our cry,
This is our prayer;
peace in the world.
-The inscription on the base of the Sadako Sasaki statue at the Hiroshima Peace Park
The 8th grade has b...
January 14, 2020
Students in the primary grades have been working on eye-hand coordination. Upon returning from break, they have combined the skills of using their eyes and hands as a team with s...
January 13, 2020
This quarter, as part of our adolescent health curriculum, students in eighth grade conducted research on different mental health issues that both adults and teens struggle with t...